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CARMA Winter Short Course: Intro to Structural Equation Methods

  • 1.  CARMA Winter Short Course: Intro to Structural Equation Methods

    Posted 11-10-2006 10:22

    With apologies for cross listings:

    Dear Colleague:

    I am pleased to send you information about an upcoming 3-day short course being hosted January 11-13, 2007 by the Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA) at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.  The topic of our 2007 Winter Short Course is an Introduction to Structural Equation Methods, and I will be serving as the Instructor.  You can find a description of the course below.

    The registration fee is $225 for students and $300 for faculty from universities that participate in our CARMA Consortium Webcast Program, and $450 for students and $600 for faculty from other schools (a list of our 105 Consortium Schools can be found at http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/carma/).  The deadline for Advance Registration is December 15 (after which a $50 late fee is required).

    You can find more information about our 2007 Winter Short Course (and other CARMA events) at our website:  http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/carma/.

    Let us know if you have questions or if we can help in any way.  

    Dr. Larry J. Williams
    CARMA Director
    University Professor of Management

    Introduction to Structural Equation Methods

    The Introduction to Structural Equation Methods Winter Short Course provides (a) introductory coverage of confirmatory 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.  

    Course objectives:

    a. Participants will develop skills required to conduct confirmatory latent variable data analysis, based on currently accepted practices, involving topics and research issues common to organizational research.

    b. Participants will learn the conceptual and statistical assumptions underlying confirmatory latent variable analysis.

    c. Participants will learn how to implement data analysis techniques using software programs for confirmatory modeling. Special emphasis will also be placed on the generation and interpretation of results using contemporary software programs such as LISREL and MPlus.

    d. Participants will learn how latent variable techniques can be applied to contemporary research issues in organizational research.

    e. Participants will learn how the application of current latent variable techniques in organizational research differs from traditional techniques used in this literature.



    Dr. Larry J. Williams, Director
    Center for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis (CARMA)
    http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/carma/
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    1015 Floyd Avenue
    PO Box 844000
    Richmond, VA 23284
    phone: 804-828-7163
    fax: 804-225-4790