Nonnormality of data in structural equation models

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2082, 2008, Pages 116-124

  Gao, Shengyi ^a   Mokhtarian, Patricia L ^b   Johnston, Robert A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Science and Policy ^*  (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

BLOCK GROUP; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MODELING POWER; MULTI-VARIATE NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-NORMALITY; SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; UNIVARIATE;

LAND USE;

EID: 61349138773     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2082-14     Document Type: Article

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