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Multiple-Indicator, Multiple-Cause Models for a Single Latent Variable with Ordinal Indicators

BARRY V. BYE

Social Security Administration

SALVATORE J. GALLICCHIO

Social Security Administration

JANICE M. DYKACZ

Social Security Administration

A MIMIC model is developed that contains a one-dimensional latent variable measured by ordinal indicators. The latent variable can be either discrete and ordered or continuous. Parameters for both the measurement and structural components of the model are estimated simultaneously using the EM algorithm. An example of a sociological application is presented.

Sociological Methods & Research, Vol. 13, No. 4, 487-509 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/0049124185013004003
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