Scaling Variances of Latent Variables by Standardizing Loadings: Applications to Working Memory and the Position Effect

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 938-955

  Schweizer, Karl ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 84857886760     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2011.625312     Document Type: Article

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