Measurement Bias Detection Through Factor Analysis

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 561-579

  Barendse, M T ^a   Oort, F J ^a   Werner, C S ^b   Ligtvoet, R ^a   Schermelleh Engel, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

factor analysis; latent moderated structures; measurement invariance; nonuniform measurement bias; random slope parameterization

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHODS; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT BIAS; MULTI-GROUP; SIMULATION STUDIES;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84868280002     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2012.713261     Document Type: Article

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