Asymptotic expansion of the distributions of the estimators in factor analysis under non-normality

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 395-420

  Ogasawara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a OTARU UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 36549061437     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711006X110904     Document Type: Article

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