On the Meaning of the Latent Variables in the CT-C (M-1) Model: A Comment on Maydeu-Olivares and Coffman (2006)

Psychological Methods

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-57

  Geiser, Christian ^a   Eid, Michael ^a   Nussbeck, Fridtjof W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT C (M 1) model; Life Orientation Test; multitrait multimethod analysis; random intercept model; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 43049134823     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.13.1.49     Document Type: Article

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