Confirmatory factor analysis of a measure of "mentoring" among undergraduate students attending a Hispanic serving institution

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-244

  Crisp, Gloria ^a   Cruz, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Hispanic Serving Institutions; Latino a; Mentoring; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954007054     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: 15525716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192710371982     Document Type: Article

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