পদ্ধতির তুলনা করুন

	Robust Path Analysis	Robust Confirmatory Factor Analysis
ক্ষেত্র	পরিসংখ্যান	পরিসংখ্যান
পরিবার	Latent structure	Latent structure
উদ্ভবের বছর	1998	1984–1994
প্রবর্তক	Yuan & Bentler (robust SEM/path framework); Huber (M-estimation foundation)	Satorra & Bentler (robust SE/chi-square corrections); Browne (ADF estimator)
ধরন	Causal path modeling with robust estimation	Confirmatory latent variable model with robust estimation
মৌলিক উৎস	Yuan, K.-H. & Bentler, P. M. (1998). Robust mean and covariance structure analysis. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 51(1), 63–88.	Satorra, A. & Bentler, P. M. (1994). Corrections to test statistics and standard errors in covariance structure analysis. In A. von Eye & C. C. Clogg (Eds.), Latent variables analysis: Applications for developmental research (pp. 399–419). Sage.
অপর নাম	robust PA, path analysis with robust standard errors, robust causal path modeling, robust structural path modeling	Robust CFA, CFA with robust standard errors, Satorra-Bentler CFA, non-normal CFA
সম্পর্কিত	6	6
সারসংক্ষেপ	Robust path analysis applies robust estimation — such as sandwich standard errors or M-estimation — to path models that specify directed causal relationships among observed variables. It preserves valid inference about path coefficients and indirect effects when data violate normality, contain outliers, or exhibit heteroscedasticity that would distort conventional standard errors.	Robust confirmatory factor analysis fits a pre-specified factor structure to observed data while correcting standard errors and goodness-of-fit statistics for violations of multivariate normality. It is the preferred variant of CFA whenever Likert-type, skewed, or kurtotic indicators make the classical normal-theory estimator unreliable.