Principles and practice in reporting structural equation analyses

Psychological Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-82

  McDonald, Roderick P ^a   Ho, Moon Ho Ringo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85047669360     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.7.1.64     Document Type: Article

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