Least absolute deviation estimation in structural equation modeling

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-265

  Siemsen, Enno ^a   Bollen, Kenneth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Least absolute deviation; Robust estimation; Small sample research; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649013305     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124107301946     Document Type: Article

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