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4 - A short history of structural equation models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2009

By
Adrian Tomer
Edited by
Bruce H. Pugesek ,
Adrian Tomer  and
Alexander von Eye
Bruce H. Pugesek
Affiliation:
US Geological Survey, Montana
Adrian Tomer
Affiliation:
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Alexander von Eye
Affiliation:
Michigan State University
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The goal of this chapter is to provide a historical account of structural equation modeling (SEM). To do so I followed the development throughout the twentieth century of the main ideas in the four disciplines that contributed to the development of SEM: biometrics, econometrics, psychometrics, and sociometrics. Special attention is paid to the development of path analysis by Wright and its sociological applications. Also presented are the development of estimation procedures and the formulation of identification issues in econometrics and the beginning of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis in psychology. The last part of this account presents the synthesis of these ideas in the LISREL model as well as extensions of the original model.

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Structural Equation Modeling
Applications in Ecological and Evolutionary Biology
 , pp. 85 - 124
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2003

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