Structural Equation Modeling With Lisrel Prelis and Simplis

<p>This book illustrates the ease with which various features of LISREL 8 and PRELIS 2 can be implemented in addressing research questions that lend themselves to SEM. Its purpose is threefold: (a) to present a nonmathmatical introduction to basic concepts associated with SEM (b) to demonstrate basic applications of SEM using both the DOS and Windows versions of LISREL 8 as well as both the LISREL and SIMPLIS lexicons and (c) to highlight particular features of the LISREL 8 and PRELIS 2 progams that address important caveats related to SEM analyses.</p><p>This book is intended neither as a text on the topic of SEM nor as a comprehensive review of the many statistical funcitons available in the LISREL 8 and PRELIS 2 programs. Rather the intent is to provide a practical guide to SEM using the LISREL approach. As such the reader is walked through a diversity of SEM applications that include both factor analytic and full latent variable models as well as a variety of data management procedures.</p>