A Bayesian approach to nonlinear latent variable models using the Gibbs sampler and the metropolis-hastings algorithm

Psychometrika

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-300

  Arminger, Gerhard ^b   Muthén, Bengt O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gibbs sampler; LISREL model; Metropolis Hastings algorithm; Non linear functions of latent regressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032329779     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02294856     Document Type: Article

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