Neglect the Structure of Multitrait-Multimethod Data at Your Peril: Implications for Associations With External Variables

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-207

  Castro Schilo, Laura ^a   Widaman, Keith F ^a   Grimm, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; construct validity; multitrait multimethod data; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSES (CFA); CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMPIRICAL DATA; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MULTITRAIT-MULTIMETHOD DATA; RESEARCH GOALS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DATA STRUCTURES;

EID: 84876261877     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2013.769385     Document Type: Article

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