Oxford University Department of Education Summer School for Advanced Quantitative Methods
Date:
09/05/2017 - 19/05/2017
Organised by:
University of Oxford
Presenter:
Dr Joshua McGrane
Dr Lars-Erik Malmberg
Dr Ronny Scherer
Professor David Kaplan
Dr Manuel Völkle
Charles Driver
Level:
Advanced (specialised prior knowledge)
Contact:
Bethan Thomson, bethan.thomson@education.ox.ac.uk
Description:
The University of Oxford Department of Education will be holding a summer school in Advanced Quantitative Methods from 9-19 May 2017. Students and researchers from all disciplines are welcome. Please see below for the full programme. A longer description of each session can be found at http://researchtraining.socsci.ox.ac.uk/node/328/. Attendees may register for single days or multiple days.
Week 1
Tuesday 9 May: Introduction to Item Response Theory and Rasch modelling
Instructor: Joshua McGrane
10.00 to 15.30, IT Room, Manor Road Building
Wednesday 10 May: Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling
Instructor: Lars-Erik Malmberg
10.00 to 15.30, IT Room, Manor Road Building
Thursday 11 May: Structural Equation Modelling of longitudinal data
Instructor: Lars-Erik Malmberg
10.00 to 15.30, IT Room, Manor Road Building
Friday 12 May: Multilevel Structural Equation Modelling
Instructor: Lars-Erik Malmberg
10.00 to 15.30, IT Room, Manor Road Building
Week 2
Tuesday 16 May: Longitudinal SEM: higher-order and nested factor models
Instructor: Ronny Scherer, Centre for Educational Measurement, University of Oslo, Norway
10:00 to 15:30, IT Room, Manor Road Building
Wednesday 17 May: Latent transition analysis
Instructor: David Kaplan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
10:00 to 15:30, IT Room, Manor Road Building
Thursday 18 and Friday 19 May: Continuous time structural equation modelling using CTSEM
Instructors: Manuel Völkle and Charles Driver, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
10:00 to 15:30, IT Room, Manor Road Building
Cost:
The cost will be £25 per day (or £80 per week) for Oxford University students and £100 per day (or £320 per week) for staff and external students. Please register through the page on the University of Oxford online store. Registration closes on 2 May 2017.
Please note that if you register for the full week you will pay the full amount through the online store, but you will receive a refund for the discounted amount once you have completed the registration form provided by the Department of Education following booking.
Website and registration:
Region:
South East
Keywords:
Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Multilevel Modelling , Longitudinal Data Analysis, Latent Variable Models, Structural equation models, Rasch models, Item response theory
Related publications and presentations:
Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis
Multilevel Modelling
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Latent Variable Models
Structural equation models
Rasch models
Item response theory