Applications of latent-variable models in educational psychology: The need for methodological-substantive synergies

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-170

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a,b   Hau, Kit Tai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Causality; Goodness of fit; Latent variable modeling; Methodological substantive synergies; Missing data; Multiple perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846548545     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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