Handbook of latent variable and related models

Sik-Yum Lee0444520449, 9780444520449, 9780080471266

This Handbook covers latent variable models, which are a flexible class of models for modeling multivariate data to explore relationships among observed and latent variables. – Covers a wide class of important models – Models and statistical methods described provide tools for analyzing a wide spectrum of complicated data – Includes illustrative examples with real data sets from business, education, medicine, public health and sociology. – Demonstrates the use of a wide variety of statistical, computational, and mathematical techniques.