Hypothesis testing for coefficient alpha: An SEM approach

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 618-625

  Maydeu Olivares, Alberto ^a   Coffman, Donna L ^b   García Forero, Carlos ^a   Gallardo Pujol, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77955857719     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.42.2.618     Document Type: Article

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