The basics of variation - means and variances are considered, followed by description of i) the tracing rules of path analysis and ii) matrix representation of path models. The discussion is ...

This half-hour talk describes the specification of the ACE model that is widely used in human behavioral genetic studies. It considers how a model where a, c and e path coefficients are estimated ...

This course is an introduction to structural equation modeling (SEM). SEM represents a general approach to the statistical examination of the fit of a theoretical model to empirical data. Topics ...

introduction to basic concepts, principles, and applications of structural equation modeling including path analysis, confirmatory latent variable models, multiple-group modeling, and latent growth ...