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Course Syllabus Amiram D. Vinokur fn: sem_Helsinki2012.doc University of Helsinki June 11-13, 2012 Building and Testing Structural Equation Models (SEM) In the Social Sciences II. Required, Highly Recommended Useful Readings 1 Required reading 2 Highly Recommended readings, guidebooks or textbooks 3 Very useful recommended readings or textbooks # available on the Ctools course website). A. Basic Textbooks and Manuals 1Kline, R. B. (2011). Principles and practice of structural equation modeling. (3nd Edition). New York: The Guilford Press. ISBN for the paperback is: 9781606238769. [This is the main textbook for this course. Every student should have a copy. The local book stores will carry copies or else try A]. 2Byrne, B. M. (2006, 2nd Edition). Structural equation modeling with EQS and EQS/Windows: Basic concepts, applications, and programming. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. [Second most highly recommended textbook, but optional, for only if you intend to continue using EQS. Ideally, every student should have a copy or at least an access to the book in the library] Nearly all the content of the two manuals below is also embedded in the HELP section of the EQS software: 2Bentler, P. M. (2006). EQS 6: Structural Equation Program Manual. Encino, CA: Multivariate software software [Content of this manual is also included with the EQS software under the Help menu] 2Bentler, P.M., Wu, E.J.C. (2002). EQS 6 for Windows Users Manual. Encino, CA: Multivariate software [Content of this manual is also included with the EQS software under the Help menu] B. Other useful textbooks Bollen, K. A. (1989). Structural equations with latent variables. New York: Wiley. 3Loehlin, J.C. (2004). Latent variable models: An introduction to factor, path, and structural equation analysis. (4th edition). NJ. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum