metaSEM: An R package for meta-analysis using structural equation modeling

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Cheung, Mike W L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Meta analytic structural equation modeling; MetaSEM; R; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926615623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01521     Document Type: Article

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