A few places still available
An Introduction to Latent Variable and Structural
Equation Modelling (SEM)
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3-day practical course using EQS for Windows by Professors
Graham Dunn and Andrew Pickles - 19/21st October 1999 at the
University of Manchester
Objective
To provide an introduction to numerate social and medical researchers
to practical analysis using SEM. Practical familiarity with ordinary
and logistic regression is assumed. Examples will be drawn from
the health and social fields.
Outline Programme
Registration and Coffee 10.00a.m.
Day 1
10.30-10.45 Introductions and Overview
10.45-12.30 What is a covariance matrix? Setting up a model
12.30 - 1.30 Lunch
1.30- 2.45 Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Latent Construct
Formulation
2.45-3.15 Tea
3.15-4.30 Multitrait-Multimethod Models
Day 2
9.30-10.45 Direct and Indirect Effects
10.45-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.30 Simplex & Growth Models for Longitudinal Data
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2.45 Reciprocal and cross-lagged effects
2.45-3.15 Tea
3.15-4.30 Multiple group models
Day 3
9.30-10.45 Distributional issues & models for binary outcomes
10.45-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.30 Missing Data/phantom factors/two-phase sampling
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2.45 Data-fusion (combining samples)
2.45-3.00 Tea
3.00-4.00 Review
Further details are available on http://les.man.ac.uk/ccsr/
Contact Sue Shepherd in the School of Epidemiology and Health
Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT
([log in to unmask] 0161-275-5210) Current Pricing
(1/8/1999):Academic £300, Non-Academic £400 (including course
notes/text book and refreshments). Registration is not complete
without receipt of a cheque, Institutional order number or paid
invoice. This is returnable/not charged for cancellations up to 2
weeks before the start of the course. Places are limited to 20
participants.
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