Structural Equation Modeling Blog http://sem-blog.org SEM Workshops in Europe & other stuff Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:42:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 London, UK: Factor Analyis & SEM-Workshop – few places remaining! http://sem-blog.org/2012/01/london-uk-factor-analyis-sem-workshop-few-places-remaining/ http://sem-blog.org/2012/01/london-uk-factor-analyis-sem-workshop-few-places-remaining/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:37:51 +0000 Jens Vogelgesang http://sem-blog.org/?p=515 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
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]]> http://sem-blog.org/2012/01/london-uk-factor-analyis-sem-workshop-few-places-remaining/feed/ 0 Myths about causality and SEM http://sem-blog.org/2012/01/myths-about-causality-and-sem/ http://sem-blog.org/2012/01/myths-about-causality-and-sem/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:11:05 +0000 Jens Vogelgesang http://sem-blog.org/?p=512 Today, Ken Bollen announced on SEMNET that he has written a paper called “Eight Myths about Causality and Structural Equation Modeling” together with Judea Pearl. A draft chapter of this paper which will be revised, can be downloaded here:

http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/r393.pdf

]]> http://sem-blog.org/2012/01/myths-about-causality-and-sem/feed/ 0 Cologne, Germany: Causality, Structural Equation Modeling with AMOS and Mplus (41st GESIS Spring Seminar) http://sem-blog.org/2011/12/cologne-germany-causality-structural-equation-modeling-with-amos-and-mplus-41st-gesis-spring-seminar/ http://sem-blog.org/2011/12/cologne-germany-causality-structural-equation-modeling-with-amos-and-mplus-41st-gesis-spring-seminar/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:58:14 +0000 Jens Vogelgesang http://sem-blog.org/?p=510 Again, Maria Rohlinger has put together a great Spring Seminar program! Check out the details of the 2012 program:

http://www.gesis.org/veranstaltungen/gesis-spring-seminar/programme-2012/

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Im März 2012 bieten Michael Scharkow und ich den AMOS-Workshop “Analyse von Paneldaten: Einführung in die Schätzung von Cross-Lagged-Regression- und Wachstumskurvenmodellen” an.

Der Workshop findet am Weiterbildungszentrum der Freien Universität Berlin statt. Die Teilnahmegebühr beträgt 400,– EUR. Teilnahmevoraussetzung sind AMOS-Vorkenntnisse. Wie immer sind alle Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer herzlich eingeladen, eigene Paneldaten mitzubringen und diese vor Ort auszuwerten.

Anmeldungen sind ab sofort möglich: Hier gibt es alle Details zur Anmeldung.

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http://www.springerlink.com/content/u1t1225x147713pp/

Obviously, Karl Jöreskog is still active in contributing to SEM. :-)

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Venue: City University, London

Further details: Click here!

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Topics Covered:

  • Regression Analysis, Factor Analysis, & The General Linear Model
  • Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)
  • Latent Growth Models and Latent Class Analysis
  • Multilevel Modelling

For queries regarding registration and other administrative matters contact:

Sharon Adams
Tel: +44 (0)28 9036 6680
Fax: +44 (0)28 9036 6060 (048 from the RoI)
E: lifelonglearning@ulster.ac.uk
http://adl.ulster.ac.uk/lifelonglearning/flexible

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http://pps.sagepub.com/content/6/3/272.full

]]> http://sem-blog.org/2011/06/pps-introduction-to-special-section-on-bayesian-data-analysis/feed/ 0 Utrecht, Netherlands: 3rd Mplus usermeeting http://sem-blog.org/2011/05/utrecht-netherlands-3rd-mplus-usermeeting/ http://sem-blog.org/2011/05/utrecht-netherlands-3rd-mplus-usermeeting/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 08:45:46 +0000 Jens Vogelgesang http://sem-blog.org/?p=488 The third Mplus meeting will be organized on November 1st. 2011 at Utrecht University. For the preliminary program see:

http://www.fss.uu.nl/mplus/symfony/show/id/16.html

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