Structural Equation Modeling:
A Second Course
        -- Gregory R. Hancock & Ralph O. Mueller (Eds.)


 "…an essential reference for any applied researcher (student or faculty)
        engaging in the practice of structural equation modeling."

-- Rachel T. Fouladi, Simon Fraser University


"… a vital contribution to the field of SEM beyond the introductory level."

-- Richard G. Lomax, University of Alabama




Editors
: Gregory R. Hancock & Ralph O. Mueller
Formats: Paperback and Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Pub. Date: January 2006
Publisher: Information Age Publishing


Description:

This volume is intended to serve as a didactically-oriented resource covering a broad range of advanced topics often not discussed in introductory courses on structural equation modeling (SEM). Such topics are important in furthering the understanding of foundations and assumptions underlying SEM as well as in exploring SEM as a potential tool to address new types of research questions that might not have arisen during a first course. Chapters focus on the clear explanation and application of topics, rather than on analytical derivations, and contain syntax and partial output files from popular SEM software.


                    TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.   Introduction
            Gregory R. Hancock, University of Maryland, College Park
            Ralph O. Mueller, The George Washington University
 
Part I.  Foundations
 
2.   The Problem of Equivalent Structural Models
            Scott L. Hershberger, California State University, Long Beach
3.   Formative Measurement and Feedback Loops
            Rex B. Kline, Concordia University
4.   Power Analysis In Covariance Structure Modeling
            Gregory R. Hancock, University of Maryland, College Park
Part II.  Extensions
 
5.   Evaluating Between-Group Differences in Latent Variable Means
            Marilyn S. Thompson, Arizona State University
            Samuel B. Green, Arizona State University
6.   Using Latent Growth Models to Evaluate Longitudinal Change
            Gregory R. Hancock, University of Maryland, College Park
            Frank R. Lawrence, The Pennsylvania University
7.   Mean and Covariance Structure Mixture Models
            Phill Gagné, The Georgia State University
8.   Structural Equation Models of Latent Interaction and Quadratic Effects
            Herbert W. Marsh, University of Western Sydney
            Kit-Tai Hau,  The Chinese University of Hong Kong
             Zhonglin Wen, South China Normal University
Part III.  Assumptions  

9.   Nonnormal and Categorical Data in Structural Equation Modeling
            Sara J. Finney, James Madison University
            Christine DiStefano, University of South Carolina
10.  Analyzing Structural Equation Models with Missing Data
            Craig K. Enders, Arizona State University
11.  Using Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling Techniques with Complex Sample Data
            Laura M. Stapleton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
12.  The Use of Monte Carlo Studies in Structural Equation Modeling Research
            Deborah L. Bandalos, University of Georgia