A first course in structural equation modeling / Tenko Raykov and George A. Marcoulides.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raykov, Tenko.

Contributor:

Marcoulides, George A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural equation modeling.

Social sciences--Statistical methods.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, authors Tenko Raykov and George A. Marcoulides introduce students to the basics of structural equation modeling (SEM) through a conceptual, nonmathematical approach. For ease of understanding, the few mathematical formulas presented are used in a conceptual or illustrative nature, rather than a computational one.Featuring examples from EQS, LISREL, and Mplus, A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling is an excellent beginner's guide to learning how to set up input files to fit the most commonly used types of structural equation models with these programs. The basic

Contents:

Cover; A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; CHAPTER ONE Fundamentals of StructuralEquation Modeling; WHAT IS STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING?; PATH DIAGRAMS; RULES FOR DETERMINING MODEL PARAMETERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARAMETER AND MODEL IDENTIFICATION; MODEL-TESTING AND -FIT EVALUATION; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER TWO Getting to Know the EQS,LISREL, and Mplus Programs; STRUCTURE OF INPUT FILES FOR SEM SOFTWARE; INTRODUCTION TO THE EQS NOTATION AND SYNTAX; INTRODUCTION TO THE LISREL NOTATION AND SYNTAX

INTRODUCTION TO THE Mplus NOTATION AND SYNTAXCHAPTER THREE Path Analysis; WHAT IS PATH ANALYSIS?; EXAMPLE PATH ANALYSIS MODEL; EQS, LISREL, AND Mplus INPUT FILES; MODELING RESULTS; TESTING MODEL RESTRICTIONS IN SEM; MODEL MODIFICATIONS; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER FOUR Confirmatory Factor Analysis; WHAT IS FACTOR ANALYSIS?; AN EXAMPLE CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS MODEL; EQS, LISREL, and Mplus COMMAND FILES; MODELING RESULTS; TESTING MODEL RESTRICTIONS: TRUE SCORE EQUIVALENCE; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER FIVE Structural Regression Models; WHAT IS A STRUCTURAL REGRESSION MODEL?

AN EXAMPLE STRUCTURAL REGRESSION MODELEQS, LISREL, AND Mplus COMMAND FILES; MODELING RESULTS; FACTORIAL INVARIANCE ACROSS TIME IN REPEATED MEASURE STUDIES; APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER SIX Latent Change Analysis; WHAT IS LATENT CHANGE ANALYSIS?; ONE-FACTOR LATENT CHANGE ANALYSIS MODEL; EQS, LISREL, AND Mplus COMMAND FILES FOR A ONE-FACTOR LCA MODEL; MODELING RESULTS, ONE-FACTOR LCA MODEL; LEVEL AND SHAPE MODEL; EQS, LISREL, AND Mplus COMMAND FILES, LEVEL AND SHAPE MODEL; MODELING RESULTS FOR THE LEVEL AND SHAPE MODEL; STUDYING CORRELATES AND PREDICTORS OF LATENT CHANGE

APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 6Epilogue; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-231) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-60076-7

1-281-07603-1

1-135-10923-0

9786611076030

0-203-93068-1

1-4294-6298-1

9780203930687

OCLC:

437200307