Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis (Kendall's Library of Statistics Vol. 7)

Knott, Martin and David J. Bartholomew:

ISBN 10: 034069243X / ISBN 13: 9780340692431

Published by Hodder Arnold, 1999

About this Item

214 pp. Name on endpaper, otherwise well preserved copy with only slight signs of wear 345 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 420.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis (Kendall's Library of Statistics Vol. 7)
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034069243X
• ISBN 13: 9780340692431
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematik

About this title

Synopsis

Latent variables, variables that cannot be observed directly, have numerous applications, particularly in psychometrics and sociology, and this new edition provides a comprehensive and unified treatment. Extensively revised and including much recent work, the book develops a framework for handling latent variables with standard statistical methods. It includes an introductory chapter, followed by a careful development of the General Linear Latent Variable Model (GLLVM). A large class of latent variable models turns out to be special cases of GLLVM, and the book devotes a number of chapters to specific models. The treatment aims to be mathematically complete and emphasizes questions of precision and goodness of fit. The book features numerous examples and concludes with a critique of some of the popular and widely used linear models.

About the Author

David Bartholomew is Professor of Statistics at the London School of Economics.