A volume in the Chapman and Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioural Sciences series.
A copy of the book may be ordered from CRC Press (ISBN 13: 978-1584889601). Please use 20% discount code EZL20.
Authors:
David J Bartholomew
Fiona Steele
Irini Moustaki
Jane I Galbraith
Sample chapters:
Chapter 3: Multidimensional scaling (PDF, 1.1MB)
Chapter 8: Factor analysis for binary data (PDF, 1.6MB)
Downloadable materials:
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Features:
Contains three new chapters on regression analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation models and multilevel models
- Presents numerous examples of real-world applications, including voting preferences, social attitudes educational test scores and recidivism
- Covers methods that summarise, describe and explore multivariate data sets
- Establishes a unified approach to latent variable modelling by providing detailed coverage of the methods, such as item response theory and factor analysis
- Offers full versions of all the data sets in the text, software for performing latest variable analyses and instructions for implementing the analyses
Audience:
Graduate students
Advanced undergraduate students
Researchers
Practitioners of statistics and the social sciences
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