University Dropout: A Structural Equation Approach to Discrete-Time Survival Analysis

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 134-147

  Voelkle, Manuel C ^a   Sander, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b Bundesagentur fur Arbeit   (Germany)

Author keywords

latent class analysis; structural equation modeling; survival analysis; university dropout

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849110573     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001.29.3.134     Document Type: Article

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