Comments on the Meehl-Waller (2002) procedure for appraisal of path analysis models

Psychological Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-306

  MacCallum, Robert C ^a,b   Browne, Michael W ^c   Preacher, Kristopher J ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 85047671232     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.7.3.301     Document Type: Review

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