Extending the trait-state-occasion model: How important is within-wave measurement equivalence?

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-97

  Ciesla, Jeffrey A ^a   Cole, David A ^a   Steiger, James H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS; COVARIANCE MODELS; HIGHLY STABLES; IMPROPER SOLUTION; LONGITUDINAL STABILITY; MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATE;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 33847276526     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328007sem1401_4     Document Type: Article

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