New developments and techniques in structural equation modeling (Q2753573)

This book is an introduction into the latest developments and techniques in structural equation modeling (SEM). Topics selected for this book include latent variable mixture modeling, models for dealing with nonstandard and noncompliance samples, multilevel modeling, interaction modeling, new developments in the analysis of growth curves and longitudinal data, specification searches, item parceling and equivalence models.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe text is devided into 11 chapters. Each chapter contains an up-to date description of a new development or technique in SEM and is written by the author(s) who originale proposed the model or contributed substantially to its development. Each chapter also provides complete references to the pertinent literature on that topic.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe book will be useful for educators, psychologists, biologists, business professionals, medical researchers, and other social and health scientists. It is assumed that the reader has mastered the equivalent of a graduate-level multivariate statistics course that included an introduction to SEM techniques.