New Just-in-Time Workshop for Self-Paced Learning on Structural Equation Modeling

CenterStat November 13, 2020

In May of 2020, Dan Bauer and Patrick Curran offered a free three-day Livestream course titled Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling. There were 3,000 participants from 38 countries and six continents. Because many people were unable to register at the time, we are now offering the recordings and materials from this three-day class for just $49 (simply to cover infrastructure costs) within our new online statistics training platform. In the short video below, Dan and Patrick describe the Just-in-Time Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling workshop.

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The Center for Statistical Training by Curran-Bauer Analytics provides livestream and on-demand workshops on advanced quantitative methods for researchers in the social, health, and behavioral sciences.

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