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Summary: Bollen still has what it takes
Review: Bollen is comprehensive and thorough, sometimes even to a fault. This work is definitely for the advanced academic who works with structural equations on a regular basis - certainly not for the faint of heart. Although the field has made advances in the thirteen or so years since this book was first published, I found that Bollen has weathered well, is still suitable for instruction and practice, and should remain so for many years to come.
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Summary: Bollen still has what it takes
Review: Bollen is comprehensive and thorough, sometimes even to a fault. This work is definitely for the advanced academic who works with structural equations on a regular basis - certainly not for the faint of heart. Although the field has made advances in the thirteen or so years since this book was first published, I found that Bollen has weathered well, is still suitable for instruction and practice, and should remain so for many years to come.
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Summary: A solid course in SEM
Review: I've taken a class in Structural Equations Modelling from Ken Bollen at UNC Chapel Hill. Naturally the book was the main reference for the course, so I went over most of it during the semester. The coverage in classes differed from the book material due to the recent developments, and my impression was that Prof. Bollen planned on writing a second edition of the book (although he is not quite happy about the pricing strategy of Wiley). For many things marked as
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Summary: A bit stiff, and a bit dated, but a classic text
Review: This is the definitive textbook on structural equation models with latent varibles. It is a bit dated now, and the treatment is rigorous, but any serious user of LISREL, EQS, etc. should purchase and read this book. For what it's worth, Bollen is not only a good writer, but a great teacher.
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