Representing general theoretical concepts in structural equation models: The role of composite variables

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-213

  Grace, James B ^a   Bollen, Kenneth A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Construct models; Constructs; Latent variables; Structural equation modeling; Theoretical concepts

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PATH ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 42249098723     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-007-0047-7     Document Type: Article

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