Although the methodology for handling ordinal and dichotomous observed variables in structural equation models (SEMs) is developing rapidly, several important issues are unresolved. One of these is ...

Kline, R. B. (2023). Principles and practice of structural equation modeling (5th ed.). Guilford Press. Kline, R. B. (2020). Becoming a behavioral science researcher ...

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This software specialises in three areas: models with responses at several levels of a data hierarchy, multilevel structural equation models, and measurement error ...

Statistical model infrastructures at financial institutions are often developed using a piecemeal approach to model building, in which different components of complex interrelated statistical models ...

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