A Nonlinear Structural Equation Mixture Modeling Approach for Nonnormally Distributed Latent Predictor Variables

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 468-481

  Kelava, Augustin ^a   Nagengast, Benjamin ^a   Brandt, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

estimators; interaction; latent variables; mixture distribution; moderator; nonlinear structural equation mixture models; quadratic; unconstrained approach

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; MODERATORS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ESTIMATORS; INTERACTION; LATENT VARIABLE; MIXTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; MIXTURE MODEL; QUADRATIC; UNCONSTRAINED APPROACH;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84904293063     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2014.915379     Document Type: Article

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