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Mplus Short Courses
August 21-22, 2008
Sheldon Hall, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205
Two one-day Mplus short courses on latent vairable modeling will be held on August 21 and 22 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The host for the short courses is the Center for Prevention and Early Intervention in the Department of Mental Health. These courses can be taken individually or in combination. They will be taught by Bengt and Linda Muthén. The topics for the first day are introductory and intermediate growth modeling. The topics for the second day are advanced growth modeling, missing data analysis, and survival analysis. For each topic, issues of model specification, identification, estimation, testing, and model modification will be discussed. Several examples will be examined. Modeling strategies will be presented. Mplus input setups will be provided and Mplus output will be used for interpretation of analysis results. The presentations will be in lecture form with no need for lap top computing. The August courses are the third and fourth topics in a set of eight topics. For more information, see http://www.statmodel.com/coursesequence.shtml. Registration begins May 1, 2008.
Instructors
Bengt O. Muthén obtained his Ph.D. in Statistics at the University of Uppsala, Sweden and is Professor Emeritus at UCLA. He is a former President of the Psychometric Society.
Linda K. Muthén is the Director of Product Development at Muthén & Muthén. She obtained her Ph.D. in the Research Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at UCLA. She was formerly the Manager of Quality Control and Customer Support at BMDP Statistical Software.
Course Information
The location for the Mplus Workshop in August 2008 will be in Sheldon Hall, which is on the first floor of the School of Public Health building at 615 N. Wolfe Street. Participants will need to enter the School of Public Health building via the Monument Street entrance which is located between Wolf and Washington Streets. The courses will be taught from 8:30am to 4:45 pm each day. Course material will be presented in English. Following are the topics for each day:
TOPICS: DAY 1
Typical Examples Of Growth Modeling
- Basic Modeling Ideas
- Growth Modeling Frameworks
- The Latent Variable Growth Model In Practice
Simple Examples Of Growth Modeling
- Growth Model With Free Time Scores
- Covariates In The Growth Model
- Centering
- Further Practical Issues
- Piecewise Growth Modeling
Intermediate Growth Models
- Growth Model With Individually Varying Times Of Observation And Random Slopes For Time-Varying Covariates
- Regressions Among Random Effects
- Growth Modeling With Parallel Processes
TOPICS: DAY 2
Advanced Growth Models
- Modeling With Zeroes: Two-Part Growth Modeling
- Multiple Populations
- Growth Modeling With Multiple Indicators
- Embedded Growth Models
- Power For Growth Models
Analysis With Missing Data
- Including missing data correlates
- Non-Ignorable Missing Data
- Pattern-mixture modeling
- Missing data as a function of latent variables
Discrete- and Continuous-Time Survival Analysis
Enrollment and Payment
To Register for Day 1 http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/communications/Event_Signup.cfm?event_id=266
To Register for Day 2 http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/communications/Event_Signup.cfm?event_id=267
Enrollment for the short courses is limited. Enrollment is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The early enrollment rate of $75 per day is in effect until July 15, 2008 After that, the enrollment rate is $100 per day. Catered breaks are included in the rate. Lunches are not included.
Cancellation Policy: A full refund will be made if a written request is received by August 1, 2008. Muthén & Muthén reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the short courses.
Payment must be made in the form of a check or money order immediately upon registering to insure your seat is held. No credit cards or wire transfers, please.
The check or money order must be written out to the Johns Hopkins University.
Send your check to
Nick Ialongo, Dept. of Mental Health, 624 N. Broadway, Room 809, Baltimore, MD 21205
Federal Tax ID#: 1520595110
E-mail questions to Nick Ialongo at nialongo@jhsph.edu
Directions to the Workshop:
To retrieve 'door-to-door' driving directions, visit Mapquest and use the Bloomberg School of Public Health's postal address below.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Recorded directions to the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions are available by telephone at
(410) 955-0166
East Baltimore Street Map http://www.hopkinshospital.org/directions/streetmap.html
Hospital Campus map http://www.hopkinshospital.org/directions/campusmap.html
Parking information is contained on the map.
From Washington, DC, and Virginia and from the I-95 access at Baltimore-Washington International Airport:
- Take I-95 north to Exit 53 (I-395 north) into Baltimore. On the exit ramp, stay in the far left lane to proceed down the left fork that leads to the Inner Harbor (not towards Martin Luther King Blvd).
- At the end of the exit ramp, proceed straight through 3 stoplights.
- Move to the far right lane, preparing to turn right at the major intersection which is Pratt Street
- Turn right onto Pratt Street.
- Stay on Pratt Street for about 1.5 miles to Broadway; turn left on Broadway.
- Stay on Broadway about 8 blocks until you reach Monument St.
- Turn right onto Monument St.
