A Note on Sample Size and Solution Propriety for Confirmatory Factor Analytic Models

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-97

  Jackson, Dennis L ^a   Voth, Jennifer ^a   Frey, Marc P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; latent variable reliability; sample size; structural equation modeling; Swain correction

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; LATENT VARIABLE; LATENT VARIABLE MODELING; MEASUREMENT MODEL; MODEL ESTIMATION; SAMPLE SIZES; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84873386790     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2013.742388     Document Type: Article

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