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Assignment One - Research
Proposal (due in the
third week) - the proposal shall include
nIntroduction
nArgument
n your
theory, causal models represented in words
nVariables/Dataset
Assignment Two - Initial Model
Specification (due in the fifth week) - Modify your hypotheses, specify
a few SEM models and represent them with both diagram and equations, check their identification issues and prepare your
data (check missing values, normality, linearity, multi-collinearity and
outliers, and use variable transformation to correct if problems
identified)
Assignment Three - Model Estimation (due in the seventh
week) - use LISREL to estimate your specified models and present your
results in forms of equations AND diagrams.
Assignment Four - Model Modification and
Final Model (due in the ninth week) - study fit indices from your
estimation results, modify your model for re-estimation. Get your final
model and summarize the results.
Final presentation - Use
Microsoft PowerPoint Slides to present your research in the tenth week.
And write 1-2 page summary of the steps taken and decisions made to
reach your final model from your initial research questions.
Both the revised slides and the summary need to
be turned
in by 5pm of Dec 9 (Friday),
for each student to receive final grades. Research paper is optional.
Assignments may be modified to best fit
students' progress. Please check the lecture notes for updates.
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