An advantage of structural equation modeling over ordinary path analysis is that structural equation modeling
A)does not require significance tests.
B)analyzes the links among latent variables.
C)analyzes the links among measured variables.
D)can handle equal-interval variables.

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Structural equation modeling can analyze the links among latent variables (i.e., unobserved variables that are inferred from observed variables) as well as measured variables. This is an advantage over ordinary path analysis, which can only analyze the links among observed variables. Structural equation modeling can also handle equal-interval variables, but this is not a unique advantage over path analysis. The use of significance tests depends on the researcher's approach, and is not a unique feature of either modeling technique.

An Advantage of Structural Equation Modeling Over Ordinary Path Analysis