Using Mx to analyze cross-level effects in two-level structural equation models

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-178

  Bai, Yun ^a   Poon, Wai Yin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COVARIANCE STRUCTURES; GOODNESS-OF-FIT STATISTICS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 61449217066     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705510802561527     Document Type: Article

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