Detecting violations of factorial invariance using data-based specification searches: A Monte Carlo study

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 435-463

  Yoon, Myeongsun ^a   Millsap, Roger E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECIFICATIONS;

BASED SPECIFICATION; FACTORIAL INVARIANCE; GROUP DIFFERENCES; SAMPLE SIZES; SIMULATION STUDIES;

INVARIANCE;

EID: 34548098016     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705510701301677     Document Type: Article

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