A beginner’s guide to structural equation modeling

Randall E. Schumacker, Richard G. Lomax0805840176, 9780805840179, 9781410610904, 0805840184

The second edition features:
a CD with all of the book’s Amos, EQS, and LISREL programs and data sets; new chapters on importing data issues related to data editing and on how to report research; an updated introduction to matrix notation and programs that illustrate how to compute these calculations; many more computer program examples and chapter exercises; and increased coverage of factors that affect correlation, the 4-step approach to SEM and hypothesis testing, significance, power, and sample size issues.
The new edition’s expanded use of applications make this book ideal for advanced students and researchers in psychology, education, business, health care, political science, sociology, and biology. A basic understanding of correlation is assumed and an understanding of the matrices used in SEM models is encouraged.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 8
Preface……Page 10
1 Introduction……Page 16
2 Data Entry and Data Editing Issues……Page 28
3 Correlation……Page 52
4 SEM Basics……Page 76
5 Model Fit……Page 94
6 Regression Models……Page 138
7 Path Models……Page 164
8 Confirmatory Factor Models……Page 182
9 Developing Structural Equation Models. Part I……Page 210
10 Developing Structural Equation Models. Part II……Page 228
11 Reporting SEM Research……Page 245
12 Model Validation……Page 275
13 SEM Applications. Part I……Page 338
14 SEM Applications. Part II……Page 369
15 Matrix Approach to Structural Equation Modeling……Page 421
Appendix: Introduction to Matrix Operations……Page 472
About the Authors……Page 485
Appendix: Statistical Tables……Page 487
C……Page 498
J……Page 499
S……Page 500
Z……Page 501
B……Page 502
C……Page 503
E……Page 504
I……Page 505
L……Page 506
M……Page 507
O……Page 509
R……Page 510
S……Page 511
T……Page 512
Z……Page 513