Structured+Equation+Models+with+Latent+Variables

Structured Equations Models with Latent Variables (Multivariate Methods) (GWU EMSE-271)
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"**Structural equation modeling (SEM)** is a statistical technique for testing and estimating causal relationships using a combination of statistical data and qualitative causal assumptions." - [|Wikipedia]

While Cannonical correlation is exploratory, "Structured Equation Models with Latent Variables" are used to test specific hypothesis; confirmation and testing. They can be used for exploration - cannonical correlaton is a special case of SEMs. - Lattin


 * Sources:**
 * Structural equation modeling. (2009, December 2). In //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Retrieved 16:14, December 2, 2009, from []
 * Analyzing Multivariate Data, by James Lattin, Douglas Carroll and Green ([|Amazon]), page 14