Research Methods and Statistics Arena

Techniques of Event History Modeling

New Approaches to Casual Analysis

• By Hans-Peter Blossfeld, and G”tz Rohwer.

Published August 2001

Including new developments and publications which have appeared since the publication of the first edition in 1995, this second edition: *gives a comprehensive introductory account of event history modeling techniques and their use in applied research in economics and the social sciences; *…
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New Developments and Techniques in Structural Equation Modeling

• Edited by George A. Marcoulides, and Randall E. Schumacker.

Published February 2001

Featuring contributions from some of the leading researchers in the field of SEM, most chapters are written by the author(s) who originally proposed the technique and/or contributed substantially to its development. Content highlights include latent variable mixture modeling, multilevel modeling,…
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Modeling Longitudinal and Multilevel Data

Practical Issues, Applied Approaches, and Specific Examples

• Edited by Todd D. Little, Kai U. Schnabel and J�rgen Baumert.

Published December 1999

This book focuses on the practical issues and approaches to handling longitudinal and multilevel data. All data sets and the corresponding command files are available via the Web. The working examples are available in the four major SEM packages--LISREL, EQS, MX, and AMOS--and two Multi-level…
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Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Categorical Data in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

An introduction With Computer Illustrations

• By Alexander von Eye, and Keith E. Niedermeier.

Published July 1999

A comprehensive resource for analyzing a variety of categorical data, this book emphasizes the application of many recent advances of longitudinal categorical statistical methods. Each chapter provides basic methodology, helpful applications, examples using data from all fields of the social…
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Interaction and Nonlinear Effects in Structural Equation Modeling

• Edited by Randall E. Schumacker, and George A. Marcoulides.

Published May 1998

This volume provides a comprehensive presentation of the various procedures currently available for testing interaction and nonlinear effects in structural equation modeling. By focusing on various software applications, the reader should quickly be able to incorporate one of the procedures into…
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Structural Equation Modeling With Lisrel, Prelis, and Simplis

Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming

• By Barbara Byrne.

Published February 1998

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…
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Advanced Structural Equation Modeling

Issues and Techniques

• Edited by George A. Marcoulides, and Randall E. Schumacker.

Published December 1995

By focusing primarily on the application of structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques in example cases and situations, this book provides an understanding and working knowledge of advanced SEM techniques with a minimum of mathematical derivations. The book was written for a broad audience…
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Factor Analysis and Related Methods

• By Roderick P. McDonald.

Published December 1984

Factor Analysis is a genetic term for a somewhat vaguely delimited set of techniques for data processing, mainly applicable to the social and biological sciences. These techniques have been developed for the analysis of mutual relationships among a number of measurements made on a number of…
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Factor Analysis

• By Richard L. Gorsuch.

Published October 1983

Comprehensive and comprehensible, this classic covers the basic and advanced topics essential for using factor analysis as a scientific tool in psychology, education, sociology, and related areas. Emphasizing the usefulness of the techniques, it presents sufficient mathematical background for…
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