Evaluating sensitivity of parameters of interest to measurement invariance in latent variable models

Political Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-60

  Oberski, Daniel L ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84892506011     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpt014     Document Type: Article

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