Proportion of general factor variance in a hierarchical multiple-component measuring instrument: A note on a confidence interval estimation procedure

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-207

  Raykov, Tenko ^a   Zinbarg, Richard E ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79954599492     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711009X479714     Document Type: Article

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