A Monte Carlo study comparing PIV, ULS and DWLS in the estimation of dichotomous confirmatory factor analysis

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-143

  Nestler, Steffen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872590776     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02044.x     Document Type: Article

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