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Selected Readings

General Readings:

  • Bentler, P.M., & Chou, C. Practical issues in structural modeling. Sociological Methods & Research 1987, 16(1), 78-117. [Full Text]
  • Greenland , S., Brumback, B. An overview of relations among causal modeling methods. International Journal of Epidemiology 2002; 31, 1030-1037. [Full Text]
  • Hatcher, L. A step-by-step approach to using SAS for factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.
  • Hancock, G.R., & Mueller, R.O. Structural equation modeling: A second course. 2006. Greenwich , CT : Information Age Publishing.
  • Hays, R.D., Revicki, D., & Coyne, K.S. Application of structural equation modeling to health outcomes research. Evaluation & the Health Professions 2005, 28 (3). [Full Text]
  • Kline, R.B. Principles and practice of structural equation modeling, 2 nd ed. 2005. New York : Guilford Press.
  • Kupek E. Beyond logistic regression: structural equations modeling for binary variables and its application to investigating unobserved confounders. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006, 6,13-23. [Full Text]
  • Loehlin, J.C. Latent variable models: An introduction to factor, path, and structural equation analysis, 4 th ed. 2004. Mahwah , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • McDonald, R.P., Ho, M.H.R. Principles and practice in reporting structural equation analyses. Psychological Methods 2002, 7(1), 64-82. [Full Text]
  • Mueller, R.O. Structural equation modeling: back to basics. Structural Equation Modeling 1997, 4(4), 353-369. [Full Text]
  • Raykov, T., Tomer, A., & Nesselroade, J.R. Reporting structural equation modeling results in psychology and aging: some proposed guidelines. Psychology and Aging 1991, 6, 499-503. [Full Text]
  • Skrondal, A., Rabe-Hesketh, S. Structural equation modeling: categorical variables. The Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science, Wiley, 2005.
  • Tomarken, A.J.,Waller, N.G. Structural equation modeling: strengths, limitations, and misconceptions. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 2005, 1, 13-65. [Full Text]
  • Wolfle, L.M. The introduction of path analysis to the social sciences, and some emergent themes: An annotated bibliography. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal 2003, 10, 1-34. [Full Text]
  • Yuan Ke-Hai, Marshall , L.L., & Bentler, P.M. Assessing the effect of model misspecifications on parameter estimates in structural equation models. Sociological Methodology 2003, 33 (1), 241–265 . [Full Text]

Health Readings :

  • Sousa KH, Kwok OM. Putting Wilson and Cleary to the test: analysis of a HRQOL conceptual model using structural equation modeling. Qual Life Res. 2006 May;15(4):725-37. [Abstract]
  • Ahmed S, Mayo NE, Wood-Dauphinee S, Hanley JA, Cohen SR. The structural equation modeling technique did not show a response shift, contrary to the results of the then test and the individualized approaches. J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Nov;58(11):1125-33. Epub 2005 Aug 2. [Abstract]
  • Maddigan SL, Majumdar SR, Johnson JA. Understanding the complex associations between patient-provider relationships, self-care behaviours, and health-related quality of life in type 2 diabetes: a structural equation modeling approach. Qual Life Res. 2005 Aug;14(6):1489-500. [Abstract]
  • Visser MR, Oort FJ, Sprangers MA. Methods to detect response shift in quality of life data: a convergent validity study. Qual Life Res. 2005 Apr;14(3):629-39. [Abstract]
  • Oort FJ, Visser MR, Sprangers MA. An application of structural equation modeling to detect response shifts and true change in quality of life data from cancer patients undergoing invasive surgery. Qual Life Res. 2005 Apr;14(3):599-609. [Abstract]
  • Oort FJ. Using structural equation modeling to detect response shifts and true change. Qual Life Res. 2005 Apr;14(3):587-98. [Abstract]
  • Sousa KH, Chen FF.A theoretical approach to measuring quality of life. J Nurs Meas. 2002 Spring-Summer;10(1):47-58. [Abstract]
  • Siddiqui O, Ali MW. Linear structural equation model in analyzing quality-of-life-data from clinical trials. J Biopharm Stat. 1999 Nov;9(4):661-81. [Abstract]
  • Keller SD, Ware JE JR, Bentler PM, Aaronson NK, Alonso J, Apolone G. Bjorner JB, Brazier J, Bullinger M, Kaasa S, Leplege A, Sullivan M, Gandek B. Use of structural equation modeling to test the construct validity of the SF-36 Health Survey in ten countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment. J Clin Epidemiol. 1998 Nov;51(11):1179-88. [Abstract]

 

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