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Training Courses: Factor Analysis & SEM // Regression // multi-level modelling using SPSS: Sheffield, Nov 2008

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Dr C B Stride <[log in to unmask]>

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Hi
A quick advertisement for a trio of statistics courses to be run by the 
statistical consultancy unit at the Institute of Work Psychology, 
University of Sheffield, in November 2008. Apologies for cross-posting.

- Monday 10th November, 2008: Questionnaire scale construction: EFA, CFA 
and reliability analysis (using SPSS and AMOS)
- Tuesday 11th November, 2008: Multiple Regression Analysis using SPSS
- Wednesday 12th November, 2008: Multi-level Modelling using SPSS

Standard rate for each course is £275, Student rate is £225
If you attend two or more you get a further 50 pound discount on the 
total cost

Details of the courses are given below: for further information and to 
book a place, go to 
http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/FIO/trainingcourses.htm


******* Course details for each course are as follows: *******

-|- Scale construction: EFA, CFA and reliability analysis -|-

-|- Monday 10th November, 2008; 9.45am to 5.15pm, at the Hicks Building, 
University of Sheffield -|-

-|- Who is the course aimed at?
This course is aimed at anyone who uses questionnaires/surveys 
containing sets of questions which attempt to measure underlying 
concepts, and is looking for a practical guide to best practice in 
assessing their effectiveness and constructing overall measures of those 
concepts from them.

It should appeal to both those fresh to the subject, and to researchers 
and post-graduate students in the social sciences who have some 
experience of scale development, but who are keen to extend that 
knowledge into the more complex software required for Confirmatory 
Factor Analysis.

-|- Course level:
Some previous experience of using SPSS to perform basic statistical 
analysis is expected. No previous experience of Exploratory Factor 
Analysis, Reliability Analysis or Confirmatory Factor Analysis will be 
assumed.

-|- Course content and aims:
The course will cover the following topics:

What is a measurement scale?
- The scale construction process and validation
- Exploratory factor analysis; appropriate extraction criteria and scree 
plots
- Exploratory factor analysis; appropriate rotation types and 
interpretation
- Exploratory factor analysis using SPSS; building a measurement model
- Reliability analysis using SPSS
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis; the basic theory
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis; fit indices
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis using AMOS; testing a measurement model
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis using AMOS; model comparisons

However, sinply listing the topics covered as separate entities doesn't 
give the full flavour of this course; the over-riding aim is to 
illustrate the process of building, testing and validating a measurement 
model (i.e. which questions are related/can be said to be measuring 
which underlying factors). as a whole, and give guidance regarding the 
nuances and complexities which will occur with real data.

-|- Course Format:
The course comprises of a mixture of short lectures on the basic theory 
behind Exploratory Factor Analysis, Reliability Analysis or Confirmatory 
Factor Analysis, teaching via examples worked through by the trainer on 
real data sets which participants can follow, and exercises to practice 
the skills just learned. You will also receive a 40-page coursebook 
containing all the notes and worked examples, providing an easy 
reference and reminder for the techniques you have learned.

-|- Course schedule:
The course will start at 9.45am, with a lunch break from 1pm-2pm, and 
short coffee breaks at 11.30am and 3.30pm. It will finish at around 5pm, 
though I will be willing to stay on for a while after this and to answer 
questions pertinent to participants' own data sets or any other factor 
analysis/reliability queries you may have.

For further information and to book a place, go to 
http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/FIO/trainingcourses.htm

***********

-|- Multiple Regression Analysis using SPSS -|-

-|- Tuesday 11th November, 2008; 9.45am to 5.15pm, at the Hicks 
Building, University of Sheffield

-|- Who is the course aimed at?
This course is aimed at researchers and post-graduate students in the 
social sciences who want to use multiple regression to analyze their data.

It should appeal to those who have knowledge of basic statistical tests 
and a basic grasp of the ideas of multiple regression but want to gain 
practical experience in fitting regression models, and to those with 
experience of running simple multiple regression analysis who want to 
explore more complex scenarios, such as using dummy variables to include 
categorical predictors, or calculating and entering interaction terms to 
fit moderated regression models.

