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This is the content for my part of PG Multivariate Statistics/R course.

Lecture 1: Factor analysis

• Slides
• Practical
• Practical with answers (don't look here until you need to)

Lecture 2: Confirmatory factor analysis

• Slides
• Practical
• Tutor's guide: don't look at this unless you don't want to learn how to do SEM :-)

Lecture 3: SEM 1

• Slides
• Practical
• Practical with answers
• helpful (very short) paper on path analysis

Lecture 4: SEM 2

• Slides
• Practical
• tutor's copy of practical (don't read yet: answers stop you learning)

Lecture 5: Advanced SEM

• Slides
• Practical
  • Tutorial (student version)
  • tutors version)

References

My favourite SEM book is Loehlin's. All editions are good, and older ones often much cheaper. AMZN link

1. Stein et al 2013 (overview pdf)
2. Bates Maes and Neale (under review) umx preprint, JSS
3. Boker, S. M., & McArdle, J. J. (2005). Path analysis and path diagrams. Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online. pdf