Structural equation modeling (SEM) encompasses such diverse statistical techniques as path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, causal modeling with latent variables, and even analysis of variance ...

Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) represents a powerful and integrative statistical framework that combines the rigour of meta-analysis with the complexity of structural equation ...

Latent factors are variables that cannot be observed directly but can be inferred from a set of observable variables. For example, in psychology, bad conduct (latent factor) can be measured by how ...