Introduction to the R package lavaan
Being huge fans of lavaan, we are happy to point to the current issue of the Journal of Statistical Software featuring “lavaan: An R Package for Structural EquationModeling” by Yves Rosseel from Ghent U.
Archive for May, 2012
Ljbljana, Slovenia: Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling (with AMOS)
ECPR Summer School in Ljbljana:
Two-week course: Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling (with AMOS)
Date: 30th July – 10th August 2012
Course instructor: Jochen Mayerl
Lancaster University, UK: 2-day course in Factor Analysis and SEM
Two-day introductory course in Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling using AMOS GRAPHICS
Date: 17th – 18th May 2012
Duration: 2 days
Delivered by: Karen Dunn and Dr Mick Green
From 10:00am till 16:30pm (each day)
- Suitable for beginners, only basic familiarity with SPSS and regression modelling required.
- Postgraduate Statistics Centre, Lancaster University May 17th and 18th 2012.
- A mix of lectures and supported practical sessions covering the theory and practice of modelling using FA and SEM.
Day 1:
- Introduction to AMOS Graphics
- Latent variables and exploratory analysis
- Introcution to measurement models and structural models
Day 2:
- Assessing model fit in SEM
- Model improvements and comparisons
- Multiple group analysis
- Constraints, dependent latent variables, independent observed variables and corrlated error
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fas/cpd/statistics/courses/Structural-Equation-Modelling-Course
Please contact Angela Mercer (a.j.mercer@lancaster.ac.uk) with any queries and for a full timetable.
