Structural Modeling by Example: Applications in Educational, Sociological, and Behavioral Research - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521261953 ISBN 13: 9780521261951

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Synopsis

Structural Modeling by Example offers a comprehensive overview of the application of structural equation models in the social and behavioural sciences and in educational research. It is devoted in roughly equal proportions to substantive issues and to methodological ones. The substantive section comprises case studies of the use of these models in a number of disciplines. The authors emphasize the reasons for modeling by these methods, the processes involved in defining the model, and the interpretation of the results. Each substantive chapter includes an exemplary data set and formal model construction of give readers practice in setting up the models and interpreting the results. The methodological section comprises investigations of the behaviour of structural equation modeling methods under a number of conditions. The aim is to clarify the situations in which these methods can usefully be applied and the interpretations that can be made.

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Review

"...the editors of Structural Modeling by Example have discriminatingly selected papers that discuss important and often neglected issues of CS analysis and document examples of applications. It will serve both students and researchers well." Journal of the American Statistical Association

Book Description

Structural Modeling by Example offers a comprehensive overview of the application of structural equation models in the social and behavioural sciences and in educational research. It is devoted in roughly equal proportions to substantive issues and to methodological ones.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521261953
• ISBN 13: 9780521261951
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: Cuttance Peter, Ecob Russell