Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling (Methodology in the Social Sciences Series), 5th Edition (Original PDF from Publisher)

Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling

The fifth edition of the most comprehensive and easily readable text has undergone significant revisions and now covers all three methods of structural equation modeling (SEM): composite SEM (partial least squares route modeling), nonparametric SEM (Pearl’s structural causal model), and covariance-based SEM. The work provides a thorough overview of all phases of SEM—what to know, recommended practices, and dangers to avoid—using data samples from several disciplines, with a greater focus on open-source software tools like the R Lavaan package. It has topic boxes, rules to memorize, activities with answers, and new self-tests on regression, psychometrics, and significance testing. In addition to data, syntax, and output for the examples in the book, the companion website provides useful primers on these subjects in files that can be opened with any simple text editor. *New to This Edition *Chapters on doing SEM analyses in small samples, current advancements in mediation analysis, and composite SEM, commonly known as variance-based SEM or partial least squares route modeling.