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Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Author(s): Donna Harrington (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Publication Date: 7 Nov. 2008
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 136 pages
- ISBN-10: 0195339886
- ISBN-13: 9780195339888
Book Description
Measures that are reliable, valid and can be used across diverse populations are vital to social work research, but the development of new measures is an expensive and time-consuming process. An array of existing measures can provide a cost-effective alternative, but in order to take this expedient step with confidence, researchers must ensure that the existing measure is appropriate for the new study. Confirmatory factory analysis (C.F.A.) is one way to do so, and in this clearly written pocket guide Donna Harrington provides social work researchers
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About the Author
Donna Harrington is a Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program in the University of Maryland- Baltimore School of Social Work.
