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 ...
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