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Rejoinder to Issue 12(4)

Moving Forward in the Debate on Causal Indicators: Rejoinder to Comments

Sierra A. BainterDepartment of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kenneth A. BollenDepartments of Psychology and Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pages 63-74 | Published online: 20 Mar 2015

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