Bootstrap scree tests: A Monte Carlo simulation and applications to published data

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-57

  Hong, Sungjin ^a,b   Mitchell, Stephen K ^b   Harshman, Richard A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Alberta Education ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING;

EID: 33745133015     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711005X66770     Document Type: Article

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