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This volume represents a comprehensive treatment of a model sometimes referred to as latent curve or growth curve models. Latent Curve Models analyzes LTMs from the perspective of structural equation modeling (SEM) with latent variables. Although the authors discuss simple regression-based procedures that are helpful in the early stages of LTM, most of the presentation will use SEMs as a driving tool throughout the text.
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This volume represents a comprehensive treatment of a model sometimes referred to as latent curve or growth curve models. Latent Curve Models analyzes LTMs from the perspective of structural equation modeling (SEM) with latent variables. Although the authors discuss simple regression-based procedures that are helpful in the early stages of LTM, most of the presentation will use SEMs as a driving tool throughout the text.
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Applied research applications in behavioral medicine.......2006-03-12
The book is well written and progresses smoothly from general considerations and methodological implications to the application of structural equations to a variety of fields. In my field, it offers applicability all the way from from epidemiological-type (actuarial) research to applications on health interventions handling relatively large numbers of participants.
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Latent variables, variables that cannot be observed directly, have numerous applications, particularly in psychometrics and sociology, and this new edition provides a comprehensive and unified treatment. Extensively revised and including much recent work, the book develops a framework for handling latent variables with standard statistical methods. It includes an introductory chapter, followed by a careful development of the General Linear Latent Variable Model (GLLVM). A large class of latent variable models turns out to be special cases of GLLVM, and the book devotes a number of chapters to specific models. The treatment aims to be mathematically complete and emphasizes questions of precision and goodness of fit. The book features numerous examples and concludes with a critique of some of the popular and widely used linear models.
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This book unifies and extends latent variable models, including multilevel or generalized linear mixed models, longitudinal or panel models, item response or factor models, latent class or finite mixture models, and structural equation models. Following a gentle introduction to latent variable modeling, the authors clearly explain and contrast a wide range of estimation and prediction methods from biostatistics, psychometrics, econometrics, and statistics. They present exciting and realistic applications that demonstrate how researchers can use latent variable modeling to solve concrete problems in areas as diverse as medicine, economics, and psychology. The examples considered include many nonstandard response types, such as ordinal, nominal, count, and survival data. Joint modeling of mixed responses, such as survival and longitudinal data, is also illustrated. Numerous displays, figures, and graphs make the text vivid and easy to read. About the authors: Anders Skrondal is Professor and Chair in Social Statistics, Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, UK Sophia Rabe-Hesketh is a Professor of Educational Statistics at the Graduate School of Education and Graduate Group in Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Features · Unifies different modeling traditions, integrating and synthesizing models from the statistical, biostatistical, econometric, and psychometric literatures · Gives a thorough overview of estimation and prediction methods for latent variable models, providing a guide to the various techniques available · Applies to a wide range of disciplines, including medicine, biology, sociology, psychology, and economics · Contains many examples worked out in great detail · Provides software, datasets, and scripts for some of the applications discussed at www.gllamm.org/books
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Unifying, but conceptually challenging.......2007-07-05
The authors have provided a wonderful resource that brings different statistical methods developed in parallel disciplines under one cover. It does, however, present challenging material and is not for the faint of heart. For statisticians or quantitative social/behavioral scientists, this book is an enlightening addition to one's library.
Comprehensive coverage.......2007-03-26
This book provides well-written, comprehensive coverage of latent variable modeling. Suitable for a masters level (or preferably, a Ph.D.) statistician. Not suitable for someone with a few intro stat courses. Presents multilevel, longitudinal and structural equation modeling and factor analysis using a unified framework, which is both a help (better insights, easier to extend conceptually) and a hindrance (complex when one first tries to understand it). Includes many examples, which makes it much easier to apply these techniques to real life data analysis problems. Practically an encyclopedia of statistical models.
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This book introduces multiple-latent variable models by utilizing path diagrams to explain the underlying relationships in the models. This approach helps less mathematically inclined students grasp the underlying relationships between path analysis, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling more easily. A few sections of the book make use of elementary matrix algebra. An appendix on the topic is provided for those who need a review. The author maintains an informal style so as to increase the book's accessibility. Notes at the end of each chapter provide some of the more technical details. The book is not tied to a particular computer program, but special attention is paid to LISREL, EQS, AMOS, and Mx.
New in the fourth edition of Latent Variable Models:
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a data CD that features the correlation and covariance matrices used in the exercises;
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new sections on missing data, non-normality, mediation, factorial invariance, and automating the construction of path diagrams; and
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reorganization of chapters 3-7 to enhance the flow of the book and its flexibility for teaching.
Intended for advanced students and researchers in the areas of social, educational, clinical, industrial, consumer, personality, and developmental psychology, sociology, political science, and marketing, some prior familiarity with correlation and regression is helpful.
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fast shipment and perfect condition.......2006-02-19
- the shipment was very fast
- arrived in a perfect condition
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This edited volume features cutting-edge topics from the leading researchers in the areas of latent variable modeling. Content highlights include coverage of approaches dealing with missing values, semi-parametric estimation, robust analysis, hierarchical data, factor scores, multi-group analysis, and model testing. New methodological topics are illustrated with real applications. The material presented brings together two traditions: psychometrics and structural equation modeling. Latent Variable and Latent Structure Models' thought-provoking chapters from the leading researchers in the area will help to stimulate ideas for further research for many years to come.
This volume will be of interest to researchers and practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines, including biology, business, economics, education, medicine, psychology, sociology, and other social and behavioral sciences. A working knowledge of basic multivariate statistics and measurement theory is assumed.
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Deep, lucid coverage of statistical methods.......1997-06-21
Most statistics books are written for math wizards
and can hardly be understood by others. This book
explains a number of statistical methods, such as
factor analysis, path analysis, and structural
equation models, and does so in ways that are
clear, easy to grasp, and with fuly-worked
examples. I learned more about statistics from
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This Handbook covers latent variable models, which are a flexible class of models for modeling multivariate data to explore relationships among observed and latent variables.
- Covers a wide class of important models
- Models and statistical methods described provide tools for analyzing a wide spectrum of complicated data
- Includes illustrative examples with real data sets from business, education, medicine, public health and sociology.
- Demonstrates the use of a wide variety of statistical, computational, and mathematical techniques.
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