Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a powerful statistical approach for the testing of networks of direct and indirect theoretical causal relationships in complex data sets with intercorrelated ...

In this article a systematic statistical approach is developed for the general polynomial structural equation model. The new procedure applies a method of moments procedure similar to the one used in ...

Course TopicsStructural equation modeling (SEM) encompasses such diverse statistical techniques as path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, causal modeling with latent variables, and even analysis ...