The American Psychological Association is
debating whether to drop narcissism as a personality disorder, largely because
it is hard to measure. How do social scientists actually measure
characteristics of personality? Part of the answer is to measure more
concrete attributes (e.g. via responses on a survey) and to treat, say,
narcissism as a derived "latent variable." Causal models of
relationships involving latent variables are the domain of structural equation
modeling (SEM). Randall Schumacker, author of a number of books in this
area, will present his online course "Advanced
Structural Equation Modeling" at statistics.com. For more details please visit at http://www.statistics.com/advancedsem.
Who can take this course:
Market researchers, educational researchers,
sociologists and psychologists, political scientists, economists, and survey
researchers.
Course Program:
Course outline: The course
is structured as follows
SESSION 1: Multiple Indicators and Causes
- Multiple Indicator and Multiple Causes (MIMIC)
model
- Multiple-Group model
SESSION 2: Multilevel Models
- Multilevel (HLM) model
- Mixture model
- Structured Means model
SESSION 3: Multitrait, Multimethod, Interacties
- Multitrait-Multimethod model
- Second Order Factor model
- Interaction models
SESSION 4: Latent Variable, Dynamic Factor
- Latent Variable Growth Curve model
- Dynamic Factor model
- Power and Sample Size
- Monte Carlo Methods
Dr. Schumacker is a professor at the
University of Alabama and, in addition to "Advanced Structural Equation
Modeling," he has co-authored "A Beginner's Guide to Structural
Equation Modeling" (with Richard Lomax) and is the co-editor (with George
Marcoulides) of "Advanced Structural Equation Modeling: Issues and
Techniques and Interaction and Nonlinear Effects in Structural Equation
Modeling." Dr. Schumacker was the founder, editor (1994-1998), and is the current
emeritus editor of "Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary
Journal." He also founded the Structural Equation Modeling Special Interest
Group at the American Educational Research Association.
This course takes place over the internet at
the Institute for 4 weeks. During each course week, you participate at times of
your own choosing - there are no set times when you must be online. Course
participants will be given access to a private discussion board so that they will be able to ask
questions and exchange comments with instructor, Dr. Randall Schumacker. In class discussions led by the instructor,
you can post questions, seek clarification, and interact with your fellow
students and the instructor.
The course typically requires 15 hours per
week. At the beginning of each week, you receive the relevant material, in
addition to answers to exercises from the previous session. During the week,
you are expected to go over the course materials, work through exercises, and
submit answers. Discussion among participants is encouraged. The instructor
will provide answers and comments, and at the end of the week, you will receive
individual feedback on your homework answers.
For Indian participants statistics.com accepts registration for its courses
at special prices in Indian Rupees through its partner, the Center for
eLearning and Training (C-eLT), Pune.
For More details contact at
Call: 020 6600 9116
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