The Relationship Between Root Mean Square Error of Approximation and Model Misspecification in Confirmatory Factor Analysis Models

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 910-932

  Savalei, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

fit indices; root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA); structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867683349     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164412452564     Document Type: Article

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