A comparison of latent growth models for constructs measured by multiple items

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-610

  Leite, Walter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHI SQUARE STATISTIC; ERROR VARIANCE; FACTORIAL INVARIANCE; GROWTH MODELING; MULTIPLE ITEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; STANDARD ERRORS; UNIVARIATE MODELS;

INVARIANCE;

EID: 38049161661     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705510701575438     Document Type: Article

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