Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling

Date:

10/03/2015 - 12/03/2015

Organised by:

University of Manchester

Presenter:

Nick Shryane

Level:

Intermediate (some prior knowledge)

Contact:

Short courses administrator; cmist-courses@manchester.ac.uk

Map:

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Venue:

Humanities Bridgeford Street, Oxford Road, Manchester

Description:

Outline

Structural Equation Models (SEM) amalgamate regression analysis, path analysis and factor analysis, allowing for more richly detailed statistical models to be specified and compared to data than by using these techniques individually.

Historically, SEM models were confined to the analysis of continuous observed data, limiting their usefulness in applied social research, where many phenomena are inherently discrete or are measured only with coarse-grained instruments.

Advances in recent years have made SEM methods for categorical data available to applied researchers.

Objectives

This course aims to train quantitative social scientists to use the Mplus programme in the application of structural equation modelling techniques to non-continuous observed data.

The course also aims to integrate approaches that assume latent dimensions of variation (eg factor analysis) with approaches that assume unobserved groups or categories (eg latent class analysis).

Provisional Course Syllabus 

Day 1

  • Session 1: Introducing Mplus
  • Session 2: Regression models for binary categorical data
  • Session 3: Path Analysis I: continuous dependent variables
  • Session 4: Path Analysis II: categorical dependent variables

Day 2

  • Session 5: Continuous latent variables I: Modelling continuous observed data: Factor Analysis
  • Session 6: Continuous latent variables II: Modelling binary observed data: Item-Response
  • Session 7: Structural Equation Modelling
  • Session 8: Multi-group Structural Equation Modelling

Day 3

  • Session 9: Categorical latent variables I: Mixture Models
  • Session 10: Categorical latent variables II: Latent Class and Latent Profile Analysis
  • Session 11: Repeated measures modelling I: autoregressive and cross lagged panel models
  • Session 12: Repeated measures modelling II: linear and non-linear growth models

Prerequisites

Participants should be familiar with statistical modelling using linear regression and binary logistic or probit regression.

Cost:

£585(£420 for those from educational and charitable institutions).

Website and registration:

Region:

North West

Keywords:

Qualitative sampling, Survey and Questionnaire Design, Multimodal Research, Data Quality and Data Management (other), Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, structural equation modelling

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Qualitative sampling
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Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis

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