140.658 STATISTICS FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL RESEARCH II,
Structural Models
2nd term 2004

Syllabus

Email the Instructors
 Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer: esg@jhu.edu
Richard Miech: rmiech@jhsph.edu

  Email theTeaching Assistants
 Shu-Chih Su: shsu@jhsph.edu
  Wadih Maalouf:  wmaalouf@jhsph.edu
 
 

LABS WILL BE HELD  FRIDAYS AT 10:30 IN ROOM W3017


T.A. Office Hours
Wadih:  Wednesdays, 1:30 - 2:30, HH Rm. 859
Shu-Chih:  Tuesdays, Noon - 1:00, BSPH Rm.  E3003

LECTURE NOTES:

Monday November 1:     Introduction to Structural Equation Models  (ppt or pdf
Wednesday November 3    CausalityI (ppt or pdf)
Friday November 5:  NO LAB

Monday November 8:     Regression for Items (ppt or pdf)
Wednesday November 10:    Introduction to Path Analysis (ppt or pdf)
Friday November 12: LAB 1

Monday November 15:     Examples of Path Analysis (ppt or pdf)
Wednesday November 17:    Causality II (pdf)
Friday November 19:  LAB 2

Monday November 22:     Introduction to Structural Equations with Latent Variables (ppt or pdf)  (additional info r.e. estimation:  pdf)
Wednesday November 24:    Structural Equations with Latent Variables (ppt or pdf)
Friday November 26:  NO LAB (Thanksgiving Holiday)

Monday November 29:       Advanced Structural Equation Models (ppt or pdf)
Wednesday December 1:    Item Response Theory (ppt or pdf)
Friday December 3:  LAB 3 

Monday December 6:     Introduction to Latent Class Regression (ppt or pdf)
Wednesday December 8:    Latent Class Regression (see 12/6 lecture notes)
Friday December 10:  LAB 4

Monday December 13:  SEMs for Genetic Analyses (ppt or pdf)   
Wednesday December 15:    Growth Curve Models (ppt or pdf)
Friday December 17:  LAB 5

Monday, December 20:  Review
Wednesday, December 22:  FINAL EXAM (in class, open note, open book)

PROBLEM SETS:

Problem Set #1  (Word or PDF)  
due 11/22 data(SPSS) data(Stata) answer key
Problem Set #2  (Word of PDF)  
due 12/13 data(SPSS) data(Stata)
answer key
Problem Set #3   (Word or PDF
due 12/20 data (risk_boys.txt   risk_girls.txt)
answer key

COMPUTING HANDOUTS FOR PROBLEM SETS:

Problem Set # 1: 
Amos handout 1 (Word or PDF) Amos handout 2 (Word or PDF)
Problem Set # 2: 
Amos hints (Word or PDF)
Problem Set # 3:
MPLUS handout (Word or PDF) Additional MPLUS handout (PDF)

LAST YEAR'S FINAL EXAM:  (PDF)

USEFUL LINKS:

Mplus website:  www.statmodel.com