A Unified Approach to Multi-group Structural Equation Modeling with Nonstandard Samples

To appear in: G. A. Marcoulides & R. E. Schumacker (Eds.) Advanced Structural Equation Modeling: New Developments and Techniques Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. A Unified Approach to Multi-group Structural Equation Modeling with Nonstandard Samples ∗ Ke-Hai Yuan University of North Texas and Peter M. Bentler University of California, Los Angeles February 21, 2000 This project was supported by a University of North Texas Faculty Research Grant Program and Grants DA01070 and DA00017 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

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