One of the statistical technique which inspects the causal relation such as various social phenomenon natural phenomena. Directly the variable which is observed (observation variable) from, the latent variable which cannot be observed directly will be deduced, it is the statistical approach that various phenomena will understand hypothesis by setting concerning the causal relation of that latent variable and observation variable.
For example the verify method is done generally from the observation variable, "reply for the questionnaire",, the latent kind of variable "brand image" (constitution concept) of guiding the causal model of other variable , the influence and the like which brand image gives to buying conduct) supposing, verifying the propriety and by the fact that hypothetical suitability is decided, presuming the strength of the causal relation.
Also it was lectured vis-a-vis former factor analysis being something where "verify factor analysis" develops, can dispersion structure analysis, think that factor analysis andregression which is done verify, as rough understanding.
Recently, also not only dispersed structure and from the fact that also the model which analyzes the average structure of latent variable was developed, the structural equation model with there is many a thing which is named. However, as for also this name note is necessary partly due to the fact that the part model of dispersion structure analysis is meant. |
