The Performance of RMSEA in Models With Small Degrees of Freedom

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 486-507

  Kenny, David A ^a   Kaniskan, Burcu ^b   McCoach, D Betsy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b National Conference of Bar Examiners   (United States)

Author keywords

degrees of freedom; model fit; RMSEA; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924218646     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124114543236     Document Type: Article

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