Items as context: Effects of item order and ambiguity on factor structure

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-26

  Weinberger, Andrea H ^a   Darkes, Jack ^b   Del Boca, Frances K ^b   Greenbaum, Paul E ^b   Goldman, Mark S ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

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EID: 33645967806     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2801_2     Document Type: Article

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