Latent Variable Models and Factor 3e

By Irini Moustaki, Martin Knott, David J. Bartholomew

Book Overview

Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis provides a comprehensive and unified approach to factor analysis and latent variable modeling from a statistical perspective. This book presents a general framework to enable the derivation of the commonly used models, along with updated numerical examples. Nature and interpretation of a latent variable is also introduced along with related techniques for investigating dependency. This book: * Provides a unified approach showing how such apparently diverse methods as Latent Class Analysis and Factor Analysis are actually members of the same family.* Presents new material on ordered manifest variables, MCMC methods, non-linear models as well as a new chapter on related techniques for investigating dependency.* Includes new sections on structural equation models (SEM) and Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods for parameter estimation, along with new illustrative examples

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470971924
• ISBN13: 9780470971925
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"