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ERIC Number: EJ979227
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Sep
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-989X
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Next Steps in Bayesian Structural Equation Models: Comments on, Variations of, and Extensions to Muthen and Asparouhov (2012)
Rindskopf, David
Psychological Methods, v17 n3 p336-339 Sep 2012
Muthen and Asparouhov (2012) made a strong case for the advantages of Bayesian methodology in factor analysis and structural equation models. I show additional extensions and adaptations of their methods and show how non-Bayesians can take advantage of many (though not all) of these advantages by using interval restrictions on parameters. By keeping parameters restricted to intervals (such as loadings between -0.3 and 0.3 to produce small loadings), frequentists using standard structural equation modeling software can do something similar to what a Bayesian does by putting prior distributions on these parameters.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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