Synopsis
This bestselling text provides a balance between the technical and practical aspects of structural equation modeling (SEM). Using clear and accessible language, Rex B. Kline covers core techniques, potential pitfalls, and applications across the behavioral and social sciences. Some more advanced topics are also covered, including estimation of interactive effects of latent variables and multilevel SEM. The companion Web page offers downloadable syntax, data, and output files for each detailed example for EQS, LISREL, and Mplus, allowing readers to view the results of the same analysis generated by three different computer tools.
New to This Edition
*Thoroughly revised and restructured to follow the phases of most SEM analyses.
*Syntax, data, and output files for all detailed research examples are now provided online.
*Exercises with answers, which support self-study.
*Topic boxes on specialized issues, such as dealing with problems in the analysis; the assessment of construct measurement reliability; and more.
*Updated coverage of a more rigorous approach to hypothesis and model testing; the evaluation of measurement invariance; and more.
Booknews
Offers a guide to the application, interpretation, and pitfalls of structural equation modeling (SEM) in the social sciences, for students and researchers without extensive quantitative background. Covers introductory techniques, including path analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, and provides an overview of more advanced methods, such as the evaluation of nonlinear effects, the analysis of means in covariance structure models, and latent growth models for longitudinal data. Gives instructions on preparation and screening of data, and discusses widely used software programs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.