The role of nonlinear factor-to-indicator relationships in tests of measurement equivalence

Psychological Methods

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-316

  Bauer, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Invariance; Measurement; Nonlinear; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 27344431582     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.10.3.305     Document Type: Article

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