London, UK: Factor Analyis & SEM-Workshop – few places remaining!
Today, I would like to announce that the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has a few places remaining in a promising SEM workshop!
Title: Factor Analysis & Structural Equation Modelling:An Introduction Using Stata and Mplus
Date: 15-17 February 2012
Place: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Course organizers: George Ploubidis and Bianca De Stavola
Guest lecturer: Tim Croudace (University of Cambridge)
The course: Most courses on factor analysis and structural equation modelling concentrate on the use of traditional factor analytic models with interval level data and neglect the latest developments within the Generalised Latent Variable Modelling framework. The course will discuss the current state of the art with respect to factor analysis and structural equation modelling, while retaining a practical focus. Participants will acquire awareness of the new available methods and gain competence in applying and combining these in simple settings. The course aims are:
- Understand measurement principles such as reliability and precision
- Perform Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
- with a mixture of binary/ordinal/interval data.
- Estimate and interpret path analytic and structural models
- Estimate and interpret growth curve and latent class models
- Develop awareness of the common threads across these methods
- Gain practical experience in using these methods using Stata and Mplus
Course fee: £ 700
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
contact: george.ploubidis@lshtm.ac.uk
