Impact of measurement model modification on structural parameter integrity when measurement, model is misspecified

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-115

  Fan, Weihua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lagrange multiplier (LM) tests; Misspecification; Modification indices; Residual covariance; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055196818     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1272687060     Document Type: Article

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