- Go straight to the second stoplight, which is Wolfe St.
- The SPH building is the building at the southeast corner of Wolfe & Monument Streets (615 N. Wolfe St.).
- Enter the SPH building on Monument Street between Wolfe and Washingon Streets
From Philadelphia, New York and Northeastern Baltimore Suburbs
- Take I-95 south toward Baltimore to Exit 57 (O'Donnell Street)
- Proceed west on O'Donnell approximately three-quarters of a mile to Conkling Street and turn right.
- Follow Conkling to and turn left onto Eastern Avenue (west).
- Continue on Eastern approximately two miles until Broadway;
- Turn right on Broadway. Proceed north about 8 blocks until you reach Monument Street.
- Turn right onto Monument St.
- Go straight to the second stoplight, which is Wolfe St.
- The SPH building is the building at the southeast corner of Wolfe & Monument Streets (615 N. Wolfe St.).
- Enter the SPH building on Monument Street between Wolfe and Washingon Streets
From York, Central Pennsylvania and Northern Baltimore Suburbs
- Take I-83 South (Harrisburg Expressway) into Baltimore (Note: I-83 becomes the Jones Falls Expressway as you approach Baltimore).
- Exit at Fayette Street and turn left.
- Take Fayette about 6 blocks to Broadway.
- Turn left on Broadway and go a few blocks until you reach Monument Street.
- Turn right onto Monument St.
- Go straight to the second stoplight, which is Wolfe St.
- The SPH building is the building at the southeast corner of Wolfe & Monument Streets (615 N. Wolfe St.).
- Enter the SPH building on Monument Street between Wolfe and Washingon Streets
From Annapolis and Maryland's Eastern Shore
- From Route 50, take I-97 toward Baltimore.
- Follow I-97 to the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) toward Towson.
- Take the Beltway to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (I-295) North.
- Follow I-295 into Baltimore (it becomes Russell Street).
- Turn right at Pratt Street.
- Stay on Pratt for about 1.5 miles to Broadway; turn left on Broadway.
- Stay on Broadway about 8 blocks until you reach Monument St.
- Turn right onto Monument St.
- Go straight to the second stoplight, which is Wolfe St.
- The SPH building is the building at the southeast corner of Wolfe & Monument Streets (615 N. Wolfe St.).
- Enter the SPH building on Monument Street between Wolfe and Washingon Streets
From Frederick and Western Maryland
- Take I-70 East to the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) south to I-95 North.
- Take I-95 north to Exit 53 (I-395 north) into Baltimore. On the exit ramp, stay in the far left lane to proceed down the left fork that leads to the Inner Harbor (not towards Martin Luther King Blvd).
- At the end of the exit ramp, proceed straight through 3 stoplights.
- Move to the far right lane, preparing to turn right at the major intersection which is Pratt Street.
- Turn right onto Pratt Street.
- Stay on Pratt for about 1.5 miles to Broadway; turn left on Broadway.
- Stay on Broadway about 8 blocks until you reach Monument St.
- Turn right onto Monument St.
- Go straight to the second stoplight, which is Wolfe St.
- The SPH building is the building at the southeast corner of Wolfe & Monument Streets (615 N. Wolfe St.).
- Enter the SPH building on Monument Street between Wolfe and Washingon Streets
Parking (Nearest to the Bloomberg School of Public Health)
· Frequently, parallel street parking spaces can be can found on Washington and Wolfe streets. Some of these are metered spaces or free parking for up to 2 hours.
Garage Parking
· From Monument St: Turn left onto Washington Street. Just past the Washington/Monument St intersection, turn right into the Washington St. Garage.
· From Broadway and coming from the south: Turn right onto Monument St. Go 2 stop lights, then turn left onto Washington St. The Washington St. Garage is immediately on your right.
· From Washington St: Just past the Washington/Monument St intersection, turn right into the Washington St. Garage
Hotel Information
Listed Below is the information for 3 hotels located near the JHU campus as well as a site for researching other hotels in Baltimore. You will have to pay for your transportation to the JHU campus (walk or get a cab).
1. Henderson’s Wharf 1000 Fell Street, Baltimore, MD 21231 410-522-7777
Directions: http://www.hendersonswharf.com/directions/
2. The Admiral Fell Inn 888 South Broadway Baltimore, MD 21231 410-522-7377
Directions: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60811-d124839-Reviews-Admiral_Fell_Inn-Baltimore_Maryland.html
3. Courtyard Baltimore Downtown / Inner Harbor 1000 Aliceanna St. Baltimore, Maryland 21202
1-443-923-4000
Directions: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/BWIDT
Site for Researching Other Baltimore Hotels
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g60811-Baltimore_Maryland-Hotels.html
Site for Researching Restaurants
