A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling

4th Edition
Randall Schumacker & Richard Lomax

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related
reading)
1- <none> <none> Amos SEM Some SEM
Introduction Proc Calis (SAS) software software is
EQS User's free (Mx,
JMP Guides, R), or
LISREL and standalone
Mplus examples (EQS,
Mx LISREL,
OpenMx Historical Mplus), or
R Timeline part of a
SEPATH statistics
(Statistica) Available package
SEM (STATA) at: (Amos,
Proc Calis,
http://ww SEPATH,
w.plsmodel SEM)
ing.com/

2-Data Entry chollev.dat LISREL menu Outliers Impute

and Edit chollev.lsf missing
Issues cholnew.lsf Ho, K. & values
chol.cor Naugher, using
chol.mn J.R. (2000). LISREL
chol.sd Outlier menu
Lies: An options
Illustrative
Example of
Identifying
Outliers
and
 Applying
Robust
Models.
Multiple
Linear
Regression
Viewpoints
, 26(2), 2-6.

Available
at:

http://ww
w.glmj.org/

LISREL Help
Menu
(New
Features in
LISREL 9)
3- <none> <none> <none> <none>
Correlation
4- Chatterjee & regr1.txt <none> <none> Data is
Regression Yilmaz (1992) regr2.txt included in
regression.txt programs
union.txt
5- Path McDonald & path.txt Data is
Analysis Clelland (1984) included in
program
6 - Factor WISC.txt; EFA1.txt EFA-CFA EFA data
Analysis Tabachnick & EFA2.txt EFA data set Basics given along
Fidell (2007) CFA1.txt with web
EFA-CFA Basics Available link; CFA
Holzinger and at: data
Swineford (1939) Internet Data included in
http://stat program
wiki.kolobk
reations.co
m/wiki/Ma
in_Page

Structure
Coefficient
s

Structure
Coefficient
s for the
 LISREL
Model for
Confirmato
ry Factor
Analysis by
Gerhard
Mels, Ph.D.

Available
at:

http://ww
w.ssicentra
l.com/lisrel
/techdocs/
SCforCFA.p
df

Factor
Scores

How are
factor
score
estimates
computed?

Available
at:

http://psyc
hology.okst
ate.edu/fac
ulty/jgrice/
factorscore
s/compute
_q.html

7 - SEM SAS1.txt Power, Effect How SEM

Basics SAS2.txt Size, Sample Works
SAS3.txt Size
SAS4.txt Lei, Pui-Wa
SPSS.txt Power and & Wu,
Rcode-power Sample Size Qiong
Rcode-sample size Calculator (2007).
Introductio
n to
Structural
Equation
Modeling:
Issues and
Practical
Considerati
ons.
Educationa
l
Measurem
ent: Issues
and
Practice,
26(3), 33-
43.

ITEMS :
Instruction
al Topics in
Educationa
l
Measurem
ent.

Available
at:

http://ww
w.ncme.or
g/ncme/NC
ME/Publica
tion/Items/
NCME/Publ
ication/ITE
MS.aspx?h
key=2e36b
e6e-79cd-
420f-bce3-
51ded8d8a
b68

Model Fit

Available
at:

http://davi
dakenny.ne
 t/cm/fit.ht
m

GPower

Available
at:

http://ww
w.gpower.
hhu.de/

8 - Multiple HS.data (R); cars.txt Mplus Checklist R software;

Group Arbuckle and Pasteur.txt Examples for Testing MBESS
Wothke (2003); GrantWhite.txt Invariance package
cars.txt/cars.sav MultipleGrp.txt Mplus and
(SPSS) Multsample.txt Lavaan Rens van Download
Examples de Schoot, R
Peter
Lugtig &
Joop Hox
(2012). A
checklist
for testing
measureme
nt
invariance.
European
Journal of
Developme
ntal
Psychology
, 9, 486-
492.

