مقایسهٔ روش‌ها

	مدل‌سازی معادلات ساختاری بیزی (BSEM)	تحلیل عاملی تأییدی (CFA)
حوزه	بیزی	آمار
خانواده	Bayesian methods	Latent structure
سال پیدایش	2012	1969
پدیدآور	Bengt Muthén & Tihomir Asparouhov	Karl Jöreskog
نوع	Bayesian latent variable model	Confirmatory latent variable model
منبع بنیادین	Muthén, B. & Asparouhov, T. (2012). Bayesian SEM: A More Flexible Representation of Substantive Theory. Psychological Methods, 17(3), 313–335.	Brown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press. ISBN: 978-1462515363
نام‌های دیگر	BSEM, Bayesian latent variable model, approximate zero constraints SEM, Bayesçi Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli	Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (CFA), confirmatory factor analysis, measurement model
مرتبط	6	4
خلاصه	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.	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.