TY - BOOK AU - Harlow,Lisa L. TI - Essence of multivariate thinking: basic themes and methods T2 - Multivariate applications book series SN - 9780415873727 (pbk.) U1 - 000SA.07 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Multivariate analysis KW - Psychology KW - Mathematical models N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Part I: Overview 1. Introduction and Multivariate Themes 2. Background Considerations Part II: Intermediate multivariate Methods with one Continuous Outcome 3. Multiple Regression 4. Analysis of Covariance Part III: Multivariate group methods with categorical variable(s) 5. Multivariate analysis of variance 6. Discriminant Function Analysis 7. Logistic Regression Part IV: Multivatiate Mode3ling Methods 8. Multi-level Modeling 9. Principal Components and Factor Analysis Part V: Structural Equation Modeling 10. Structural Equation Modeling Overview 11. Path Analysis 12. Confirmatory Factor Analysis 13. Latent Variable Modeling Part VI: Summary 14. Integration of Multivariate Methods Appendix A Codebook for Data Used in Example Appendix B Matrices and Multivariate Methods Author index. Subject index N2 - By focusing on underlying themes, this book helps readers better understand the connections between multivariate methods. For each method the author highlights: the similarities and differences between the methods, when they are used and the questions they address, the key assumptions and equations, and how to interpret the results ER -