Structural Equations with Latent Variables

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Structural Equations with Latent Variables is a book by Kenneth Bollen. It explains basic ideas and methods in the field of structural equation modeling[2] and is considered to be an important technical reference[3][4]. It is also held to be a classic textbook on the topic[5][6][7][8] and has been cited over 25,000 times on Google Scholar.[citation needed]

Structural Equations with Latent Variables
AuthorKenneth Bollen
LanguageEnglish
SubjectStructural equation modeling
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons[1]
Publication date
June 1989
Pages528
ISBN978-0-471-01171-2

Chapters

  1. Introduction
  2. Model Notation, Covariances and Path Analysis
  3. Causality and Causal Models
  4. Structural Equation Models with Observed Variables
  5. The Consequences of Measurement Error
  6. Measurement Models: The Relation between Latent and Observed Variables
  7. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
  8. The General Model, Part I: Latent Variables and Measurement Models Combined
  9. The General Model, Part II: Extensions

Reviews

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 literatures on these models.

— J. S. Tanaka (1990)[9]

References

  1. ^ "Structural Equations with Latent Variables". John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Jöreskog, Karl G. (1994). "Structural Equation Modeling with Ordinal Variables". Lecture Notes-Monograph Series. 24. Institute of Mathematical Statistics: 297–310. The basic ideas and methods of structural equation models are explained in Bollen (1989).
  3. ^ Farkas, George (2005). "Comments on Moran: Learning by Doing or Learning by Studying the History of Statistics? A Response to "The Sociology of Teaching Graduate Statistics"". Teaching Sociology. 33 (3): 272–274.
  4. ^ "Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling with Latent Variables: Some Important PROC CALIS Features :: SAS/STAT(R) 9.22 User's Guide". SAS Institute. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  5. ^ Matsueda, Ross L. (1991). "Reviewed Work: Structural Equations with Latent Variables. by Kenneth A. Bollen". American Journal of Sociology. 96 (6): 1553–1555.
  6. ^ Clogg, Clifford C. (1991). "Reviewed Work: Structural Equations with Latent Variables. by Kenneth A. Bollen". Contemporary Sociology. 20 (1): 156–158.
  7. ^ Zvoch, Keith (2014). "Modern Quantitative Methods for Evaluation Science: Recommendations for Essential Methodological Texts". American Journal of Evaluation. 35 (3): 430–440.
  8. ^ Rigdon, Edward E. (1994). "Demonstrating the effects of unmodeled random measurement error". Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 1 (4): 375–380.
  9. ^ Tanaka, J. S. (June 1990). "Book Review: Structural Equations with Latent Variables". Applied Psychological Measurement. 14 (2): 213–215.