Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis

Latent variable models comprise an important branch of multivariate analysis. In particular, they are used to create a framework for reducing data from large scale statistical enquiries to manageable proportions. Factor analysis, a key latent variable model, has been effectively applied to problems in sociology, geology, chemistry, and psychology. This book provides a latent-variable framework for psychometricians and statisticians in their specification and use of suitable research models. Several chapters explore fields where the data are categorical and the latent variables are metrical.Bartholomew, David J. is the author of 'Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis' with ISBN 9780195206159 and ISBN 0195206150.