Advanced & Applied Topics · Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)

Structural equation modeling (SEM) — Computational implementation and practical aspects

Public introduction · full guide in Eikos

Introduction

What this guide covers

Introduction Chart from the original guide Linear Algebra · Multivariate Inference

Overview

Topics covered

  • Introduction
  • Structural Equation Models (SEM) : Fundamentals and Computing
  • Fundamentals of Structural Equation Models (SEM)
  • The CFA Measurement Model
  • The Path Structural Model
  • 1.1 The latent variable as an unobservable random variable

Related concepts

Main connections

  • Linear algebra & matrices
  • Variance & standard deviation
  • Maximum likelihood estimation
  • Chi-squared tests & goodness of fit
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Linear regression

Compatible notation

Mathematical sample in LaTeX

The expression is rendered accessibly, with its LaTeX source preserved below.

𝚺=𝚺(𝛉)
View LaTeX source\boldsymbol{\Sigma} = \boldsymbol{\Sigma}(\boldsymbol{\theta})