A Bayesian Model For The Estimation Of Latent Interaction And Quadratic Effects When Latent Variables Are Non-Normally Distributed

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 717-742

  Kelava, Augustin ^a   Nagengast, Benjamin ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84868262325     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2012.715560     Document Type: Article

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