A simulation study to investigate the use of cutoff values for assessing model fit in covariance structure models

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 935-943

  Sharma, Subhash ^a   Mukherjee, Soumen ^b   Kumar, Ajith ^c   Dillon, William R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Information Mapping   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Goodness of fit indices; Simulation; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144272522     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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