Driving Fast in Reverse
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of the American Statistical Association
- Vol. 96 (453), 331-338
- https://doi.org/10.1198/016214501750332893
Abstract
Structural equation modeling is one of the most widely used statistical techniques in the social sciences, especially psychology. Its popularity and complexity have spawned a large number of “user-friendly” computer programs, training seminars, introductory textbooks, edited volumes, and an internet discussion group (SEMNET). A review of several introductory textbooks and an edited volume raises disturbing questions about the interplay between commercial development, statistical theory, and “practical” statistical education in this field.Keywords
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