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Principles and practice of structural equation modeling / Rex B. Kline.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Methodology in the social sciencesPublication details: New York : The Guilford Press, ©2016.Edition: 4th edDescription: xvii, 534 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781462523351 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 000SA.07 23 K65
Contents:
Part I. Concepts and tools -- 1. Coming of age -- 2. Regression fundamentals -- 3. Significance testing and bootstrapping -- 4. Data preparation and psychometrics review -- 5. Computer tools -- Part II. Specification and identification -- 6. Specification of observed variable (path) models -- 7. Identification of observed-variable (path) models -- 8. Graph theory and the structural causal model -- 9. Specification and identification of confirmatory factor analysis models -- 10. Specification and identification of structural regression models -- Part III. Analysis -- 11. Estimation and local fit testing -- 12. Global fit testing -- 13. Analysis of confirmatory factor analysis models -- 14. Analysis of structural regression models -- Part IV. Advanced techniques and best practices -- 15. Mean structures and latent growth models -- 16. Multiple-samples analysis and measurement invariance -- 17. Interaction effects and multilevel structural equation modeling -- 18. Best practices in structural equation modeling.
Summary: "Emphasizing concepts and rationale over mathematical minutiae, this is the most widely used, complete, and accessible structural equation modeling (SEM) text. Continuing the tradition of using real data examples from a variety of disciplines, the significantly revised fourth edition incorporates recent developments such as Pearl's graphing theory and structural causal model (SCM), measurement invariance, and more. Readers gain a comprehensive understanding of all phases of SEM, from data collection and screening to the interpretation and reporting of the results. Learning is enhanced by exercises with answers, rules to remember, and topic boxes. The companion website supplies data, syntax, and output for the book's examples--now including files for Amos, EQS, LISREL, Mplus, Stata, and R (lavaan). New to This Edition *Extensively revised to cover important new topics: Pearl's graphing theory and SCM, causal inference frameworks, conditional process modeling, path models for longitudinal data, item response theory, and more. *Chapters on best practices in all stages of SEM, measurement invariance in confirmatory factor analysis, and significance testing issues and bootstrapping. *Expanded coverage of psychometrics. *Additional computer tools: online files for all detailed examples, previously provided in EQS, LISREL, and Mplus, are now also given in Amos, Stata, and R (lavaan). *Reorganized to cover the specification, identification, and analysis of observed variable models separately from latent variable models. Pedagogical Features *Exercises with answers, plus end-of-chapter annotated lists of further reading. *Real examples of troublesome data, demonstrating how to handle typical problems in analyses. *Topic boxes on specialized issues, such as causes of nonpositive definite correlations. *Boxed rules to remember. *Website promoting a learn-by-doing approach, including syntax and data files for six widely used SEM computer tools"--
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I. Concepts and tools --
1. Coming of age --
2. Regression fundamentals --
3. Significance testing and bootstrapping --
4. Data preparation and psychometrics review --
5. Computer tools --
Part II. Specification and identification --
6. Specification of observed variable (path) models --
7. Identification of observed-variable (path) models --
8. Graph theory and the structural causal model --
9. Specification and identification of confirmatory factor analysis models --
10. Specification and identification of structural regression models --
Part III. Analysis --
11. Estimation and local fit testing --
12. Global fit testing --
13. Analysis of confirmatory factor analysis models --
14. Analysis of structural regression models --
Part IV. Advanced techniques and best practices --
15. Mean structures and latent growth models --
16. Multiple-samples analysis and measurement invariance --
17. Interaction effects and multilevel structural equation modeling --
18. Best practices in structural equation modeling.

"Emphasizing concepts and rationale over mathematical minutiae, this is the most widely used, complete, and accessible structural equation modeling (SEM) text. Continuing the tradition of using real data examples from a variety of disciplines, the significantly revised fourth edition incorporates recent developments such as Pearl's graphing theory and structural causal model (SCM), measurement invariance, and more. Readers gain a comprehensive understanding of all phases of SEM, from data collection and screening to the interpretation and reporting of the results. Learning is enhanced by exercises with answers, rules to remember, and topic boxes. The companion website supplies data, syntax, and output for the book's examples--now including files for Amos, EQS, LISREL, Mplus, Stata, and R (lavaan). New to This Edition *Extensively revised to cover important new topics: Pearl's graphing theory and SCM, causal inference frameworks, conditional process modeling, path models for longitudinal data, item response theory, and more. *Chapters on best practices in all stages of SEM, measurement invariance in confirmatory factor analysis, and significance testing issues and bootstrapping. *Expanded coverage of psychometrics. *Additional computer tools: online files for all detailed examples, previously provided in EQS, LISREL, and Mplus, are now also given in Amos, Stata, and R (lavaan). *Reorganized to cover the specification, identification, and analysis of observed variable models separately from latent variable models. Pedagogical Features *Exercises with answers, plus end-of-chapter annotated lists of further reading. *Real examples of troublesome data, demonstrating how to handle typical problems in analyses. *Topic boxes on specialized issues, such as causes of nonpositive definite correlations. *Boxed rules to remember. *Website promoting a learn-by-doing approach, including syntax and data files for six widely used SEM computer tools"--

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