Survey of attitudes toward statistics: Factor structure invariance by gender and by administration time

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-109

  Hilton, Sterling C ^a   Schau, Candace ^b   Olsen, Joseph A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CS Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA STRUCTURES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS;

FACTOR LOADINGS; STATISTICS INSTRUCTORS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 2642573450     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328007SEM1101_7     Document Type: Review

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