Syllabus
Readings
Homework
Data Sets
Handouts & Overheads
Overhead: How SEM Relates to Other Analyses
Overhead: Brief History of SEM
Matrix Operations Examples: SPSS and R
List of SPSS Matrix Commands
List of R Matrix Commands (Phil
Ender)
Matrix Regression
Some Matrix Properties
Basics of Path Analysis
Testing Mediation with Regression Analysis
Overhead: Indirect
Coefficient Sampling Distribution Figures
Data Set Preparation for Mplus
Path Analysis Example: Mplus and lavaan
Lab Data Set: NPHS
Latent Variables
One-Factor CFA Example: Mplus and lavaan
Principal
Components Analysis
A Quick Primer on
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Exploratory Factor Analysis Example: SPSS and R
Summary of LISREL Notation System
Basic Concepts of Fit
Maximum Likelihood
Some Clarifications and Recommendations on Fit Indices
Two-Factor CFA Example in Mplus
Nested Models, Model Modifications, and Correlated
Errors
Spreadsheet for Computing w
and DNCI
Modification Index Examples
Improper Solutions in SEM
Illustration of the Effects of Measurement
Error: Regression and Mediation Models
Missing
Data and Missing Data Estimation in SEM
Missing Data Examples
SEM
with Nonnormal Continuous Variables
Examples of Estimates for Nonnormal Data:
Mplus and lavaan
Examples of Estimates for Nonnormal Data
with Missing Values: Mplus and lavaan
SEM
with Categorical Variables
Examples of Categorical Estimation: Mplus
and lavaan
Examples
of Chi-square Difference Tests with Nonnormal and Categorical Variables
Scaled
Chi-square Difference Test Excel Sheet
Links
Dave
Kenny A great website with introductory material on most SEM topics.
Download a very good introductory book, Correlation and Causality,
for free.
SEMNET
SEM discussion list. You can also search the archives for answers to common
questions.
Mplus
Lots of example programs and a Mplus discussion section.
lavaan
examples by Yi Feng & Greg Hancock
UCLA Statistical
Computing Mplus tutorials
Muthen
& Muthen Mplus Webinars, webtalks, and videos
Bryant
and Satorra scaled chi-square difference test worksheet (Natasha Bowen)
Natasha
Bowen’s annotated Mplus Examples
Yves Rosseel’s Lavaan
Tutorials
Mplus
and lavaan code examples from my
longitudinal book
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