Peter M. Bentler | |
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Occupation(s) | Psychologist, statistician |
Academic background | |
Education | Stanford University |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of California,Los Angeles |
Doctoral students | Michael D. Newcomb Wenjing Huang |
Peter M. Bentler is an American psychologist,statistician,and distinguished professor at the University of California,Los Angeles.
In multivariate analysis and psychometrics,Bentler is the developer of the structural equation modeling software EQS. [1] Bentler received a doctorate in clinical psychology from Stanford University in 1964. [2] His publications have over 300,000 citations as of 2023 [update] . [3] In 2014,he was awarded the Psychometric Society Career Award. [4] In 2015,he was elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association. [5]
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