Classifying correlation matrices into relatively homogeneous subgroups: A cluster analytic approach

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 954-979

  Cheung, Mike W L ^a   Chan, Wai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Meta analysis; Moderator searching; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144479466     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404273946     Document Type: Article

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