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ERIC Number: EJ354521
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Reference Count: 0
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Causality, Confirmation, Credulity, and Structural Equation Modeling.
Biddle, Bruce J.; Marlin, Marjorie M.
Child Development, v58 n1 p4-17 Feb 1987
Defines structural equation modeling (SEM) and points out its relation to other more familiar data-analytic techniques, as well as some of the potentials and pitfalls of SEM in the analysis of developmental data. Discussion focuses on causal modeling, path diagrams, ordinary least-squares regression analysis, and powerful methods for model analysis such as LISREL. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Criteria, Least Squares Statistics, Path Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Research Methodology, Research Problems, Statistical Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Causal Models; LISREL Computer Program; Structural Equation Methods
Note: Thematic Issue: Special Section on Structural Equation Modeling.