Can simple variables be used in lieu of latent variables in SEM models, and if so, how?
• What are the advantages of SEM over OLS regression? • Given the advantages of SEM over OLS regression, when would one ever want to use OLS regression? • Is SEM the same as MLE? Can SEM use estimation methods other than MLE? • I have heard SEM is like factor analysis. How so? • How and why is SEM used for confirmatory factor analysis, often as a preliminary step in SEM? • When is a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model identified in SEM? • Why is it this and other descriptions of SEM give little emphasis to the concept of significance testing? • How can I tell beforehand if my model is identified and thus can have a unique solution? • What is a matrix in LISREL? • What is a matrix in Amos? • How does one test for modifier or covariate control variables in a structural model? • How do you handle before-after and other repeated measures data in SEM? • How do you use crossproduct interaction terms in SEM? • If I run a SEM model for two subgroups of my sample, can I compare the path co
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