A cautionary note on incremental fit indices reported by LISREL

Methodology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-85

  Schmukle, Stefan C ^a   Hardt, Jochen ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incremental fit indices; LISREL; Model fit; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749458511     PISSN: 16141881     EISSN: 16142241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-1881.1.2.81     Document Type: Article

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