-|- Course level:
Some previous experience of using SPSS to perform basic statistical 
analysis is expected. No previous experience of running multiple 
regression analysis in SPSS is required, though a basic understanding of 
the principles/motivation for such analyses will be helpful.

-|- Course content and aims:
The course will cover the following topics:
- Standard multiple regression - the theory and assumptions behind 
least-squares fitting
- Running simple regression models in SPSS
- Test statistics and diagnostic plots
- Hierarchical regression strategies; controlling for background variables
- Hierarchical regression strategies; assessing intervening/mediation 
effects
- Incorporating polynomial terms to model non-linear relationships
- Incorporating categorical variables as predictors by using dummy 
variables
- Testing for interaction ('moderation') effects between continuous 
and/or categorical predictors

-|- Course Format:
The course comprises of a mixture of short lectures on the basic theory 
behind the statistical techniques listed above, teaching via examples 
worked through by the trainer on real data sets which participants can 
follow, and exercises to practice the skills just learned. You will also 
receive a 40-page coursebook containing all the notes and worked 
examples, providing an easy reference and reminder for the techniques 
you have learned

-|- Course schedule:
The course will start at 9.45am, with a lunch break from 1pm-2pm, and 
short coffee breaks at 11.30am and 3.30pm. It will finish at around 5pm, 
though I will be willing to stay on for a while after this and to answer 
questions pertinent to participants' own data sets or any other 
regression queries you may have.

For further information and to book a place, go to 
http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/FIO/trainingcourses.htm


***********

-|- Multi-level Modelling using SPSS -|-

Wednesday 12th November, 2008; 9.45am to 5.15pm, at the Hicks Building, 
University of Sheffield -|-

-|- Who is the course aimed at?
This course is aimed at two distinct groups. It is primarily designed as 
a beginners' course in multi-level modelling (AKA Hierarchical Linear 
Modelling), for those who face the challenge of working with multi-level 
data sets and want to be able to analyse them in the most powerful and 
accurate way.

However it should also appeal to those with a little experience of 
multi-level modelling using other specialist packages who now want to 
learn how to run such models in SPSS using the MIXED MODELS menu and 
commands.

-|- Course level:
A reasonable working knowledge of multiple regression and some previous 
experience of using SPSS to perform statistical analysis is expected. No 
previous experience of multi-level modelling will be assumed.

-|- Course content and aims:
The course will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to multi-level data - what it is and why it requires 
special treatment
- Restructuring Data in preparation for multi-level modelling
- What is a multi-level model?
- Building and fitting a multi-level model in SPSS
- Further issues in multi-level modelling: centering, sample size and 
scaling
- Advanced multi-level models: analysing longitudinal data and 
cross-sectional data using multi-level modelling in SPSS

-|- Course Format:
The course comprises of a mixture of short lectures on the basic theory 
behind multi-level models, teaching via examples worked through by the 
trainer on real data sets which participants can follow, and exercises 
to practice the skills just learned. You will also receive a 50-page 
coursebook containing all the notes and worked examples, providing an 
easy reference and reminder for the techniques you have learned.

-|- Course schedule:
The course will start at 9.45am, with a lunch break from 1pm-2pm, and 
short coffee breaks at 11.30am and 3.30pm. It will finish at around 5pm, 
though I will be willing to stay on for a while after this and to answer 
questions pertinent to participants' own data sets or any other 
multi-level modelling queries you may have.


For further information and to book a place, go to 
http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/FIO/trainingcourses.htm



*** for all three courses above ***

The teacher:
Dr Chris Stride has been using SPSS in his work as a statistician and 
data manager for the last 12 years. He has particular experience and 
expertise in teaching non-statisticians from the fields of psychology, 
HR, management and the social sciences. He is a Chartered Statistician 
and a member of the ASSESS (UK SPSS Users Group) Committee; as well as 
running a series of courses at the University of Sheffield over the past 
year, he has also given a well-received ASSESS courses on the SPSS 
syntax language in 2007 and 2008 around the UK.

-- 
“Figure It Out”

Statistical Consultancy and Training Service for Social Scientists

Visit www.figureitout.org.uk for details of my consultancy services and forthcoming training courses in November 2008

Dr Chris Stride, C. Stat, 
Statistician, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield
Telephone: 0114 2223262
Fax: 0114 2727206

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