"Getting Started with a SIMPLIS Approach" is particularly appropriate
for those users who are not experts in statistics, but have a basic
understanding of multivariate analysis that would allow them to use this
handbook as a good first foray into LISREL. Part I introduces the topic,
presents the study that serves as the background for the explanation of
matters, and provides the basis for Parts II and III, which, in turn,
explain the process of estimation of the measurement model and the
structural model, respectively. In each section, we also suggest
essential literature to support the utilization of the handbook. After
having read the book, readers will have acquired a basic knowledge of
structural equation modeling, namely using the LISREL program, and will
be prepared to continue with the learning process.