'''''Structural Equations with Latent Variables''''' is a [[statistics]] textbook regardingon [[structural equation modeling]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Jöreskog |first=Karl G. |year=1994 |title=Structural Equation Modeling with Ordinal Variables |journal=Lecture Notes-Monograph Series |series=Institute of Mathematical Statistics Lecture Notes - Monograph Series |volume=24 |pages=297{{ndash}}310 |doi=10.1214/lnms/1215463803 |isbn=0-940600-35-8 |jstor=4355811 |quote=The basic ideas and methods of structural equation models are explained in Bollen (1989). |doi-access=free |authorlink=Karl Gustav Jöreskog}}</ref> authored by [[Kenneth Bollen]] and published in 1989. It explores variouscovers topics in the statistics field, coveringlike measurement validity and reliability, overall fit indices, model identification, causality, and the statistical software package [[LISREL]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Bollen|first=Kenneth A.|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/9781118619179|title=Structural Equations with Latent Variables: Bollen/Structural Equations with Latent Variables|date=1989-04-28|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|isbn=978-1-118-61917-9|___location=Hoboken, NJ, USA|language=en|doi=10.1002/9781118619179|access-date=August 13, 2023|archive-date=August 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813115227/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118619179|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=APA PsycNet|url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1989-97716-000|access-date=2022-08-26|website=psycnet.apa.org|language=en|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407150401/https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1989-97716-000|url-status=live}}</ref> Examples are provided from sociology, economics, and psychology are used in the textbook to illustrate the practical applications of these methods. The book focuses on the examination ofexamines covariances rather than individual cases.<ref name=":0" /> It is commonly used in graduate-level courses that focus on structural equation modeling within the social sciences.{{cn}}
