Nonlinear structural equation modeling: Is partial least squares an alternative?

AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-184

  Schermelleh Engel, Karin ^a   Werner, Christina S ^a   Klein, Andreas G ^b   Moosbrugger, Helfried ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interaction effect; LISREL; LMS; Monte Carlo study; Nonlinear structural equation modeling; Partial least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953915536     PISSN: 18638171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10182-010-0132-3     Document Type: Article

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