Issues in the Application of Latent Variable Models

Chapter 7: Issues in the Application of Latent Variable Models In this chapter we expand our horizons with regard to latent variable analysis and its application. We begin with a discussion of exploratory model modification and the implications of alternative models, and we end with a couple of critiques of the causal modeling enterprise. In between, we consider how latent variable analysis might be extended to handle additional kinds of problems, and whether the construction of path diagrams might be mechanized.