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This paper is concerned with the analysis of structural equation models with polytomous variables. A computationally efficient three-stage estimator of the thresholds and the covariance structure parameters, based on partition maximum likelihood and generalized least squares estimation, is proposed. An example is presented to illustrate the method.
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This research was supported in part by a research grant DA01070 from the U.S. Public Health Service. The production assistance of Julie Speckart is gratefully acknowledged.
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Lee, SY., Poon, WY. & Bentler, P.M. A three-stage estimation procedure for structural equation models with polytomous variables. Psychometrika 55, 45–51 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02294742
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