Product Review

An illustrated tutorial and introduction to structural equation modeling using SPSS AMOS, SAS PROC CALIS, and Stata sem and gsem commands for examples. Suitable for introductory graduate-level study.

The 2015 edition is a major update to the 2012 edition. Among the new features are these:

* Was 227 pages, now 491 pages

* Had 81 figures, now has added 200 new illustrations

* Now covers Stata and SAS as well as SPSS

* Totally revised throughout

* Includes a new "Quick Start" tutorial using the classic Wheaton dataset

* Covers multi-group analysis, latent growth curve analysis, analysis of mean structures, Bayesian SEM, and mixture (latent class) modeling

* New coverage of generalized SEM

* New coverage of multilevel SEM

* Numerous FAQs, sections on assumptions, pitfall warnings, and software tips

* Links to all datasets used in the text.