27th May, 2019
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Instructors: Arindam Basu
Helpers: TBD
In this workshop, you will learn how to conduct structural equation modelling using R package 'lavaan'. We will use a style of workshop and teaching referred to as data carpentry to cover this workshop. Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners' existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. You are encouraged to help one another and to apply what you have learned to your own research problems.
For more information on what we teach and why, please see our paper "Good Enough Practices for Scientific Computing".
Who: The course is aimed at the attendees of the IASSIST 2019 Sydney workshop participants. For more information, see the conference schedule You don't need to have any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop. But some familiarity with structural equation modelling would be useful.
Where: John Niland Scientia Building. Get directions with OpenStreetMap or Google Maps.
When: 27th May, 2019. Add to your Google Calendar.
Requirements: Participants must bring a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. They should have a few specific software packages installed, specifically a web browser -- Google Chrome or equivalent such as Chromium, Brave, or other, or Firefox, or Safari, or Edge (listed below).
Code of Conduct: Everyone who participates in Carpentries activities is required to conform to the Code of Conduct. This document also outlines how to report an incident if needed.
Accessibility: We are committed to making this workshop accessible to everybody. The workshop organizers have checked that:
Electronic Materials as PDF will be provided in advance of the workshop
Contact: Please email arindam.basu@canterbury.ac.nz for more information.
Please be sure to complete these surveys before and after the workshop.
We will use Google Docs to maintain our notes for this workshop.
We will use https://bit.ly/sem-workshop to log in and work for this workshop. For workshop attendees, please use your 'firstname' (in small letters) as your username in the log in box. You can use any password you want. Please jot down the password for future log-ins.
| Before starting (9:00 am - 9:10 am) | Pre-workshop survey |
| Path Analysis Session (9:15 am - 9:55 am) | Path Analysis |
| Measurement models (10 am - 10:55 am) | Measurement models in lavaan |
| Structural models (11:00 am - 11:50 am) | Structural and growth curve models |
| Ending the workshop (11:50 am - 12:00 pm) | Post-workshop survey |