Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
2 total works
Building directly on confirmatory factor analysis, Long presents a measurement model (drawn from psychometrics) and a structural equation model (drawn from econometrics) that, together, comprise the LISREL covariance structure model.
Demonstrates how to use confirmatory factor analysis--a model that allows researchers to specify the relationships among observed and latent variables on the basis of substantive considerations rather than mathematical convenience.