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	การวิเคราะห์ปัจจัยแบบเบย์ (Bayesian Factor Analysis)	เครือข่ายเบย์ (Bayesian Network)	การถดถอยแบบเบย์ (Bayesian Regression)	การวิเคราะห์ปัจจัยเชิงยืนยัน (Confirmatory Factor Analysis - CFA)
สาขาวิชา	เบย์	เบย์	เบย์	สถิติศาสตร์
ตระกูล	Bayesian methods	Bayesian methods	Bayesian methods	Latent structure
ปีกำเนิด	2004	1988	—	1969
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Lopes & West (2004) for Bayesian model assessment in factor analysis	Judea Pearl	—	Karl Jöreskog
ประเภท	Bayesian latent variable model	Probabilistic graphical model	Bayesian linear model	Confirmatory latent variable model
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Lopes, H. F. & West, M. (2004). Bayesian Model Assessment in Factor Analysis. Statistica Sinica, 14(1), 41–67.	Pearl, J. (1988). Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of Plausible Inference. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN: 978-1558604797	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
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	Bayesian EFA, Bayesian CFA, Bayesçi Faktör Analizi, probabilistic factor analysis	Bayes network, belief network, probabilistic graphical model, directed graphical model	bayesian linear regression, probabilistic regression, bayesian regresyon	Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (CFA), confirmatory factor analysis, measurement model
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	7	4	2	4
สรุป	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.	A Bayesian network is a probabilistic graphical model, introduced by Judea Pearl in 1988, that encodes a set of variables and their conditional dependencies as a directed acyclic graph (DAG). Each node represents a variable; each directed edge encodes a direct probabilistic influence. By combining Bayes' rule with the graph's conditional independence structure, the model supports reasoning under uncertainty — computing the probability of any variable given observed evidence about others.	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.