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This page provides a PARTIAL set of resources for a introductory course in Structural Equation Modelling for those who have a background in basic statistics. The first two documents provide some background material for those who have found the SEM chapter in my book rather difficult.
The other handouts provide some more complex examples with each highlighting a particular aspect of SEM modelling. Youtube videos to go with the series at:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3_gFejbhlGrgFfYlq7sa24h6jdesRmca
Before you start you need three bits of free software:
1. R available from: CRAN (the Comprehensive R Archive Network) cran.r-project.org
My video on youtube shows you how to do this https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9F0EBD42C0AB37D0
2. Java available from: www.java.com
3. Onyx: A graphical interface for Structural Equation Modeling
available from: onyx.brandmaier.de
Pre course preperation Please watch the youTube video by Professor Piotr Wilk https://youtu.be/cvQ9HUfmVxs and answer the questions on the Active listening sheet here The powerpoint file for the presentation can be found at: http://rdc.uwo.ca/events/docs/presentation_slides/2013-14/Wilk2013SEM.pdf
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| SEM equivalent to basic statistical procedures | ||
| Regression models in SEM |
for those trying R: airpoll.RData |
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Now read my book chapter on SEM and Confirmatory Factor Analysis |
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Complex example 1:
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Subset of original data (variable naming follow table on p.1001): Covariance matrix of subset Covariance matrix based on original paper (p.1001)
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Complex example 2: |
krstic_2015_cv.txt | |
Comparing groups 1: Holzinger & Swineford (Grant-White school) male/female comparison |
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| ANOVA, MANOVA in SEM (Onyx companion to Hoyle handbook chapter 24) Also a mention of discriminant analysis | ||
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| Evaluating a SEM article | Lynskey, Fergusson & Harwood article (password required) | |
| Latent growth model handout1 | Covariance matrix dataset for handcock_mueller_p317 full dataset for willett_singer_alcohol2 |
Diagrams shown in handout |
Comparing groups 2: Sorbom's alternative to ANCOVA |
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