Model misspecification and invariance testing using confirmatory factor analytic procedures

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 404-428

  French, Brian F ^a   Finch, W Holmes ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; measurement invariance; misspecification; model fit; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860419816     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2010.517811     Document Type: Article

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