Andrew, Your university's psychology department may have a consulting unit for quant. psych. questions. Why, I wonder, would your advisor not have references for you? Similar to what another poster said, there's a bunch of stuff- statistically - you should/need to know before doing this. I suppose there are path analysis/sem 'cookbooks' out there. But I always cringe at the thought of researchers using methods they only understand partially. What's that cliche - 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"? Or something like that. But I digress. Anyways, I think the LISREL manuals will have these cookbook explanations. Or I think http://www.ssicentral.com/lisrel/mainlis.htm might have info. There's alot of stuff online if you just google 'structural equation model'.
Good luck. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > I'm working on my dissertation proposal and am considering a path > analysis involving five cultural variables. Can anyone suggest a good > introductory text for someone who is quite naive when it comes to > stats (I'm in clinical psych)? > > Thanks so much in advance, > > A. Pleshkevych . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
