Three mahalanobis distances and their role in assessing unidimensionality

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 151-165

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Fung, Wing Kam ^b   Reise, Steven P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2642511488     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711004849231     Document Type: Article

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