Available
at:

http://mpl
us.fss.uu.nl
/wp-
content/up
loads/sites
/24/2012/
07/van-de-
schoot-
Lugt-Hox-
2012-EJDP-
Measureme
nt-
invariance.
pdf
Measureme
nt
Invariance

Van De
Schoot R,
Schmidt
P, De
Beuckelae
r A, Lek K
and
Zondervan
-
Zwijnenbu
rg M
(2015)
Editorial:
Measurem
ent
Invariance
. Front.
Psychol.
6:1064.
doi:
10.3389/f
psyg.2015
.01064

Available
at:

http://jour
nal.frontier
sin.org/arti
cle/10.338
9/fpsyg.20
15.01064/f
ull

Measurem
ent
Invariance
Using CFA

Available
at:
 http://ww
w.unc.edu/
~rcm/psy2
36/measin
v.pdf

9 - Second Jreskog & EX5A.txt 2nd CFA in SAS Higher Data

Order CFA Srbom (1993). 2ndCFA.txt Order included in
EX5A.SPL Factor program
Analysis of
Psychologic
al Variables

Wind, Y.,
Green, Paul
E., & Jain,
Arun K.
(1973).
Higher
order
factor
analysis in
classificatio
n of
psychograp
hic
variables.
Journal of
the Market
Research
Society,
15,4, 224-
232.

Available
at:

https://ma
rketing.wh
arton.upen
n.edu/files
/?whdmsac
tion=public
:main.file&
fileID=474
 Second-
Order CFA
measurem
ent
Invariance

Chen, F.F.,
Sousa,
K.H., &
West,
Stephen G.
(2005).
Testing
Measurem
ent
Invariance
of Second-
Order
Factor
Models.
Structural
Equation
Modeling,
12(3), 471-
492.

Available
at:

http://cites
eerx.ist.psu
.edu/viewd
oc/downlo
ad?doi=10.
1.1.457.57
19&rep=re
p1&type=p
df

10 - Dynamic Wheaton et al. ( dynamic.txt Dynamic Dynamic Data

Factor Model 1977) Models in Factor included in
STATA Model program

Dynamic Altonji,
Models in R Joseph G.,
 and Mplus Martins,
Ana Paula,
& Siow,
Aloysius
(2002).
Dynamic
factor
models of
consumpti
on, hours,
and
income.
Research in
Economics,
56, 3-59.

Available
at:

http://aida.
wss.yale.ed
u/~jga22/w
ebsite/rese
arch_paper
s/Dynamic
%20Factor
%20Model
s%20of%20
Conumptio
n%20Hours
%20and%2
0Earnings.p
df

11 - MIMIC Jreskog & MIMIC.txt MIMIC video MIMIC Data

Srbom (1996a; Model included in
1996b) MIMIC (EQS) program
Available
at:

http://ww
w.flinders.
edu.au/sab
s/nils-
files/public
ations/wor
king-
papers/WP
 %20160.pd
f

12-Mixture bankloan.txt; Prelis.txt Latent Class Latent Data

bankloan.sav SIMPLIS1.txt Data (help.csv) Class included in
(SPSS) SIMPLIS2.txt Powerpoin program
newds.txt Mplus1.txt Mplus Latent t
help.csv Mplus2.txt Class Analysis
Download
at:

www.ats.
ucla.edu/
stat/mplu
s/seminar
s/lca/lca.
ppt

13-Multilevel mouse.txt PRELIS.txt Basic Models: I Multilevel Data

(Jreskog & multilevel.txt in R included in
Srbom, 1993) MplusLV.txt Basic Models: program
mouse.sav (SPSS) II Available
at:
Centre for
Multilevel https://cra
Modeling n.r-
project.org
/doc/contri
b/Bliese_M
ultilevel.pd
f

Multilevel
CFA

Dyer, N.G.,
Hanges,
P.J., & Hall,
R.J. (2005).
Applying
multilevel
confirmato
ry factor
analysis
techniques
to the
study of
leadership.
The
Leadership
Quarterly,
16, 149-
167.

