Testing categorized bivariate normality with two-stage polychoric correlation estimates

Methodology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Maydeu Olivares, Alberto ^a   García Forero, Carlos ^a   Gallardo Pujol, David ^a   Renom, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Categorical data analysis; Goodness of fit; LISREL; MPLUS

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649172705     PISSN: 16141881     EISSN: 16142241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241.5.4.131     Document Type: Article

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