Principles and practice of structural equation modeling

Author(s)

• Kline, Rex B.
• Little, Todd D.

Bibliographic Information

Principles and practice of structural equation modeling

Rex B. Kline ; series editor's note by Todd D. Little

（Methodology in the social sciences）

Guilford Press, c2016

4th ed

• : pbk
• : hardcover

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-509) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

*The top-selling SEM text, extensively revised: 45% new material includes the first primer-level introduction to Pearl's structural causal modeling (SCM), plus several other new chapters. *Students love Kline's writing and his use of real-world examples and just enough math. *Learn-by-doing approach, complete with everything needed to run the examples on six SEM software tools, including Mplus, Stata, and R (lavaan). *User-friendly features: real data examples from a variety of disciplines, exercises with answers, rule tips, and topic boxes. *Online resources: comprehensive website provides data, syntax, and output files for all detailed examples in the book.

Table of Contents

• I . C o n c e p t s a n d T o o l s 1 . C o m i n g o f A g e P r e p a r i n g t o L e a r n S E M D e f i n i t i o n o f S E M I m p o r t a n c e o f T h e o r y A P r i o r i , b u t N o t E x c l u s i v e l y C o n f i r m a t o r y P r o b a b i l i s t i c C a u s a t i o n O b s e r v e d V a r i a b l e s a n d L a t e n t V a r i a b l e s D a t a A n a l y z e d i n S E M S E M R e q u i r e s L a r g e S a m p l e s L e s s E m p h a s i s o n S i g n i f i c a n c e T e s t i n g S E M a n d O t h e r S t a t i s t i c a l T e c h n i q u e s S E M a n d O t h e r C a u s a l I n f e r e n c e F r a m e w o r k s M y t h s a b o u t S E M W i d e s p r e a d E n t h u s i a s m , b u t w i t h a C a u t i o n a r y T a l e F a m i l y H i s t o r y S u m m a r y L e a r n M o r e 2 . R e g r e s s i o n F u n d a m e n t a l s B i v a r i a t e R e g r e s s i o n M u l t i p l e R e g r e s s i o n L e f t - O u t V a r i a b l e s E r r o r S u p p r e s s i o n P r e d i c t o r S e l e c t i o n a n d E n t r y P a r t i a l a n d P a r t C o r r e l a t i o n O b s e r v e d v e r s u s E s t i m a t e d C o r r e l a t i o n s L o g i s t i c R e g r e s s i o n a n d P r o b i t R e g r e s s i o n S u m m a r y L e a r n M o r e E x e r c i s e s 3 . S i g n i f i c a n c e T e s t i n g a n d B o o t s t r a p p i n g S t a n d a r d E r r o r s C r i t i c a l R a t i o s P o w e r a n d T y p e s o f N u l l H y p o t h e s e s S i g n i f i c a n c e T e s t i n g C o n t r o v e r s y C o n f i d e n c e I n t e r v a l s a n d N o n c e n t r a l T e s t D i s t r i b u t i o n s B o o t s t r a p p i n g S u m m a r y L e a r n M o r e E x e r c i s e s 4 . D a t a P r e p a r a t i o n a n d P s y c h o m e t r i c s R e v i e w F o r m s o f I n p u t D a t a P o s i t i v e D e f i n i t e n e s s E x t r e m e C o l l i n e a r i t y O u t l i e r s N o r m a l i t y T r a n s f o r m a t i o n s R e l a t i v e V a r i a n c e s M i s s i n g D a t a S e l e c t i n g G o o d M e a s u r e s a n d R e p o r t i n g a b o u t T h e m S c o r e R e l i a b i l i t y S c o r e V a l i d i t y I t e m R e s p o n s e T h e o r y a n d I t e m C h a r a c t e r i s t i c C u r v e s S u m m a r y L e a r n M o r e E x e r c i s e s 5 . C o m p u t e r T o o l s E a s e o f U s e , N o t S u s p e n s i o n o f J u d g m e n t H u m a n & n d a s h