Available
at:

https://ww
w.statmod
el.com/do
wnload/Dy
er%202005
-
Leadership
%20Quarte
rly-
Multilevel
%20FA.pdf

Dedrick,
R.F. &
Greenbau
m, P.E.
(2011).
Multilevel
Confirmato
ry Factor
Analysis of
a Scale
Measuring
Interagenc
y
Collaborati
on of
Children's
Mental
Health
Agencies.
Journal of
Emotional
Behavioral
Disorders,
19(1), 27-
 40.

Available
at:

http://ww
w.ncbi.nlm.
nih.gov/pm
c/articles/P
MC308215
4/
14-Latent satisfied.txt LGM1.txt LGM with 12 <none>
Growth region.txt LGM2.txt Mplus Questions
LGM3.txt about LGM
LGM with SAS-
Proc Calis Curran,
P.J.,
LGM in R Obeidat,
(lavaan) K., &
Losardo, D.
(2010).
Twelve
Frequently
Asked
Questions
About
Growth
Curve
Modeling.
Journal of
Cognition
and
Developme
nt, 11(2),
121-136.

Available
at:

http://ww
w.unc.edu/
~curran/pd
fs/Curran,
Obeidat&L
osardo%28
2010%29.p
df
Growth
Models
with Mplus

Muthn,
L.K. &
Muthn, B.
(2015).
Growth
Modeling
with Latent
Variables
using
Mplus.
Muthn &
Muthn:
Los
Angeles,
CA. Web:
www.statm
odel.com

Available
at:

http://ww
w.ats.ucla.
edu/stat/m
plus/semin
ars/mlmM
plus_JH/Ho
pkins_Day1
_fixed_Ma
y20051.pdf

SIMPLIS
LGM

Available
at:

http://ww
w.ssicentra
l.com/lisrel
/techdocs/
Session6.p
df
 MultiLevel
LGM

Hox, J. &
Stoel, R.D.
(2005).
Multilevel
and SEM
Approache
s to
Growth
Curve
Modeling.
Encycloped
ia of
Statistics in
Behavioral
Science,
vol. 3,
1296-1305.

Available
at:

http://joop
hox.net/pu
blist/ebs05
.pdf

15- KJUDD.txt KJUDD1.txt Kenny-Judd Testing

Interaction health.txt KJUDD2.txt (Mplus/SAS) Interaction
jobs.txt MplusInteract.txt in LISREL

Cortina,
J.M., Chen,
G., &
Dunlap,
W.P.
(2001).
Testing
Interaction
Effects in
LISREL:
Examinatio
n and
Illustration
of
Available
Procedures
.
Organizatio
nal
Research
Methods,
4(4), 324-
360.

Available
at:

http://wwe
b.uta.edu/
manageme
nt/Dr.Casp
er/Fall10/B
SAD6314/C
oursemate
rial/Cortina
%20Chen%
20%26%20
Dunlap%20
-
%20SEM%
20-
%20Interac
tions.pdf

Latent
Variable
Scores

Joreskog,
K.G.
(2000).
Latent
Variable
Scores and
Their Uses.
Scientific
Software
Internation
al:
Chicago, IL.
Available
at:

http://ww
w.ssicentra
l.com/lisrel
/techdocs/l
vscores.pdf

Joreskog,
K.G.,
Sorbom,
D., &
Wallentin,
F.Y. (2006).
Latent
Variable
Scores and
Observatio
nal
Residuals.
Scientific
Software
Internation
al:
Chicago, IL.

Available
at:

http://ww
w.ssicentra
l.com/lisrel
/techdocs/
obsres.pdf

Multiple
Interaction
and
Quadratic
Effects
using
Mplus

Klein, A.G.
& Muthen,
 B.O.
(2007).
Quasi
Maximum
Likelihood
Estimation
of
Structural
Equation
Models
with
Multiple
Interaction
and
Quadratic
Effects.
Multivariat
e
Behavioral
Research,
42(4), 647-
673.

Available
at:

http://ww
w.statmod
el.com/bm
uthen/klein
LMS_Quasi
-ML

or

http://ww
w.tandfonli
ne.com/doi
/pdf/10.10
80/002731
707017102
05#.VgmUT
JdD1kp

16-Reporting corr.txt <none> <none> <none>

SEM
Research