Structural Equation Modeling With AMOS: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming (Multivariate Applications), 2nd edition

✍ Scribed by Barbara Byrne

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 418
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This bestselling text provides a practical guide to the basic concepts of structural equation modeling (SEM) and the AMOS program (Versions 17 & 18). The author reviews SEM applications based on?actual data taken from her research. Noted for its non-mathematical language, this book is written for the novice SEM user. With each chapter, the author "walks" the reader through all steps involved in testing the SEM model including: an explanation of the issues addressed an illustration of the hypothesized and?posthoc models tested AMOS input and output with accompanying interpretation and explanation The function of?the AMOS toolbar icons and their related?pull-down menus The data and published reference upon which the model was based. With over 50% new material, highlights of the new edition include: All new screen shots featuring Version 17 of the AMOS program? All data files now available at www.psypress.com/sem-with-amos Application of a multitrait-mulitimethod model, latent growth curve model, and?second-order model based on categorical data All applications based on the?most commonly used graphical interface The?automated?multi-group approach to testing for?equivalence The book opens with an introduction to?the fundamental concepts of SEM and the basics?of the AMOS program. The next 3 sections present applications that focus on?single-group, multiple-group, and multitrait-mutimethod and latent growth curve models. The book concludes with a?discussion?about?non-normal?and missing (incomplete) data and? two applications capable of addressing these issues. Intended for researchers, practitioners,?and students who use SEM and AMOS in their work, this book?is an ideal resource for graduate level courses on SEM taught in departments of psychology, education, business, and other social and health sciences and/or as a supplement in courses on applied statistics, multivariate statistics, statistics II, intermediate or advanced statistics, and/or research design. Appropriate for those with limited or no previous exposure to SEM, a prerequisite of basic statistics through regression analysis is recommended.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 20
section one: Introduction......Page 22
chapter one. Structural equation models: The basics......Page 24
chapter two. Using the AMOS program......Page 38
section two. Applications in single-group analyses......Page 72
chapter three. Testing for the factorial validity of a theoretical construct: (First-order CFA model)......Page 74
chapter four. Testing for the factorial validity of scores from a measuring instrument: (First-order CFA model)......Page 118
chapter five. Testing for the factorial validity of scores from a measuring instrument: (Second-order CFA model)......Page 150
chapter six. Testing for the validity of a causal structure......Page 182
section three: Applications in multiple-group analyses......Page 216
chapter seven. Testing for the factorial equivalence of scores from a measuring instrument: (First-order CFA model)......Page 218
chapter eight. Testing for the eqivalence of latent mean structures: (First-order CFA model)......Page 252
chapter nine. Testing for the equivalence of a causal structure......Page 278
section four: Other important applications......Page 294
chapter ten. Testing for construct validity: The multitrait-multimethod model......Page 296
chapter eleven. Testing for change over time: The latent growth curve model......Page 324
section five: Other important topics......Page 348
chapter twelve. Bootstrapping as an aid to nonnormal data......Page 350
chapter thirteen. Addressing the issue of missing data......Page 374
References......Page 388
Author Index......Page 406
Subject Index......Page 412

✦ Subjects

Библиотека;Компьютерная литература;SPSS;