Latent variable structural equation modeling in cross-cultural research: Multigroup and multilevel approaches

Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 93-119

  Selig, James P ^a   Card, Noel A ^b   Little, Todd D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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

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