Hopes and cautions in implementing Bayesian structural equation modeling

Psychological Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-345

  MacCallum, Robert C ^a   Edwards, Michael C ^b   Cai, Li ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Factor analysis; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874392393     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027131     Document Type: Note

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