DATIC summer workshops- Spaces still available for Modern Approaches to Missing Data, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), and Dyadic Analysis Using SEM

[Mccoach, D. Betsy]

DATA ANALYSIS TRAINING INSTITUTE OF CONNECTICUT (DATIC) is offering five week-long workshops in June and July, 2012 at University of Connecticut.  Seats are still available for three of the courses, listed below. You can register online at http://www.datic.uconn.edu/  Space is limited to 24 participants per workshop, so be sure to register early!

 

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Modern Approaches to Missing Data                                                       June 4-8, 2012

          Instructor: Ofer Harel and Gregory Matthews 

           

Missing data is a common complication in applied research, however, many practitioners are still ignoring this problem. Numerous examples from missing data literature demonstrate that dealing with missing data correctly is very important. Failure to correctly account for missing data creates many potential problems, including biased results, reduced power and inefficient estimates. Multiple Imputation (MI) is a comprehensive method used to handle problems of analyzing incomplete data. This workshop will introduce the vocabulary and main assumptions in the missing data literature followed by the introduction of the main ideas of MI with an emphasis on practical implementation of both fully and semi-parametric procedures. R, an open source (free) statistical software, which has steadily gained in popularity, will be introduced and used as the main statistical software for implementing imputation.

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Dyadic Analysis Using SEM                                                                     June 25-29, 2012

          Instructors: David A. Kenny, Randi Garcia, & Tessa V. West

 

The workshop on dyadic data analysis will focus on data where both members of a dyad are measured on the same set of variables. Among the topics to be covered are the measurement of non-independence, the actor-partner interdependence and common fate models, mediation and moderation of dyadic effects, and growth curve models of dyadic data. Most of the focus is on distinguishable dyads (e.g., husbands and wives).  The software package used in the workshop will be Amos, and it is presumed that participants have some familiarity with Structural Equation Modeling (e.g., model specification, chi square difference, and model fit).

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Structural Equation Modeling                                                                  July 16-20, 2012

          Instructor: D. Betsy McCoach              

                  

This introductory workshop on Structural Equation Modeling covers basics of path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and latent variable modeling.  Using AMOS Graphics, participants will learn how to build, evaluate, and revise structural equation models. Although the workshop does not require any prior knowledge or experience with SEM, participants are expected to have a working knowledge of multiple regression, as well as some experience using a statistical software program such as SPSS.

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DATIC, founded in 2003 by David A. Kenny, offers professional development summer workshops in a variety of modern data analytic techniques.  All workshops are geared toward researchers who wish to utilize these techniques in their own work.  The maximum enrollment for all DATIC week-long workshops is 24 students, which allows for personal contact with the instructors and a great deal of hands-on learning. Although all workshops are introductory, they do assume familiarity with traditional statistical techniques such as multiple regression, as well as familiarity with a general purpose statistical software package, such as SPSS, SAS, R, Stata, etc. This summer, DATIC will offer 5 week-long training institutes on a variety of data analysis topics.  The cost of the workshops is $1100 if registration and payment are received prior to March 1^st.  Online registration for the workshops is now open.

 

The cost of registration is $1100 per workshop for registrations received prior to April 1st.  Housing is available in the campus hotel or in campus dorms.  To register for any of these workshops, please go to http://www.datic.uconn.edu/

 

 

 

D. Betsy McCoach, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, MEA Program

Educational Psychology Department

339 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2064

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT 06269-2064

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

 

DATIC: http://www.datic.uconn.edu

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