'''''Structural Equations with Latent Variables''''' is a [[statistics]] textbook on [[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> by [[Kenneth Bollen]]. Published in 1989, it covers topics in the statistics like measurement [[Validity (statistics)|validity]], and[[Reliability (statistics)|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 from [[sociology]], [[economics]], and [[psychology]] are used in the textbook to illustrate the practical applications of these methods. The book examines covariances rather than individual cases.<ref name=":0" /> It is used in graduate-level courses that focus on structural equation modeling within the social sciences.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
