{"product_id":"structural-equation-modeling-for-health-douglas-d-gunzler-9781138574250","title":"Structural Equation Modeling for Health and Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eStructural equation modeling (SEM) is a very general and flexible multivariate technique that allows relationships among variables to be examined. The roots of SEM\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eare in the social sciences. In writing this textbook, the authors look to make SEM accessible to a wider audience of researchers across many disciplines, addressing issues unique to health and medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSEM is often used in practice to model and test hypothesized causal relationships among observed and latent (unobserved) variables, including in analysis across time and groups. It can be viewed as the merging of a conceptual model, path diagram, confirmatory factor analysis, and path analysis. In this textbook the authors also discuss techniques, such as mixture modeling, that expand the capacity of SEM using a combination of both continuous and categorical latent variables. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeatures: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasic, intermediate, and advanced SEM topics \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed applications, particularly relevant for health and medical scientists\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTopics and examples that are pertinent to both new and experienced SEM researchers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubstantive issues in health and medicine in the context of SEM\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoth methodological and applied examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumerous figures and diagrams to illustrate the examples\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs SEM experts situated among clinicians and multidisciplinary researchers in medical settings, the authors provide a broad, current, on the ground understanding of the issues faced by clinical and health services researchers and decision scientists. This book gives health and medical researchers the tools to apply SEM approaches to study complex relationships between clinical measurements, individual and community-level characteristics, and patient-reported scales. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas D. Gunzler, Adam T. Perzynski, Adam C. Carle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138574252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138574250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.75d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas D. Gunzler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44127094669567,"sku":"9781138574250","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bed5fe06-99b4-4ab4-ad02-51436bab2a39.jpg?v=1687451831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/structural-equation-modeling-for-health-douglas-d-gunzler-9781138574250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}