An Investigation of the Sample Performance of Two Nonnormality Corrections for RMSEA

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 904-930

  Brosseau Liard, Patricia E ^a   Savalei, Victoria ^a   Li, Libo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84872574561     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2012.715252     Document Type: Article

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