Model Selection for Covariance Structures Analysis in Nursing Research

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 344-355

  Henly, Susan J ^a   Hadley Vermeersch, Patricia E ^a   Duckett, Laura J ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0347654842     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019394599802000306     Document Type: Article

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