The article is about the problem of the treatment of qualitative variables in the Structural Equation Models with attention to the case of Partial Least Squares Path Modeling. In literature there are some proposals based on the application of known statistical tecniques to quantify the qualitative variables. Starting from these works we propose an external quantification for only qualitative variables by the Alternating Least Squares, obtaining the optimal quantification (vectors of optimal scaling), a future objective to develop an algorithm that computes simultaneously the vectors of optimal scaling and the optimal regression coefficients, between the variables. We will present an application of our method to a real dataset.

Methods of quantification for qualitative variables and their use in the structural equation models / Lauro, Natale; D., Nappo; Grassia, MARIA GABRIELLA; R., Miele. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 325-333. [10.1007/978-3-642-13312-1_34]

Methods of quantification for qualitative variables and their use in the structural equation models

LAURO, NATALE;GRASSIA, MARIA GABRIELLA;
2011

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The article is about the problem of the treatment of qualitative variables in the Structural Equation Models with attention to the case of Partial Least Squares Path Modeling. In literature there are some proposals based on the application of known statistical tecniques to quantify the qualitative variables. Starting from these works we propose an external quantification for only qualitative variables by the Alternating Least Squares, obtaining the optimal quantification (vectors of optimal scaling), a future objective to develop an algorithm that computes simultaneously the vectors of optimal scaling and the optimal regression coefficients, between the variables. We will present an application of our method to a real dataset.
2011
9783642133114
Methods of quantification for qualitative variables and their use in the structural equation models / Lauro, Natale; D., Nappo; Grassia, MARIA GABRIELLA; R., Miele. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 325-333. [10.1007/978-3-642-13312-1_34]
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