A comparison of four approaches to account for method effects in latent state-trait analyses

Psychological Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-283

  Geiser, Christian ^a   Lockhart, Ginger ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Indicator specific effects; Latent state trait analysis; Longitudinal modeling; Method effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84866455274     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026977     Document Type: Article

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