On the performance of maximum likelihood versus means and variance adjusted weighted least squares estimation in CFA

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 186-203

  Beauducel, André ^a   Herzberg, Philipp Yorck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARE TESTS; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; ML ESTIMATION; MODEL MISSPECIFICATION; REJECTION RATES; SIMULATION STUDIES; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES; WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARES ESTIMATION;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 33744523182     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328007sem1302_2     Document Type: Article

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