Strengthening the assessment of factorial invariance across population subgroups: A commentary on Varni et al. (2013)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2595-2601

  McIntosh, Cameron N ^a  

^a PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Factorial invariance; Fatigue; Patientreported outcome measures; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84892790482     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0465-y     Document Type: Review

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