Jason T. Newsom PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology, Portland State University

 

 

 

 

Main Page

 

Current Courses

Univariate Quant

Multiple Regression

Categorical Data Analysis

Structural Equation Modeling

Multilevel Regression

Psychological Measurement

Adult Development and Aging

 

Past Courses

Stats Notes

 

Resources

SEM References

SEM Books

 

Other

LSEM Book

LDA Book

Department of Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psy 523/623 Structural Equation Modeling

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

Basic Concepts of Fit

Summary of LISREL Notation System

Maximum Likelihood

 

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