A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling

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by Dr. Larry Hatcher

Packed with concrete examples, Hatcher's book provides an introduction to more advanced statistical procedures and includes handy appendices that give basic instruction in using the SAS System. Novice SAS users will find all they need to master SAS basics and move into advanced statistical analyses in this one book. Featured is a simple, step-by-step approach to testing structural equation models with latent variables using the CALIS procedure. The following topics are explained in easy-to-understand terms: exploratory factor analysis, principal component analysis, and developing measurement models with confirmatory factor analysis. Other covered topics of note include "LISREL-type" analyses with the user-friendly PROC CALIS and solving problems encountered in real-world social science research.

608 pages.

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Also Recommended: SAS/STAT User's Guide, Version 6, Fourth Edition, Volumes 1 and 2; SAS/STAT Software: Syntax, Version 6, First Edition; SAS Language: Reference, Version 6, First Edition; SAS Procedures Guide, Version 6, Third Edition; A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Univariate and Multivariate Statistics; SAS/STAT Software: Changes and Enhancements through Release 6.12; SAS Software: Changes and Enhancements, Release 6.10; SAS Technical Report P-252, SAS Software: Changes and Enhancements, Release 6.09; SAS Technical Report P-242, SAS Software: Changes and Enhancements, Release 6.08;

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ISBN: 1-55544-643-4

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