Handouts and Overheads

• Overhead: Brief History of SEM
• Summary of Matrix Commands in SPSS
• Summary of Matrix Commands in R
• Matrix Operation Examples in SPSS and R
• Wright's Rules of Tracing and Decomposition of Correlation Matrices
• Data Set Preparation and Reading Raw Data with Mplus
• Path Analysis Example
• Latent Variables
• One-Factor CFA Examples: Mplus and lavaan, Amos Example (.amw file), Amos Output (.AmosOutput file)
• LISREL Notation, Notation Explanation
• Basic Concepts of Fit with Mediational Path Models
• Maximum Likelihood Estimation
• Some Clarifications and Recommendations on Fit Indices
• Nested Models, Model Modifications, and Correlated Errors
• Two-factor Confirmatory Factor Analysis
• Modification Indices Examples: Mplus and lavaan, Amos
• Improper Solutions in SEM
• Missing Data and Missing Data Estimation
• Missing Data Examples: Mplus and lavaan
• Full Structural Equation Model Examples: Mplus and lavaan, Amos (.amw file)
• Alternative Estimation Methods
• Practical Approaches to Dealing with Nonnormal and Categorical Variables
• Examples of Estimates for Nonnormal Data, lavaan
• Invariance Tests in Multigroup SEM
• Mplus Multigroup SEM Example
• Latent Variable Cross-lagged Panel Models
• Mplus Cross-lagged Panel Model Example with Measured Variables
• Mplus Cross-lagged Panel Model Example with Latent Variables
• Mediation Analysis with Two Waves
• Mean Structures
• Overheads: Growth Curves
• Latent Growth Curve Example: Mplus and lavaan
• Second-Order Latent Growth Curve Model
• Second-Order Growth Curve Example Syntax: Mplus and lavaan
• Minimum Sample Size Recommendations
• Advanced Topics and Further Reading