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If the model is acceptable, researchers then establish whether specific paths are significant. It can be viewed as a combination of factor analysis and regression or path analysis. Kline, phd, is an associate professor of psychology at concordia university in montreal. Kline explains all stages of any structural equation model succinctly and clearly, providing graduate students and researchers with a wonderful resource for sem. Structural equation modeling sem is a comprehensive statistical approach to testing hypotheses about relations among observed and latent variables hoyle, 1995.
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