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In article <83ftvs$qjq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Haider Al-Katem"
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> What is the difference between SEM and Confirmatory factor analysis?
> Can I perform either of those statistical analyses on a sample size of 50?
SEM (Structural Equation Modelling) is more general than confirmatory factor
analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis only models causal relations from
latents to manifest indicators, leaving the latent variables simply
correlated with one another. SEM allows causal relations between latents,
where some latents are effects of others, and they in turn of even others.