• C o m p u t e r I n t e r a c t i o n T i p s f o r S E M P r o g r a m m i n g S E M C o m p u t e r T o o l s O t h e r C o m p u t e r R e s o u r c e s f o r S E M C o m p u t e r T o o l s f o r t h e S C M S u m m a r y L e a r n M o r e I I . S p e c i f i c a t i o n a n d I d e n t i f i c a t i o n 6 . S p e c i f i c a t i o n o f O b s e r v e d V a r i a b l e ( P a t h ) M o d e l s S t e p s o f S E M M o d e l D i a g r a m S y m b o l s C a u s a l I n f e r e n c e S p e c i f i c a t i o n C o n c e p t s P a t h A n a l y s i s M o d e l s R e c u r s i v e a n d N o n r e c u r s i v e M o d e l s P a t h M o d e l s f o r L o n g i t u d i n a l D a t a S u m m a r y L e a r n M o r e E x e r c i s e s A p p e n d i x 6 . A . L I S R E L N o t a t i o n f o r P a t h M o d e l s 7 . I d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f O b s e r v e d V a r i a b l e ( P a t h ) M o d e l s G e n e r a l R e q u i r e m e n t s U n i q u e E s t i m a t e s R u l e f o r R e c u r s i v e M o d e l s I d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f N o n r e c u r s i v e M o d e l s M o d e l s w i t h F e e d b a c k L o o p s a n d A l l P o s s i b l e D i s t u r b a n c e C o r r e l a t i o n s G r a p h i c a l R u l e s f o r O t h e r T y p e s o f N o n r e c u r s i v e M o d e l s R e s p e c i f i c a t i o n o f N o n r e c u r s i v e M o d e l s t h a t a r e N o t I d e n t i f i e d A H e a l t h y P e r s p e c t i v e o n I d e n t i f i c a t i o n E m p i r i c a l U n d e r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n M a n a g i n g I d e n t i f i c a t i o n P r o b l e m s P a t h A n a l y s i s R e s e a r c h E x a m p l e S u m m a r y L e a r n M o r e E x e r c i s e s A p p e n d i x 7 . A . E v a l u a t i o n o f t h e R a n k C o n d i t i o n 8 . G r a p h T h e o r y a n d t h e S t r u c t u r a l C a u s a l M o d e l I n t r o d u c t i o n t o G r a p h T h e o r y E l e m e n t a r y D i r e c t e d G r a p h s a n d C o n d i t i o n a l I n d e p e n d e n c e s I m p l i c a t i o n s f o r R e g r e s s i o n A n a l y s i s d - S e p a r a t i o n B a s i s S e t C a u s a l D i r e c t e d G r a p h s T e s t a b l e I m p l i c a t i o n s G r a p h i c a l I d e n t i f i c a t i o n C r i t e r i a I n s t r u m e n t a l V a r i a b l e s C a u s a l M e d i a t i o n S u m m a r y L e a r n M o r e E x e r c i s e s A p p e n d i x 8 . A . L o c a t i n g C o n d i t i o n a l I n d e p e n d e n c e s i n D i r e c t e d C y c l i c G r a p h s A p p e n d i x 8 . B . C o u n t e r f a c t u a l D e f i n i t i o n s o f D i r e c t a n d I n d i r e c t E f f e c t s 9 . S p e c i f i c a t i o n a n d I d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f C o n f i r m a t o r y F a c t o r A n a l y s i s M o d e l s L a t e n t V a r i a b l e s i n C F A F a c t o r A n a l y s i s C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f E F A M o d e l s C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f C F A M o d e l s O t h e r C F A S p e c i f i c a t i o n I s s u e s I d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f C F A M o d e l s R u l e s f o r S t a n d a r d C F A M o d e l s R u l e s f o r N o n s t a n d a r d C F A M o d e l s E m p i r i c a l U n d e r i d e n t i f i c a t i o n i n C F A C F A R e s e a r c h E x a m p l e A p p e n

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Details

• NCID: BB22824451
• ISBN:
  • 9781462523344
  • 9781462523351
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 534 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 519.535
  • DC20 : 519.535
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Multivariate analysis
  • LCSH : Social sciences -- Statistical methods
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA3787031X