| Greeting from CARMA!
We are a non-profit academic unit, and the world's leading provider of research methods education for organizational scholars. We are excited to announce our first Short Course offerings for 2017 and would like to emphasize the following: - Short Courses will be held at the University of South Carolina January 5-7, 2017.
- Our Short Course instructors are former editors and current editorial board members from leading organizational journals who are recognized experts on their topics and who understand how their methods are applied in organizational settings.
- Our Short Courses include a mix of lecture and hands-on experiential activities, and participants have the opportunity to socialize and network with our instructors and faculty/doctoral students from leading universities.
More information on CARMA and our Short Courses, including course descriptions, instructor biographies, preview videos from our instructors, and registration information can | | | Offerings at The University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina: Jan 5-7, 2017 | | January 5th & 6th (full days), January 7th (AM half day) - "Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling" - Dr. Larry Williams
- "Introduction to Multilevel Analysis" - Dr. Paul Bliese
- "Introduction to Longitudinal Analysis" - Dr. Rob Ployhart
(Please note all three of these courses are offered concurrently, so you are only able to purchase and attend one course.) | | Registration Details To register for 2017 CARMA Short Courses at the University of South Carolina, you must first log in to your CARMA account. (If you do not already have an account, please sign-up as a website user). Once you have logged in, and you are in the User Area, select "Purchase Short Course" on the right side of the page.
Prices Per Course:
| Non-Member | CARMA Member* | SMA Member** | | Faculty/Professional | $800.00 | $400.00 | $300.00 | | Student | $600.00 | $300.00 | $225.00 |
**All Southern Management Association Members receive discounted prices on Short Course registration fees for all South Carolina Short Courses, for more information on the discount, sign into SMA's website and under the "Resources" tab select "CARMA".
| | Introduction to SEM Course Description: The Introduction to Structural Equation Methods Short Course provides (a) introductory coverage of latent variable techniques, including confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation methods with latent variables, (b) discussion of special issues related to the application of these techniques in organizational research, and (c) a comparison of these techniques with traditional analytical approaches. This Short Course will contain a balance of lecture and hands-on data analysis with examples and assignments, and emphasis will be placed on the application of SEM techniques to organizational research problems.
Introduction to Multilevel Analysis Course Description: The CARMA Multilevel Analysis short course provides both (1) the theoretical foundation, and (2) the resources and skills necessary to conduct a wide range of multilevel analyses. The course covers within-group agreement, nested 2-level multilevel modeling and growth modeling. All practical exercises are conducted in R. Participants are encouraged to bring datasets to the course and apply the principles to their specific areas of research.
Introduction to Longitudinal Analysis Course Description: Nearly all phenomena studied within the organizational and social sciences evolve, transform, or change over time. Unfortunately, there is still little research that explicitly adopts a longitudinal perspective. This neglect is due to theoretical, methodological, and analytical challenges. First, most theories offer little insight into how and why change occurs. Second, there are a variety of design and measurement complexities that are unique to longitudinal designs. Finally, a number of different analytical approaches can be used to model the same data, yet there is little guidance for identifying which approach is most appropriate in a given situation. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce scholars to longitudinal research. We will first discuss theoretical and conceptual issues that must be addressed when developing a longitudinal study. We will next consider how to design a longitudinal study, including how to anticipate and reduce the common problems that nearly always occur (e.g., attrition). We will conclude by spending considerable time reviewing and using different longitudinal analytic methods, including repeated measures GLM, random coefficient growth models, and latent growth models. Students are strongly encouraged (but not required) to bring their own datasets to be modeled during the workshop. | | If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. We hope to hear from you soon, and thanks in advance for sharing this email with colleagues at your school!
Good luck in your research!
Sincerely,
Dr. Larry J. Williams, CARMA Founding Director
Jessi Jensen, CARMA Assistant Director
Consortium for the Advancement of Research Methods & Analysis College of Business Administration University of Nebraska-Lincoln | | | |