Psychology 9556B. Longitudinal Methods
This course focuses on various techniques within the domain of structural equation modeling and multilevel modeling to analyze longitudinal (repeated-measures) data beyond the repeated-measures ANOVA framework. Topics within the SEM domain will include longitudinal measurement models, basic panel models with autoregressive and cross-lagged processes, latent growth curve models, growth mixture models (to investigate prototypical trajectories), longitudinal mediation models and multiple group models. Within the MLM domain, topics will include models for multiple repeated observations (e.g., diary data) and time-variant and time-invariant covariates. Other topics will include missing data techniques, metrics of time, power, and modeling approaches for non-continuously distributed outcome variables. See course outline for more detail.
Course outline for Winter 2014 pdf
Resources
Converting an SPSS Data File for Mplus: Procedure
| Date | Topic | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8 | Design issues | Little Ch.2; Ployhart & Vandenberg (2010) |
| Jan 15 | Designs and missing data | Little Ch.2; Baraldi & Enders (2010); Graham (2009) |
| Jan 22 | Review SEM - Longitudinal | Little Ch.1,3,4 |
| Jan 29 | Measurement invariance - Longitudinal | Little Ch.5 |
| Feb 5 | Latent growth curve modeling | Little Ch.8; Curran & Hussong (2003); Curran et al.(2010) |
| Feb 12 | Growth mixture models | Wang & Bodner (2007) |
| Feb 19 | Reading week | |
| Feb 26 | Longitudinal Panel models | Little Ch.6 |
| Mar 5 | Autoregressive latent trajectory models | Little Ch.6; Bollen & Curran(2004); Hussong et al. |
| Mar 12 | Mediation and multiple groups | Little Ch.7,9 |
| Mar 19 | Mediation and moderation cont'd | Little Ch.9; Cole & Maxwell (2003) |
| Mar 26 | MLM for diary data | Hoffman & Stawski (2009); Schwartz & Stone (1998) |
| Apr 2 | Models for categorical outcomes | Atkins et al. (2013); Feldman, B. J. et al. (2009) |