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'''''Structural Equations with Latent Variables''''' is a [[statistics]] textbook authored by [[Kenneth Bollen]], published in 1989. It provides a framework for understanding and applying [[structural equation modeling|structural equation modelling]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Jöreskog |first=Karl G. |authorlink=Karl Gustav Jöreskog |title=Structural Equation Modeling with Ordinal Variables |journal=Lecture Notes-Monograph Series |series=Institute of Mathematical Statistics Lecture Notes - Monograph Series |volume=24 |year=1994 |pages=297{{ndash}}310 |doi=10.1214/lnms/1215463803 |jstor=4355811 |isbn=0-940600-35-8 |quote=The basic ideas and methods of structural equation models are explained in Bollen (1989).|doi-access=free }}</ref> It is commonly used in graduate-level courses that focus on structural equation modelling within the social sciences.

''Structural Equations with Latent Variables'' explores various topics in the statistics field, covering measurement validity and reliability, overall fit indices, model identification, causality, and the statistical software package [[LISREL]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Bollen |first=Kenneth A. |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/9781118619179 |title=Structural Equations with Latent Variables: Bollen/Structural Equations with Latent Variables |date=1989-04-28 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |isbn=978-1-118-61917-9 |___location=Hoboken, NJ, USA |language=en |doi=10.1002/9781118619179 |access-date=August 13, 2023 |archive-date=August 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813115227/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118619179 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APA PsycNet |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1989-97716-000 |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=psycnet.apa.org |language=en |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407150401/https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1989-97716-000 |url-status=live }}</ref> Examples are provided from sociology, economics, and psychology to illustrate the practical applications of these methods.

The book focuses on the examination of covariances rather than individual cases.<ref name=":0" />

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==Reviews==

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<blockquote>Kenneth Bollen's new book, ''Structural Equations with Latent Variables'' is a "comprehensive introduction" to the LISREL approach to covariance structure analysis. It is clearly written, insightful, and complete covering both basic and advanced topics, with Bollen providing his own insights into controversies and recent developments making good use of empirical examples to illustrate important points. He also stresses, at every point, that substantive knowledge and the theory of the process being modelled are indispensable for using the method fruitfully.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Matsueda |first=Ross L. |date=1991 |title=Review of Structural Equations with Latent Variables. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2781918 |journal=American Journal of Sociology |volume=96 |issue=6 |pages=1553–1555 |doi=10.1086/229704 |jstor=2781918 |issn=0002-9602 |access-date=December 12, 2017 |archive-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116174958/http://www.jstor.org/stable/2781918 |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>{{blockquote |text=Bollen’s text, ''Structural Equations with Latent Variables'', represents an authoritative account of covariance structure modeling developments from the perspective of a sociologist who has made important contributions to both the psychometric and sociological literature on these models. |author=[[Jeffrey S. Tanaka]] (1990)<ref>{{cite journal|first=J. S. |last=Tanaka |authorlink=Jeffrey S. Tanaka |title=Book Review: Structural Equations with Latent Variables |journal=[[Applied Psychological Measurement]] |volume=14 |issue=2 |date=June 1990 |pages=213{{ndash}}215 |doi=10.1177/014662169001400212 |s2cid=123209695 }}</ref>}}{{blockquote |text=It is regarded that Bollen's book is the most extensive and attractive book on structural equations modeling currently available, going beyond a strict introductory purpose. The solidly written book contains a lot of information, and till 1989 say, a fairly complete state of the art of covariance structure analysis for continuous variables.<br>

One major drawback of the book is that the field is still expanding so fast that some of the material was outdated as soon as soon as the author ran to the publisher with the final manuscript. |author=Anne Boomsma (1991)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boomsma |first1=Anne |title=Book review of K.A. Bollen (1989). Structural equations with latent variables |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269395170_Book_review_of_KA_Bollen_1989_Structural_equations_with_latent_variables |website=ResearchGate |publisher=Anne Boomsma |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318180357/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269395170_Book_review_of_KA_Bollen_1989_Structural_equations_with_latent_variables |url-status=live }}</ref>}}<blockquote>People who have reviewed this on Amazon added that this book: "provides you with insights about structural equations but also with enough practical knowledge to use this information in your own problems ..." - Zac (2006) <ref>{{Cite book |last=Bollen |url=https://www.amazon.com/Structural-Equations-Latent-Variables-Kenneth/dp/0471011711 |title=Structural Equations with Latent Variables |date=1989-04-28 |publisher=Wiley Interscience |isbn=978-0-471-01171-2 |edition=1st |___location=New York Chichester Brisbane Toronto Singapore |language=English |access-date=August 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617011638/http://www.amazon.com/Structural-Equations-Latent-Variables-Kenneth/dp/0471011711 |url-status=live }}</ref> </blockquote>

==References==