When can categorical variables be treated as continuous? A comparison of robust continuous and categorical SEM estimation methods under suboptimal conditions.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Psychological methods

• Publication date

  2012-07-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Mathematics, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0029315PMID 22799625
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