Structural Equation Modeling Concepts, Issues, and Applications [Paperback]

This largely nontechnical volume reviews some of the major issues facing researchers who wish to use structural equation modeling. Individual chapters present recent developments on specification, estimation and testing, statistical power, software comparisons and analyzing multitrait/multimethod data. Numerous examples of applications are given and attention is paid to the underlying philosophy of structural equation modeling and to writing up results from structural equation modeling analyses.

This largely nontechnical volume reviews some of the major issues facing researchers who wish to use structural equation modeling. Individual chapters present recent developments on specification, estimation and testing, statistical power, software comparisons and analyzing multitrait/multimethod data. Numerous examples of applications are given and attention is paid to the underlying philosophy of structural equation modeling and to writing up results from structural equation modeling analyses.

"SEMCIA by and large accomplishes its goal to be a convenient, contemporary, and accurate source of knowledge in SEM." 

Foreword - Kenneth A Bollen
Preface - Rick H Hoyle
The Structural Equation Modeling Approach - Rick H Hoyle
Basic Concepts and Fundamental Issues
Model Specification - Robert C MacCallum
Procedures, Strategies, and Related Issues
Estimates and Tests in Structural Equation Modeling - Chih-Ping Chou and Peter M Bentler
Structural Equation Models with Nonnormal Variables - Stephen G West, John F Finch and Patrick J Curran
Problems and Remedies
Evaluating Model Fit - Li-tze Hu and Peter M Bentler
Statistical Power in Structural Equation Modeling - David Kaplan
Objectivity and Reasoning in Science and Structural Equation Modeling - Stanley A Mulaik and Lawrence lcl