Structural models and the art of approximation

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 675-686

  McDonald, Roderick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Goodness of approximation; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955416090     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610388766     Document Type: Article

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