Structural Equation Modeling with lavaan

Session Submission Type: Pre-conference Short Course Half Day

Session Description

SEM is a form of causal modeling which combines latent structure analysis (factor analysis) and path analysis. This short course will introduce structural equation modeling (SEM) through a hands-on approach using the R package, lavaan.

Although it has been widely used in fields such as psychology and marketing, SEM's use in political science is still quite limited. I will argue that behavioral research in politics can benefit from SEM and illustrate this by using research questions from the political choice literature and, survey data.

Some familiarity with R and regression analysis will be helpful but is not required.

Sub Unit

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Chair

• Ugur Ozdemir University of Edinburgh

Presenter

• Ugur Ozdemir University of Edinburgh