Using the modification index and standardized expected parameter change for model modification

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-44

  Whittaker, Tiffany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

model misspecification; model modification; modification index; specification searches; standardized expected parameter change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857342818     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2010.531299     Document Type: Article

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