Interpreting evidence from structural equation modeling in nursing practice

Journal of Research in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-284

  Newman, Kathy ^a   Vance, David ^b   Moneyham, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Department of Health and Community Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Indicator variable; Latent variable; Path analysis; Reference variable; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952206236     PISSN: 17449871     EISSN: 1744988X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744987109346666     Document Type: Article

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