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	การสร้างแบบจำลองสมการโครงสร้างแบบเบย์ (BSEM)	แบบจำลองลำดับชั้นแบบเบย์ (Bayesian Hierarchical Model)	การถดถอยแบบเบย์ (Bayesian Regression)	การวิเคราะห์ปัจจัยเชิงยืนยัน (Confirmatory Factor Analysis - CFA)
สาขาวิชา	เบย์	เบย์	เบย์	สถิติศาสตร์
ตระกูล	Bayesian methods	Bayesian methods	Bayesian methods	Latent structure
ปีกำเนิด	2012	2006	—	1969
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Bengt Muthén & Tihomir Asparouhov	Gelman & Hill (2006); Bayesian multilevel tradition	—	Karl Jöreskog
ประเภท	Bayesian latent variable model	hierarchical probabilistic model	Bayesian linear model	Confirmatory latent variable model
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Muthén, B. & Asparouhov, T. (2012). Bayesian SEM: A More Flexible Representation of Substantive Theory. Psychological Methods, 17(3), 313–335.	Gelman, A. & Hill, J. (2006). Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models. Cambridge University Press.	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	BSEM, Bayesian latent variable model, approximate zero constraints SEM, Bayesçi Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli	multilevel Bayes, Bayesian multilevel model, Bayesian HLM, partial pooling model	bayesian linear regression, probabilistic regression, bayesian regresyon	Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizi (CFA), confirmatory factor analysis, measurement model
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	4	2	4
สรุป	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 hierarchical modelling, popularised by Gelman and Hill (2006), is a Bayesian approach to nested data structures — such as students within schools within districts — that estimates separate parameters at each level while allowing those levels to share statistical strength through a mechanism called partial pooling. Where a classical hierarchical linear model treats group means as fixed unknown quantities, the Bayesian version places hyperprior distributions on those group means so that information flows freely across levels, producing more reliable group-level estimates whenever any individual group has few observations.	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.