Issues in multi-item scale testing and development using structural equation models

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-128

  McQuitty, Shaun ^a   Bishop, James W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344444871     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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