Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Ordinal Variables: A Simulation Study Comparing the Main Estimation Methods
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An empirical evaluation of alternative methods of estimation for confirmatory factor analysis with ordinal data.
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عنوان ژورنال: Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2145-4515,1794-4724
DOI: 10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.4932