Posted on Tuesday, November 17, 2020
This session is jointly sponsored by the Statistics department and the Research
Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation program, University of Connecticut
(UCONN), New England Statistical Society (NESS) and Statistical and Applied
Mathematical Institute (SAMSI) as part of online interdisciplinary seminar
series on statistical methodology for social and behavior research.
Speaker: Bengt Muthen
Date and Time: Friday, November 20, 2020 11:30am -1:00pm
Topic: Recent Advances in Latent Variable Modeling
Abstract: This talk gives an overview of some recent and ongoing latent variable
research. Borrowing ideas from multilevel factor analysis, longitudinal SEM in
a single-level, wide format is formulated in a new way that finds
a well-fitting model 45 years after the writing of the classic Wheaton, Muthen,
Alwin, and Summers article. This segues into a generalization of latent
transition analysis using the multilevel notion of a random intercept while
staying in a single-level, wide format. Turning back to multilevel modeling,
the talk considers time series analysis of intensive longitudinal data. This is
illustrated by intervention data on electricity consumption and a randomized
intervention related to positive and negative affect where cycles play a major
role. Finally, the new feature in Mplus Version 8.5 of Bayesian analysis of
count, nominal, and binary logit models is presented.
This session is jointly sponsored by the Statistics department and the
Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation program as part of the
Statistical Applications and Quantitative Research Methods colloquium
series.
