Hi all,
Sorry for cross-posting, but this may be of interest to quantitative folks:
An Mplus course is being offered on Bayesian and frequentist path analysis and structural equation modeling, including cross-sectional and longitudinal data. The course will run at the University of Melbourne from July 2 – 5. Slides, annotated program code, datasets, and output will be provided to all participants. Catering will also be provided.
Course information is as follows:
This intensive 4-day course will cover many issues surrounding path analysis and structural equation modeling from a Bayesian and frequentist perspective, including practical application in Mplus. Path analysis and structural equation modeling offer vast flexibility for specifying and estimating statistical models of many types. With these techniques researchers can work with complex structural models, relying on a mixture of observed and latent variables to estimate a plethora of direct, indirect, non-linear, and interaction effects. The benefits of Bayesian estimation and hypothesis testing for these purposes will be described, including how to test precise or vague hypotheses, such as testing null hypotheses as research hypotheses. Also, specifications that are estimable with Bayesian methods but are not identified with frequentist estimators, such as maximum likelihood, will de described. Models incorporating both cross-sectional and longitudinal/panel data will be covered.
Topics include:
DAY 1: Probability and Estimation, including regression and hypothesis testing with sampling distributions (frequentist) and posterior probabilities (Bayesian)
DAY 2: Introduction to Mplus and path analysis, including specification, estimation, and model fit
DAY 3: Extended path analysis and introduction to SEM, including non-linear and interaction effects, as well as latent variables and CFA
DAY 4: SEM with cross-sectional and longitudinal data, including traditional latent variable models and latent growth models
Course Instructor:
Michael J. Zyphur is a quantitative research methodologist in the organization sciences and psychology. His interests are in latent variable modeling with continuous and discontinuous variables as well as the history, sociology, and philosophy of probability and statistics. His work has appeared in journals such as Neuroscience, Structural Equation Modeling, Psychological Methods, Organizational Research Methods, Academy of Management Review, and elsewhere.
Fees are as follows:
Ph.D. students: $440 AUD
All other participants: $1100 AUD
The course website with additional information is here:
http://www.gsbe.unimelb.edu.au/courses/execedu/mplus-path-analysis.html
Seating is limited. To register for the course use the following link:
http://ecommerce.fbe.unimelb.edu.au/categories.asp?cID=10&c=201251
Look forward to seeing you there!
Michael J. Zyphur, Ph.D.
Dept. of Management and Marketing
Business and Economics
University of Melbourne