Structural Equations With Latent Variables by Bollen, Kenneth A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Contents Title Page Dedication Copyright Preface CHAPTER ONE: Introduction

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

CHAPTER TWO: Model Notation, Covariances, and Path Analysis

MODEL NOTATION COVARIANCE PATH ANALYSIS SUMMARY

CHAPTER THREE: Causality and Causal Models

NATURE OF CAUSALITY ISOLATION ASSOCIATION DIRECTION OF CAUSATION LIMITATIONS OF “CAUSAL” MODELING SUMMARY

CHAPTER FOUR: Structural Equation Models with Observed Variables

MODEL SPECIFICATION IMPLIED COVARIANCE MATRIX IDENTIFICATION ESTIMATION FURTHER TOPICS SUMMARY APPENDIX 4A DERIVATION OF FML (y and x MULTINORMAL) APPENDIX 4B DERIVATION OF FML (S WISHART DISTRIBUTION) APPENDIX 4C NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS TO MINIMIZE FITTING FUNCTIONS APPENDIX 4D ILLUSTRATIONS OF LISREL AND EQS PROGRAMS

CHAPTER FIVE: The Consequences of Measurement Error

UNIVARIATE CONSEQUENCES BIVARIATE AND SIMPLE REGRESSION CONSEQUENCES CONSEQUENCES IN MULTIPLE REGRESSION CORRELATED ERRORS OF MEASUREMENT CONSEQUENCES IN MULTIEQUATION SYSTEMS SUMMARY APPENDIX 5A ILLUSTRATIONS OF LISREL AND EQS PROGRAMS

CHAPTER SIX: Measurement Models: The Relation between Latent and Observed Variables

MEASUREMENT MODELS VALIDITY RELIABILITY CAUSE INDICATORS SUMMARY APPENDIX 6A LISREL PROGRAM FOR THE MULTITRAIT-MULTIMETHOD EXAMPLE

CHAPTER SEVEN: Confirmatory Factor Analysis

EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS MODEL SPECIFICATION IMPLIED COVARIANCE MATRIX IDENTIFICATION ESTIMATION MODEL EVALUATION COMPARISON OF MODELS RESPECIFICATION OF MODEL EXTENSIONS SUMMARY APPENDIX 7A EXAMPLES OF PROGRAM LISTINGS

CHAPTER EIGHT: The General Model, Part I: Latent Variable and Measurement Models Combined

MODEL SPECIFICATION IMPLIED COVARIANCE MATRIX IDENTIFICATION ESTIMATION AND MODEL EVALUATION STANDARDIZED AND UNSTANDARDIZED COEFFICIENTS MEANS AND EQUATION CONSTANTS COMPARING GROUPS MISSING VALUES TOTAL, DIRECT, AND INDIRECT EFFECTS SUMMARY APPENDIX 8A ASYMPTOTIC VARIANCES OF EFFECTS APPENDIX 8B LISTING OF THE LISREL VI PROGRAM FOR MISSING VALUE EXAMPLE

CHAPTER NINE: The General Model, Part II: Extensions

ALTERNATIVE NOTATIONS/REPRESENTATIONS EQUALITY AND INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS QUADRATIC AND INTERACTION TERMS INSTRUMENTAL-VARIABLE (IV) ESTIMATORS DISTRIBUTIONAL ASSUMPTIONS CATEGORICAL OBSERVED VARIABLES SUMMARY APPENDIX 9A LISREL PROGRAM FOR MODEL IN FIGURE 9.1(c)

APPENDIX A: Matrix Algebra Review

SCALARS, VECTORS, AND MATRICES MATRIX OPERATIONS

APPENDIX B: Asymptotic Distribution Theory

CONVERGENCE IN PROBABILITY CONVERGENCE IN DISTRIBUTIONS

References Index