(we have 14.5 weeks in the fall semester, the specified number of weeks next to each topic is tentative,

• Factor Analysis (Measurement models for continuous latent variables)

  (5 weeks) ------- Notes - last updated10-14-03
  • Exploratory factor analysis with normally distributed observed variables
  • Identifiability
  • Discrepancy functions underlying theory and parameter estimation
  • Factor score estimation
  • Confirmatory factor analysis with normally distributed observed variables
  • Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis with dichotomous and polytomous observed variables
  • Evaluating model fit
  • Multiple group analysis

• Path Analysis (Structural models without latent variables)

  (3 weeks)------- Notes - last updated 2002
  • Review of regression, partial correlation
  • Confounding
  • Total effect, total causal effect.
  • Indirect effects
  • Indistinguishable models
  • Drawing diagrams that match theory
  • Converting diagrams into mathematical model
  • Non-recursive models

• Structural equation models (Measurement models combined with structural models)

  (3 weeks)-------
  • Estimation
  • Evaluating model fit
  • Missing data
  • Multiple populations (multigroup models)

• Latent Class Analysis (Measurement models for categorical latent variables)

  (3 weeks) --------
  • dichotomous observations
  • ordered and unordered polytomous observations
  • Estimation of parameters
  • predicting latent classes
  • latent class regression