Using Structural Equation Modeling to Assess Functional Connectivity in the Brain: Power and Sample Size Considerations

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 733-758

  Sideridis, Georgios ^a   Simos, Panagiotis ^b   Papanicolaou, Andrew ^c   Fletcher, Jack ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

brain connectivity; Monte Carlo simulation; power; RMSEA; structural equation modeling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906872045     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164414525397     Document Type: Article

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