A two-stage approach to synthesizing covariance matrices in meta-analytic structural equation modeling

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-53

  Cheung, Mike W L ^a   Chan, Wai ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE METHODS; COMPLEX MODEL; CORRELATION MATRIX; COVARIANCE MATRICES; SIMULATION STUDIES; STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TWO-STAGE APPROACHES;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

COVARIANCE MATRIX;

EID: 61449116912     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705510802561295     Document Type: Article

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