Teaching plan

Teacher: Dag Sörbom

Wednesday 16th November

Location: GA01 2031 Lille Auditorium Domus Medica

10.15-11.00 Regression Analysis (EX2A.SPL)

11.15-12.00 Model Specifikation, t-values, Model Modification

12.00-13.15 Lunch.

13.15-14.00 Latent Variables (EX4A.SPL).

14.15-15.00 Factor Analysis (EX5A.SPL) Exploratory vs Confirmatory.

15.15-16.00 Measurement Model – Structural Model (EX6A.SPL).

Thursday 17th November

Location GA01 2010 store auditorium, Domus Medica

9.30-10.15 Estimation. Maximum likelihood.

10.30-11.15 Data Handling. Spreadsheet (NPV.PSF)

11.30-12.15 Missing Values. (EFFICACY.RAW)

12.15-13.15 Lunch.

13.15-14.00 Polychoric and polyserieal correlations.

14.15-15.00 Political Action Panel Study.

15.15-16.00 Analysis of several groups.

For an introduction to the LISREL computer program, check e.g. http://ssicentral.com/lisrel/history.html

Suggestions for preparation to the course

1. Download the free Student Version of the LISREL program by following the instructions on http://ssicentral.com/lisrel/student.html

2. After the install you will have a number of directories with examples. Try to find out what is going on in the examples with suffix .SPL mentioned in parenthesis in the schedule above. The syntax for these examples will be found in the directory …\SPLEX which is found in the directory where you saved the examples during the installation process.

Examination

The participants will be examined by a home examination by which a number of assignments will be given to be solved by those who want a course certificate.