Advanced nonlinear latent variable modeling: Distribution analytic LMS and QML estimators of interaction and quadratic effects

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 465-491

  Kelava, Augustin ^a   Werner, Christina S ^b   Schermelleh Engel, Karin ^b   Moosbrugger, Helfried ^b   Zapf, Dieter ^b   Ma, Yue ^c   Cham, Heining ^c   Aiken, Leona S ^c   West, Stephen G ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimators; Interaction; Multicollinearity; Nonlinear structural equation models; Quadratic

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATORS; INTERACTION; MULTICOLLINEARITY; NONLINEAR STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS; QUADRATIC;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

EID: 79960658164     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2011.582408     Document Type: Article

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