Factorial Invariance of a Campus Climate Measure Across Race, Gender, and Student Classification

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-250

  Hutchinson, Susan R ^a   Raymond, Karen J ^a   Black, Kim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

campus climate; factorial invariance; measurement equivalence; multigroup confirmatory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651220666     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014419     Document Type: Article

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