An NCME instructional module on: Introduction to structural equation modeling: Issues and practical considerations

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 33-43

  Lei, Pui Wa ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement model; Path model; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548577717     PISSN: 07311745     EISSN: 17453992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3992.2007.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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