Introduction to confirmatory factor analysis IntroductionThe "do not even think about it" approachThe principal component factor analysis approachAlpha reliability for our nine-item scaleGenerating a factor score rather than a mean or summative scoreWhat can CFA add?Fitting a CFA modelInterpreting and presenting CFA resultsAssessing goodness of fit A two-factor model ParcelingExtensions and what is nextExercisesUsing the SEM Builder to run a CFA Using structural equation modeling for path models IntroductionPath model terminology A substantive example of a path modelEstimating a model with correlated residuals Auxiliary variablesTesting equality of coefficientsA cross-lagged panel designModerationNonrecursive models ExercisesUsing the SEM Builder to run path models Structural equation modeling IntroductionThe classic example of a structural equation model Equality constraintsProgramming constraintsStructural model with formative indicators Exercises Latent growth curves Discovering growth curvesA simple growth curve modelIdentifying a growth curve model An example of a linear latent growth curve How can we add time-invariant covariates to our model? Explaining the random effects鈥攖ime-varying covariates Constraining variances of error terms to be equal (optional)Exercises Group comparisons Interaction as a traditional approach to multiple-group comparisonsThe range of applications of Stata鈥檚 multiple-group comparisons with sem A measurement model application Multiple-group path analysis Multiple-group comparisons of structural equation modelsExercises Epilogue鈥攚hat now?What is next? The graphical user interface IntroductionMenus for Windows, Unix, and Mac Designing a structural equation modelDrawing an SEM modelFitting a structural equation modelPostestimation commandsClearing preferences and restoring the defaults

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