Differences in confirmatory factor analysis model close-fit index estimates obtained from AMOS 4.0 and AMOS 5.0 via full information maximum likelihood-no imputation: Corrections and extension to Palmer et al. (2003)

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 144-150

  Gignac, Gilles E ^a   Palmer, Benjamin ^b   Bates, Tim ^c   Stough, Con ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33845468885     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530500504088     Document Type: Article

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