Talk:SEM (structural equation modeling) - Amos

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Use of the word "recursive"
I removed the use of the word "recursive" as it was attached to the A and B causing each other definition. As much as that is what recursive means in a broader term, for some reason SEM nomenclature seems to dictate the opposite. If you search for recursive in just these quick example I found:

http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Courses/soc761/SEMs.pdf

http://davidakenny.net/cm/basics.htm

http://www.columbia.edu/~mmw2177/LVcourse/NOTES/non-recursive%20model%20comparing%20OLS%20with%20SEM.pdf

http://www2.gsu.edu/~mkteer/identifi.html

These are just the first few results I find on google to have quick access, but if you look up the following article (and many other):

Mueller O. R. (1997), Structural Equation Modeling: Back to Basics, Structural Equation Modeling, 4(4), 353-369

They all use it the same way. I don't personally agree with this use of the term so if anyone can explain it, I would love to know why.

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