Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μπεϋζιανή Μοντελοποίηση Δομικών Εξισώσεων (BSEM)	Μπεϋζιανή Παλινδρόμηση	Επιβεβαιωτική Ανάλυση Παραγόντων (CFA)
Πεδίο	Μπεϋζιανή Στατιστική	Μπεϋζιανή Στατιστική	Στατιστική
Οικογένεια	Bayesian methods	Bayesian methods	Latent structure
Έτος προέλευσης	2012	—	1969
Δημιουργός	Bengt Muthén & Tihomir Asparouhov	—	Karl Jöreskog
Τύπος	Bayesian latent variable model	Bayesian linear model	Confirmatory latent variable model
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Muthén, B. & Asparouhov, T. (2012). Bayesian SEM: A More Flexible Representation of Substantive Theory. Psychological Methods, 17(3), 313–335.	Gelman, A., Carlin, J. B., Stern, H. S., Dunson, D. B., Vehtari, A. & Rubin, D. B. (2013). Bayesian Data Analysis (3rd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN: 978-1439840955	Brown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press. ISBN: 978-1462515363
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	BSEM, Bayesian latent variable model, approximate zero constraints SEM, Bayesçi Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli	bayesian linear regression, probabilistic regression, bayesian regresyon	Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (CFA), confirmatory factor analysis, measurement model
Συναφείς	6	2	4
Σύνοψη	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.	Bayesian regression is a probabilistic version of linear regression that treats the model parameters as uncertain quantities. Instead of returning a single best-fit estimate, it combines prior knowledge with the observed data to produce a full posterior probability distribution for each parameter, from which credible intervals and predictions are read off.	Confirmatory factor analysis tests whether a researcher-specified factor structure fits the observed data. Formalised by Karl Jöreskog in 1969, it is the measurement-model step within structural equation modelling and is the standard tool for validating the factorial structure of scales and questionnaires before comparing groups or estimating latent relationships.