10 Structural Equation Modeling

Handbook of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2006, Pages 297-358

  Yuan, Ke Hai ^a   Bentler, Peter M ^a  

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EID: 36248964143     PISSN: 01697161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-7161(06)26010-3     Document Type: Review

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