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Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives Volume 14, 2016 - Issue 4
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Commentaries From Issue 14(3)

Causal Indicator Models Have Nothing to Do with Measurement

Roy D. HowellRawls College of Business, Texas Tech UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
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Einar BreivikDepartment of Marketing and Strategy, Norwegian School of Economics
Pages 167-169 | Published online: 07 Dec 2016

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