Training Courses: Factor Analysis & SEM // Regression // multi-level modelling using SPSS: Sheffield, Nov 2008

[Christopher Stride]

Hi
A quick advertisement for a trio of statistics courses to be run by the
statistical consultancy unit at the Institute of Work Psychology,
University of Sheffield, in November 2008. Apologies for cross-posting.

- Monday 10th November, 2008: Questionnaire scale construction: EFA, CFA
and reliability analysis (using SPSS and AMOS)
- Tuesday 11th November, 2008: Multiple Regression Analysis using SPSS
- Wednesday 12th November, 2008: Multi-level Modelling using SPSS

Standard rate for each course is £275, Student rate is £225
If you attend two or more you get a further 50 pound discount on the
total cost

Details of the courses are given below: for further information and to
book a place, go to
http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/FIO/trainingcourses.htm


******* Course details for each course are as follows: *******

-|- Scale construction: EFA, CFA and reliability analysis -|-

-|- Monday 10th November, 2008; 9.45am to 5.15pm, at the Hicks Building,
University of Sheffield -|-

-|- Who is the course aimed at?
This course is aimed at anyone who uses questionnaires/surveys
containing sets of questions which attempt to measure underlying
concepts, and is looking for a practical guide to best practice in
assessing their effectiveness and constructing overall measures of those
concepts from them.

It should appeal to both those fresh to the subject, and to researchers
and post-graduate students in the social sciences who have some
experience of scale development, but who are keen to extend that
knowledge into the more complex software required for Confirmatory
Factor Analysis.

-|- Course level:
Some previous experience of using SPSS to perform basic statistical
analysis is expected. No previous experience of Exploratory Factor
Analysis, Reliability Analysis or Confirmatory Factor Analysis will be
assumed.

-|- Course content and aims:
The course will cover the following topics:

What is a measurement scale?
- The scale construction process and validation
- Exploratory factor analysis; appropriate extraction criteria and scree
plots
- Exploratory factor analysis; appropriate rotation types and
interpretation
- Exploratory factor analysis using SPSS; building a measurement model
- Reliability analysis using SPSS
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis; the basic theory
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis; fit indices
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis using AMOS; testing a measurement model
- Confirmatory Factor Analysis using AMOS; model comparisons

However, sinply listing the topics covered as separate entities doesn't
give the full flavour of this course; the over-riding aim is to
illustrate the process of building, testing and validating a measurement
model (i.e. which questions are related/can be said to be measuring
which underlying factors). as a whole, and give guidance regarding the
nuances and complexities which will occur with real data.

-|- Course Format:
The course comprises of a mixture of short lectures on the basic theory
behind Exploratory Factor Analysis, Reliability Analysis or Confirmatory
Factor Analysis, teaching via examples worked through by the trainer on
real data sets which participants can follow, and exercises to practice
the skills just learned. You will also receive a 40-page coursebook
containing all the notes and worked examples, providing an easy
reference and reminder for the techniques you have learned.

-|- Course schedule:
The course will start at 9.45am, with a lunch break from 1pm-2pm, and
short coffee breaks at 11.30am and 3.30pm. It will finish at around 5pm,
though I will be willing to stay on for a while after this and to answer
questions pertinent to participants' own data sets or any other factor
analysis/reliability queries you may have.

For further information and to book a place, go to
http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/FIO/trainingcourses.htm

***********

-|- Multiple Regression Analysis using SPSS -|-

-|- Tuesday 11th November, 2008; 9.45am to 5.15pm, at the Hicks
Building, University of Sheffield

-|- Who is the course aimed at?
This course is aimed at researchers and post-graduate students in the
social sciences who want to use multiple regression to analyze their data.

It should appeal to those who have knowledge of basic statistical tests
and a basic grasp of the ideas of multiple regression but want to gain
practical experience in fitting regression models, and to those with
experience of running simple multiple regression analysis who want to
explore more complex scenarios, such as using dummy variables to include
categorical predictors, or calculating and entering interaction terms to
fit moderated regression models.

