A direct comparison approach for testing measurement invariance

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-198

  Cheung, Gordon W ^a   Lau, Rebecca S ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bootstrapping; factor ratio test; latent mean comparisons; measurement equivalence invariance; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857711370     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428111421987     Document Type: Article

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