The EffectLiteR Approach for Analyzing Average and Conditional Effects

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 374-391

  Mayer, Axel ^a   Dietzfelbinger, Lisa ^b   Rosseel, Yves ^a   Steyer, Rolf ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Average and conditional effects; interactions; moderation; multigroup structural equation modeling; stochastic regressors

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SCIENTIST; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; INTERNET; MALE; MARKOV CHAIN; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84973102562     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2016.1151334     Document Type: Article

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