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He received an Bachelor of Arts in English from Harvard in 1947, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1957.
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This book introduces multiple-latent variable models by utilizing path diagrams to explain the underlying relationships in the models. This approach helps less mathematically inclined students grasp the underlying relationships between path analysis, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling more easily. A few sections of the book make use of elementary matrix algebra. An appendix on the topic is provided for those who need a review. The author maintains an informal style so as to increase the book's accessibility. Notes at the end of each chapter provide some of the more technical details. The book is not tied to a particular computer program, but special attention is paid to LISREL, EQS, AMOS, and Mx. New in the fourth edition of Latent Variable Models: *a data CD that features the correlation and covariance matrices used in the exercises; *new sections on missing data, non-normality, mediation, factorial invariance, and automating the construction of path diagrams; and *reorganization of chapters 3-7 to enhance the flow of the book and its flexibility for teaching. Intended for advanced students and researchers in the areas of social, educational, clinical, industrial, consumer, personality, and developmental psychology, sociology, political science, and marketing, some prior familiarity with correlation and regression is helpful.
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He received an Bachelor of Arts in English from Harvard in 1947, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1957.
Loehlin has served as president of the Behavior Genetics Association and of the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology. He was on active service in the United States Naval Reserve in 1951-1953 during the Korean War. He taught at the University of Nebraska from 1957 to 1964, taking a position at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has remained.
Formally retired, he remains active in research and publishing.
His book on Latent variable models (now in its fourth edition) remains very popular. He is a keen poet. Loehlin"s research has chiefly focused on the genetic and environmental contributions to individual differences in normal human personality traits and abilities.
He has also been concerned with racial differences and with computer modeling. He has been involved in several twin family, and adoption studies, notably the Texas Adoption Project with Joseph M. Horn and Lee Willerman.
He has also written on the race and intelligence controversy.
He was a Director of the American Eugenics Society from 1968 to 1974. In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," a public statement written by Linda Gottfredson, published in response to popular criticism of the conclusions presented in the controversial book The Bell Curve. Among his Doctor of Philosophy students are Eric Turkheimer.
In 1995, he took part in the American Psychological Association task force writing a consensus statement on the state of intelligence research in response to the claims being advanced amid the Bell Curve controversy, titled "Intelligence: Knowns and Unknowns." C. North. Creative Commons Creative Commons
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