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SEM Foundations & Extended Applications

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IN PERSON – 5-day Structural Equation Modeling Course

Structural Equation Modeling Course Overview:

Do you want to take your measurement to the latent level? Well, this Structural Equation Modeling Course is it, you have found it, the foundation to what you need to know for latent variable modeling – structural equation modeling (SEM)! Most campers report their prior training was insufficient and/or outdated. We will introduce you to the current techniques and advances in SEM as well as guide you through the steps to ‘craft’ an exquisite SEM model.

Seminar Topics:

  • Phantom Constructs
  • Fitting measurement models
  • Three methods of scale setting – including effects coding!
  • Updated recommendations for Scale Validation
  • Multiple-Group Comparisons with applications for experimental and observational groups!
  • Factorial/Measurement Invariance – Are you measuring the same construct?
  • Extended Applications Such as Parceling and Missing Data
  • Mediation and Indirect Effects using Bootstrapping
  • Moderation, creating latent interaction terms!

Seminar Description:

This summer institute is an intensive short seminar on the principles of structural equation modeling.

Instructor: Todd D. Little, Ph.D.

Structural Equation Modeling Course With Todd D. Little

Todd D. Little, PhD is a Professor and director of the Institute for Measurement, Methodology, Analysis and Policy at Texas Tech University. He is widely recognized for his quantitative work on various aspects of applied SEM (e.g., modern missing data treatments, indicator selection, parceling, modeling developmental processes) as well as his substantive developmental research (e.g., action-control processes and motivation, coping, and self-regulation). His work has garnered over 50,705 … citations with an h-index of 98 and an i10-index of 263. In 2001, he was elected to membership in the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and in 2009, he was elected President of APA’s Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics). He is a fellow in APA, APS, and AAAS. In 2013, he received the Cohen award from Division 5 of APA for distinguished contributions to teaching and mentoring and in 2015 he received the inaugural distinguished contributions award for mentoring developmental scientists from the Society for Research in Child Development. Both awards cited his founding of Stats Camp (Statscamp.org) in 2003 and its ongoing impact on shaping the quality of scientific inquiry for both past and future generations of researchers. Download Todd’s CV (PDF)

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Instructor: Elizabeth Grandfield, Ph.D.

Structural Equation Modeling Course With Elizabeth Grandfield

Elizabeth received her Ph.D. in Quantitative Psychology at the University of Kansas. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Methodology and Statistics at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on evaluating measurement invariance with an emphasis in longitudinal designs. In areas of applied research, Elizabeth has been involved in longitudinal children studies at Juniper Gardens as well as a national nursing study at Kansas University Medical Center, both in Kansas City. She also received… the 2011 Multivariate Software Award, presented by Peter Bentler and Eric Wu. Elizabeth has been involved in Stats Camp since 2012.

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Instructor: Zachary Stickley, Ph.D.

Structural Equation Modeling Course with Zack Stickly

Zachary, Ph.D. is a researcher in the College of Education at Texas Tech University studying latent variable modeling and planned missing data. He received his Master of Education degree from Texas Tech University and his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Tarleton State University.… He has assisted Dr. Little in the instruction of Structural Equation Modeling courses at Texas Tech University as well as at numerous Stats Camp seminars and analysis retreats.

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APA Continuing Education Credits:

Structural Equation Modeling Course APA Certified Statistics Training

This course offers 26 hours of Continuing Education Credits. Stats Camp Foundation is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Stats Camp Foundation maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Seminar Includes:

Materials, downloads, recorded course video viewable for up to one year.

Learning Objectives:

The five-day training institute on Structural Equation Modeling will enable participants to:

  • Describe the psychometric properties that underly Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).
  • Define a latent construct using manifest variables.
  • Identify a latent construct using numerous methods of identification, including marker method, fixed factor, and effects coding.
  • Conduct confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and evaluate model fit using several fit indices.
  • Compare CFA models using several comparison metrics.
  • Generate and implement item parceling schemes.
  • Evaluate multiple groups using the CFA framework using weak and strong invariance.
  • Test and compare latent parameters in a multiple group framework.
  • Evaluate and address missing data with both FIML and Multiple Imputation.
  • Implement a planned missing data design.
  • Evaluate mediation and moderation in an SEM framework.
  • Evaluate multi-trait, multi-method (MTMM) models.
  • Evaluate hierarchical models.

Seminar Prerequisites:

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Software and Computer Support:

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Seminar Audience:

If you need to analyze the covariance structure of multivariate data and have a basic statistical background, this seminar is for you. You should have a good working knowledge of the principles and practice of multiple regression and elementary statistical inference. You do not need to know matrix algebra, calculus, or likelihood theory (although that knowledge would be beneficial). Participants from a variety of fields, including sociology, psychology, education, human development, marketing, business, biology, medicine, political science, and communication, will benefit from the seminar.

The seminar will support LISREL, Mplus or Laavan. Some assistance will be available for questions related to other structural modeling packages. No previous knowledge of LISREL, Mplus or Laavan is assumed. Furthermore, nearly all the techniques taught in the seminar can be translated fairly easily to most other packages.

Seminar Files

Below are links to seminar files for those who enrolled in the seminar. Please download these files onto your computer before the first day of the seminar. The files are password protected to respect the intellectual property rights of the instructors. By using your login information you agree not to share your login information or the content protected by it.

Instructor Will Provide Password on First Day of Seminar:
Click Here to View Seminar Materials Page for SEM Foundations and Extended Applications

All statistical software used at Stats Camp will be available, free to participants, on our SMORS (statistical modeling on remote servers) system for the duration of camp.

Summer Stats Camp 2023: Structural Equation Modeling Foundations Course
Monday June 5, 2023
9:00 – 10:45 Welcome and Introductions. Philosophy
10:45 – 11:00 Rest Break
11:00 – 12:30 Psychometrics
12:30 – 1:30 Rest Break
1:30 – 3:15 Defining Constructs
3:15 – 3:30 Rest Break
3:30 – 5:00 Identification
Tuesday June 6, 2023
9:00 – 10:45 Confirmatory Factor Analysis I – Introduction to CFA
10:45 – 11:00 Rest Break
11:00 – 12:30 Confirmatory Factor Analysis II – Comparing Models, Model fit
12:30 – 1:30 Rest Break
1:30 – 3:15 CFA: The foundation of any SEM model, continued
3:15 – 3:30 Rest Break
3:30 – 5:00 Parcels and Parceling; Start of Individual Consultations
Wednesday June 7, 2023
9:00 – 10:45 Multiple-Group CFA – Testing for configural and weak invariance
10:45 – 11:00 Rest Break
11:00 – 12:30 Multiple-Group CFA – Testing for Strong Invariance
12:30 – 1:30 Rest Break
1:30 – 3:15 Multiple-Group CFA – Tests and comparing latent parameters
3:15 – 3:30 Rest Break
3:30 – 5:00 Wrap-up then Individual Consultations
Thursday June 8, 2023
9:00 – 10:45 Missing data and Power
10:45 – 11:00 Rest Break
11:00 – 12:30 Multiple-Group SEM and Latent Regression Models
12:30 – 1:30 Rest Break
1:30 – 3:15 Mediation and Moderation
3:15 – 3:30 Rest Break
3:30 – 5:00 Catch-up time then Individual Consultations
Friday June 9, 2023
9:00 – 10:45 Multi-trait, Multi-Method (MTMM) and Hierarchical Models
10:45 – 11:00 Rest Break
11:00 – 12:30 Hierarchical Models, continued; Writing results, Cautions & Wrap-up
12:30 – 1:30 Rest Break
1:30 – ~3:30 Individual Consultations

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