Assessing goodness of fit in confirmatory factor analysis

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 240-256

  Sun, Jun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 13244249692     PISSN: 07481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481756.2005.11909764     Document Type: Review

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