Confirmatory Factor Analysis : A Preface to LISREL

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ISBN: 9780803920446 | 080392044X
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Copyright: 9/1/1983

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Demonstrates how to use confirmatory factor analysis--a model that allows researchers to specify the relationships among observed and latent variables on the basis of substantive considerations rather than mathematical convenience.

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Notation	p. 5
Preface	p. 7
Series Editor's Introduction	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Exploratory Versus Confirmatory Factor Analysis	p. 11
Structural Relations Among Common Factors	p. 15
Organization of the Monograph	p. 17
Specification of the Confirmatory Factor Model	p. 18
An Informal Introduction	p. 18
A Formal Specification	p. 22
The Covariance Structure	p. 33
Identification of the Confirmatory Factor Model	p. 34
Estimation and Identification	p. 34
Identification	p. 36
Conditions for Identification	p. 42
Scale Indeterminacy and Setting a Metric	p. 49
Estimation of the Confirmatory Factor Model	p. 55
Unweighted Least Squares	p. 57
Scale Dependency	p. 57
Generalized Least-Squares and Maximum Likelihood	p. 58
Practical Considerations	p. 60
Assessment of Fit in the Confirmatory Factor Model	p. 61
Examining Values of the Parameters	p. 62
Variances and Covariances of the Estimates	p. 63
Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Tests	p. 63
Nested Models and Difference of Chi-Square Tests	p. 65
Specification Searches	p. 68
Standardization	p. 77
Conclusions	p. 79
Correlations and Standard Deviations from Wheaton/Hennepin Sample	p. 82
Software to Estimate the Confirmatory Factor Model (CFM)	p. 82
Notes	p. 83
References	p. 86
About the Author	p. 88
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis : A Preface to LISREL

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