Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING

SOME EXAMPLES OF SEM

TERMINOLOGY IN SEM

GOALS FOR THIS COURSE

PLAN OF THIS COURSE GUIDE

CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED: REGRESSION WITH AMOS

REGRESSION PRELIMINARIES USING SPSS

A FIRST EXAMPLE WITH AMOS GRAPHICS

SIMPLE REGRESSION

OUTPUT FOR MODEL

MULTIPLE REGRESSION WITH AMOS

CHAPTER 3: TESTING MODEL ADEQUACY

TESTING A MODEL WITH THE CHI-SQUARE TEST

DISPLAYING THE CHI-SQUARE TEST IN THE DIAGRAM

DEGREES OF FREEDOM

A NOTE ON DATA AND MODEL TESTING

GETTING A FEEL FOR TESTING

CORRECTING THE MODEL

TRIMMING A MODEL FOR BETTER FIT

CHAPTER 4: PRINCIPLES OF TESTING APPLIED

TESTING EQUALITY OF PARAMETERS

NESTED MODELS

GROUP COMPARISONS

SPECIFICATION SEARCH

CHAPTER 5: THE GENERAL MODEL

FACTOR ANALYSIS

THE GENERAL MODEL

PRINCIPLES OF TESTING APPLIED TO THE GENERAL MODEL

STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING WITH AMOS

CHAPTER 6: SPECIAL TOPICS

MISSING VALUES

MEASURES OF FIT

IDENTIFICATION

BOOTSTRAPPING

THE AMOS PROGRAMMING INTERFACE