The role of measurement invariance in comparative communication research

Comparing Political Communication across Time and Space: New Studies in an Emerging Field

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 31-46

  Schemer, Christian ^a   Kühne, Rinaldo ^b   Matthes, Jörg ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 85006507581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137366474     Document Type: Chapter

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