Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μπεϋζιανή Ανάλυση Παραγόντων	Μοντελοποίηση Δομικών Εξισώσεων (SEM)
Πεδίο	Μπεϋζιανή Στατιστική	Στατιστική
Οικογένεια	Bayesian methods	Latent structure
Έτος προέλευσης	2004	1970
Δημιουργός	Lopes & West (2004) for Bayesian model assessment in factor analysis	Karl Jöreskog (LISREL framework, 1970s)
Τύπος	Bayesian latent variable model	Latent variable / causal modeling
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Lopes, H. F. & West, M. (2004). Bayesian Model Assessment in Factor Analysis. Statistica Sinica, 14(1), 41–67.	Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J. & Anderson, R. E. (2019). Multivariate Data Analysis (8th ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1473756540
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Bayesian EFA, Bayesian CFA, Bayesçi Faktör Analizi, probabilistic factor analysis	Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi (SEM), structural equation modelling, covariance structure analysis, latent variable modeling
Συναφείς	7	5
Σύνοψη	Bayesian Factor Analysis is a probabilistic latent-variable method that places prior distributions on the factor loading matrix and the residual variances, then infers a full posterior over these parameters from the observed data. Developed prominently in the Bayesian framework by Lopes and West (2004), it extends classical exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis by quantifying uncertainty in every estimated loading rather than reporting single point estimates.	Structural equation modeling is a multivariate statistical framework that simultaneously estimates a measurement model — relating observed indicators to latent constructs — and a structural model specifying directional or reciprocal relationships among those constructs. Rooted in the LISREL tradition developed by Karl Jöreskog in the 1970s, SEM is the standard tool for testing complex theoretical models in the social, behavioural, and management sciences.