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	বেয়েশীয় গাঠনিক সমীকরণ মডেলিং (Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling - BSEM)	কার্যকারণ মধ্যস্থতাকারী বিশ্লেষণ (প্রাকৃতিক প্রত্যক্ষ ও পরোক্ষ প্রভাব)	সাধারণ ন্যূনতম বর্গক্ষেত্র (OLS) রিগ্রেশন
ক্ষেত্র	বেইসীয়	কার্যকারণ অনুমান	অর্থমিতি
পরিবার	Bayesian methods	Regression model	Regression model
উদ্ভবের বছর	2012	2010	2019
প্রবর্তক	Bengt Muthén & Tihomir Asparouhov	Pearl (2001); general framework by Imai, Keele & Tingley (2010)	Wooldridge (textbook treatment); classical least squares
ধরন	Bayesian latent variable model	Counterfactual causal decomposition	Linear regression
মৌলিক উৎস	Muthén, B. & Asparouhov, T. (2012). Bayesian SEM: A More Flexible Representation of Substantive Theory. Psychological Methods, 17(3), 313–335.	Pearl, J. (2001). Direct and Indirect Effects. In Proceedings of the Seventeenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), 411-420.	Wooldridge, J. M. (2019). Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach (7th ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1337558860
অপর নাম	BSEM, Bayesian latent variable model, approximate zero constraints SEM, Bayesçi Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli	natural direct effect, natural indirect effect, NDE / NIE decomposition, counterfactual mediation	ordinary least squares, classical linear regression, linear regression, en küçük kareler regresyonu
সম্পর্কিত	6	5	5
সারসংক্ষেপ	Bayesian SEM, introduced by Muthén and Asparouhov in 2012, extends classical structural equation modeling by placing prior distributions on factor loadings, path coefficients, and covariances. Instead of returning a single maximum-likelihood estimate, it uses Markov chain Monte Carlo to produce a full posterior distribution for every parameter, enabling principled uncertainty quantification in models with latent variables.	Causal mediation analysis is a counterfactual framework that splits a treatment's total effect into a Natural Direct Effect (NDE) and a Natural Indirect Effect (NIE) that runs through a mediator. The modern general approach was formalised by Pearl (2001) and Imai, Keele and Tingley (2010), giving the decomposition a precise causal interpretation.	Ordinary Least Squares is the classical linear regression method that explains a continuous outcome as a linear combination of predictors. It estimates the coefficients by minimising the sum of squared residuals, and under the Gauss-Markov assumptions these estimates are the best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE).