Structural Equation Modeling

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This course will provide a general introduction to structural equation modeling (SEM). SEM is a technique for modeling the relationships among multiple variables. It includes models that have multiple indicators of constructs (path analysis; structural equations).SEM is a very general framework that has been extended to model almost any sort of data, but here we will primarily focus on the basics (normally distributed, non-nested data). The class will cover both conceptual and practical aspects of SEM, with the goal of preparing you to use SEM in your own research and to critically evaluated its use in others' work.