Semester 2, 2023-2024
Type of courseMethodological and Practical Courses
DateJune 21, 2024
LocationLeiden University (Faculty of Social Sciences) - Computer Room 1a26
1 day
Maximum number of participants8
ECTS0.5 EC will be appointed for participation in the complete course
StaffDr. Edwin Boezeman (Leiden University & Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam)
The course will take place at Leiden University Faculty of Social Sciences Computer Room 1a26 (Friday 21/06) 11.00 – 17.00 hours.
Content
Many research journals require that survey researchers analyze their survey data, and test their hypotheses, with structural equation modeling (SEM). SEM belongs to the family of regression analysis techniques, and is often preferred because it allows for an overall test of a hypothesized path model plus the tests of the hypothesized direct and indirect (i.e., mediation) interrelations between model variables. Thus, a SEM-analysis is more straightforward but also more rigorous than an analysis involving a series of multiple regression analyses and/or mediation analyses (as with Hayes’ PROCESS when having multiple independent variables). Therefore, in the current workshop students will learn a) about SEM as method for data analysis, b) how to apply SEM using the EQS software, c) how research journals would like researchers to report about SEM, and d) how to do the SEM in such a way that reviewers will like, and hopefully not reject, your survey research paper.
Learning goals
1) Basic understanding of SEM as method for data analysis (survey data)
2) Basic EQS statistical software skills for conducting SEM
3) Knowledge of how to report about SEM in research manuscripts
4) Knowledge of the SEM “do’s and don’ts” of reviewers
Preparation
Read the brief guide of Westen and Gore (2006) and the example article of Boezeman and Ellemers (2007).