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Measurement connects theoretical concepts to what is observable in
the empirical world, and is fundamental to all social and
behavioral research. In this volume, J. Micah Roos and Shawn
Bauldry introduce a popular approach to measurement: Confirmatory
Factor Analysis (CFA). As the authors explain, CFA is a
theoretically informed statistical framework for linking multiple
observed variables to latent variables that are not directly
measurable. The authors begin by defining terms, introducing
notation, and illustrating a wide variety of measurement models
with different relationships between latent and observed variables.
They proceed to a thorough treatment of model estimation, followed
by a discussion of model fit. Most of the volume focuses on
measures that approximate continuous variables, but the authors
also devote a chapter to categorical indicators. Each chapter
develops a different example (sometimes two) covering topics as
diverse as racist attitudes, theological conservatism, leadership
qualities, psychological distress, self-efficacy, beliefs about
democracy, and Christian nationalism drawn mainly from national
surveys. Data to replicate the examples are available on a
companion website, along with code for R, Stata, and Mplus.
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