Alternatives to traditional model comparison strategies for covariance structure models

Modeling Contextual Effects in Longitudinal Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 33-62

  Preacher, Kristopher J ^a   Cai, Li ^b   Mac Callum, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203936825     Document Type: Chapter

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