num_pages: 608
description: Packed with concrete examples, Larry Hatcher's Step-by-Step Approach to Using SAS for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling provides an introduction to more advanced statistical procedures and includes handy appendixes that give basic instruction in using SAS. Novice SAS users will find all they need in this one volume to master SAS basics and to move into advanced statistical analyses. 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 topics of note include "LISREL-type" analyses with the user-friendly PROC CALIS and solving problems encountered in real-world social science research.
language: English
title: A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
titlecomplete: A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling
ratings_count: 14
publisher: SAS Publishing