-|- Course level:
Some previous experience of using SPSS to perform basic statistical
analysis is expected. No previous experience of running multiple
regression analysis in SPSS is required, though a basic understanding of
the principles/motivation for such analyses will be helpful.

-|- Course content and aims:
The course will cover the following topics:
- Standard multiple regression - the theory and assumptions behind
least-squares fitting
- Running simple regression models in SPSS
- Test statistics and diagnostic plots
- Hierarchical regression strategies; controlling for background variables
- Hierarchical regression strategies; assessing intervening/mediation
effects
- Incorporating polynomial terms to model non-linear relationships
- Incorporating categorical variables as predictors by using dummy
variables
- Testing for interaction ('moderation') effects between continuous
and/or categorical predictors

-|- Course Format:
The course comprises of a mixture of short lectures on the basic theory
behind the statistical techniques listed above, teaching via examples
worked through by the trainer on real data sets which participants can
follow, and exercises to practice the skills just learned. You will also
receive a 40-page coursebook containing all the notes and worked
examples, providing an easy reference and reminder for the techniques
you have learned

-|- Course schedule:
The course will start at 9.45am, with a lunch break from 1pm-2pm, and
short coffee breaks at 11.30am and 3.30pm. It will finish at around 5pm,
though I will be willing to stay on for a while after this and to answer
questions pertinent to participants' own data sets or any other
regression queries you may have.

For further information and to book a place, go to
http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/FIO/trainingcourses.htm


***********

-|- Multi-level Modelling using SPSS -|-

Wednesday 12th November, 2008; 9.45am to 5.15pm, at the Hicks Building,
University of Sheffield -|-

-|- Who is the course aimed at?
This course is aimed at two distinct groups. It is primarily designed as
a beginners' course in multi-level modelling (AKA Hierarchical Linear
Modelling), for those who face the challenge of working with multi-level
data sets and want to be able to analyse them in the most powerful and
accurate way.

However it should also appeal to those with a little experience of
multi-level modelling using other specialist packages who now want to
learn how to run such models in SPSS using the MIXED MODELS menu and
commands.

-|- Course level:
A reasonable working knowledge of multiple regression and some previous
experience of using SPSS to perform statistical analysis is expected. No
previous experience of multi-level modelling will be assumed.

-|- Course content and aims:
The course will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to multi-level data - what it is and why it requires
special treatment
- Restructuring Data in preparation for multi-level modelling
- What is a multi-level model?
- Building and fitting a multi-level model in SPSS
- Further issues in multi-level modelling: centering, sample size and
scaling
- Advanced multi-level models: analysing longitudinal data and
cross-sectional data using multi-level modelling in SPSS

-|- Course Format:
The course comprises of a mixture of short lectures on the basic theory
behind multi-level models, teaching via examples worked through by the
trainer on real data sets which participants can follow, and exercises
to practice the skills just learned. You will also receive a 50-page
coursebook containing all the notes and worked examples, providing an
easy reference and reminder for the techniques you have learned.

-|- Course schedule:
The course will start at 9.45am, with a lunch break from 1pm-2pm, and
short coffee breaks at 11.30am and 3.30pm. It will finish at around 5pm,
though I will be willing to stay on for a while after this and to answer
questions pertinent to participants' own data sets or any other
multi-level modelling queries you may have.


For further information and to book a place, go to
http://www.offbeat.group.shef.ac.uk/FIO/trainingcourses.htm



*** for all three courses above ***

The teacher:
Dr Chris Stride has been using SPSS in his work as a statistician and
data manager for the last 12 years. He has particular experience and
expertise in teaching non-statisticians from the fields of psychology,
HR, management and the social sciences. He is a Chartered Statistician
and a member of the ASSESS (UK SPSS Users Group) Committee; as well as
running a series of courses at the University of Sheffield over the past
year, he has also given a well-received ASSESS courses on the SPSS
syntax language in 2007 and 2008 around the UK.

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Dr Chris Stride, C. Stat,
Statistician, Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield
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