Limited-information goodness-of-fit testing of hierarchical item factor models

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-276

  Cai, Li ^a   Hansen, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 84876014063     PISSN: 00071102     EISSN: 20448317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2012.02050.x     Document Type: Article

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