Hierarchically Nested Covariance Structure Models for Multitrait-Multimethod Data

Applied Psychological Measurement

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 1-26

  Widaman, Keith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84965470374     PISSN: 01466216     EISSN: 15523497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014662168500900101     Document Type: Article

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