Basics of Structural Equation Modeling

by Geoffrey M. Maruyama and Geoffrey M Maruyama

Book Overview

With the availability of software programs such as LISREL, EQS, and AMOS modeling techniques have become a popular tool for formalized presentation of the hypothesized relationships underlying correlational research and for testing the plausibility of hypothesizing for a particular data set. The popularity of these techniques, however, has often led to misunderstandings of them, particularly by students being exposed to them for the first time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803974094
• ISBN13: 9780803974098
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

great book for those who find McArdle/Loehlin tough reading

I'm a doctoral student in a longitudinal data analysis class and have really appreciated this book. I don't have the extensive stats background of some of my peers, and this book is very helpful as it explains matrix algebra, latent variable SEM etc. in a way I can understand. If you are struggling with reading the "classics" in this field, you want this book. (Of course, you do need some background in stats...at least thru multiple regression. It doesn't make SEM so easy that you don't need that!)

Whatta book!

I'm working on my Ph.D. using SEM. This book was very, very helpful. In fact out of about 20 books that I used, this was the most simple and easy to understand.Buy it!

simple and useful for beginners

It treats concepts that are usually quite hard to understand in a simple manner. Especially useful if you have some minimal background knowledge of: causal modeling, regression and factor analytic techniques. Otherwise, you risk to slide over some chapters without getting everything... Those who plan to use LISREL will have an advantage, since most examples are done with this software (but with Amos it shouldn't pose a problem to translate). Still, very worth.