Abstract
The problem of assigning empirical meaning to unobserved variables in structural equation models is discussed. Interpretational confounding is discussed as the assignment of the other than a priori assigned empirical meaning of an unobserved variable. Hypotheses conceming the possibility of interpretational confounding as a concomitant of a lack of point variability in unobserved variables are specified, and corresponding chi-square statistics are given. Numerical illustration is provided
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ConfoundingA priori and a posterioriStructural equation modelingEconometricsMeaning (existential)StatisticsMathematicsVariablesVariable (mathematics)EstimationPsychologyEpistemologyEngineering
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Ronald S. Burt
(1976).
Interpretational Confounding of Unobserved Variables in Structural Equation Models.
Sociological Methods & Research
, 5
(1)
, 3-52.
https://doi.org/10.1177/004912417600500101
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- 10.1177/004912417600500101