Confirmatory factor analysis using confa

Stata Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-373

  Kolenikov, Stanislav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bollen stine boot strap; Bollenstine; Confa; Confa postestimation; Confirmatory factor analysis; Factor scores; Satorra bentler corrections; St0169

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349592857     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x0900900301     Document Type: Article

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