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Saturday, 17th July

Saturday, 9:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 17:00
Parallel Workshops:

Peter M. Bentler, University of California, Los Angeles, USA:
Structural Equation Modeling: Theory & Practice
abstract pdf video

Donald Rubin, Harvard University, USA:
Basic Concepts of Statistical Inference for Causal Effects in Experiments and Observational Studies
abstract pdf video

Saturday, 18:00 - 20:00
Registration & Welcome Reception

Sunday, 18th July

Sunday, 9:00 - 9:45
Opening Ceremony
video

Sunday, 9:45 - 10:00
Coffee Break
Sunday, 10:00 - 12:30
Parallel Symposia:

Linda M. Collins, The Pennsylvania State University, USA:
Some New Extensions and Applications of Latent Class Models

David Rindskopf, City University of New York, USA:
Extensions and special cases in latent class analysis
abstract pdf video

Brian P. Flaherty, Joseph L. Schafer, and Linda M. Collins, The Pennsylvania State University, USA:
Fit assessment and model selection in a mixed indicator latent class model
abstract pdf video

Stephanie T. Lanza, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, Linda M. Collins, The Pennsylvania State University, USA, :
Latent stage sequence analysis: Patterns of heavy drinking over time
abstract pdf video

Linda M. Collins, Brian P. Flaherty, and Zhiqun Tang, The Pennsylvania State University, USA:
Associative Latent Transition Analysis (ALTA) Models: Assessing the relation between two longitudinal stage sequences
abstract pdf video

Marcel A. Croon, Tilburg University, The Netherlands:
Analysis of Causal Effects

Marcel Croon, Marieke Spreeuwenberg & Jacques Hagenaars, Tilburg University, The Netherlands:
Models and Methods for Analysing Data from Quasi-experiments
abstract pdf video

Elizabeth Stuart & Donald Rubin, Harvard University, USA:
Estimating causal effects using matching with multiple control groups
abstract pdf video

Felix Flory, Rolf Steyer & Andreas Klein, University of Jena, Germany / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain:
Testing average effects in regression models with interactions
abstract pdf video

Susanne Rässler & Oleg Müller, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany:
Evaluating an Alternative Teaching Method with Missing Covariates
abstract pdf video

Carmen Brosche, University of Jena, Germany:
Testing Causal Effects
abstract pdf video

Sunday, 12:30 - 13:15
Keynote:

Donald Rubin, Harvard University, USA:
Causal Inference Through Potential Outcomes: Application to Quality of Life Studies with "Censoring" Due to Death
abstract pdf video

Sunday, 13:15 - 14:15
Lunch Break
Sunday, 14:15 - 16:45
Parallel Paper Sessions:

Item Response Theorie I:

14:15 - 14:40
Valeria Lima Passos, University of Maastricht:
Test Design Optimisation in CAT early stage with the Nominal Response Model
abstract pdf video

14:40 - 15:05
Otto B. Walter, Medical School of Humboldt University Berlin, Charité, Campus Mitte:
Bias reduction of Warm's weighted likelihood estimation in computerized adaptive tests with polytomous items
abstract pdf video

15:05 - 15:30
Ivailo Partchev, FSU Psychologie:
Online calibration of pretest items with computerized adaptive tests of variable length
abstract pdf video

15:30 - 15:55
Wim J. van der Linden, University of Twente:
Item Pool Management using Item Blueprint
abstract pdf video

15:55 - 16:20
Tom Backer Johnsen, University of Bergen:
”Hares”, ”Normals”, and ”Tortoises” in a Cognitive Abilities Test Battery -- different factor structures ?
abstract pdf video

16:20 - 16:45
Martijn P.F. Berger, University of Maastricht:
Test optimization for the nominal response model
abstract pdf video

SEM - Applications:

14:15 - 14:40
Vesna Busko, Dept of Psychology, Univ of Zagreb:
Multi-Construct Latent State-Trait Model of Coping with Low-Control Situations
abstract pdf video

14:40 - 15:05
Albert Satorra, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona:
The persistence of abnormal returns at industry and firm levels
abstract pdf video

15:05 - 15:30
Stéphane Vautier, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail:
Modeling Linear Dynamic Bipolarity: Formal and Ontological Aspects
abstract pdf video

15:30 - 15:55
Holger Steinmetz, University of Giessen / Germany:
How invariant are measures of human values? Results from a population survey
abstract pdf video

15:55 - 16:20
Eldad Davidov, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Sociology:
Does Money Matter? A mixture Growth Model to Explain Travel-Mode Choice with Experimental Data
abstract pdf video

SEM - Miscellaneous:

14:15 - 14:40
Tenko Raykov, Research Institute on Addictions, Buffalo, NY:
Estimation of maximal reliability via covariance structure modeling: Recent extensions
abstract pdf video

15:05 - 15:30
Robert MacCallum, University of North Carolina:
Testing Differences between Covariance Structure Models: Power Analysis and Null Hypotheses
abstract pdf video

15:30 - 15:55
Ab Mooijaart, University Leiden, Dep. Psychology:
Model selection in Structural Equation Models when usual assumptions are violated
abstract pdf video

15:55 - 16:20
Stephen Du Toit, Scientific Software Intl.:
The implementation and evaluation of SurveyGlim in LISREL 8.7
abstract pdf video

16:20 - 16:45
Silvia Cagnone, University of Bologna:
A comparison between correlated latent variable models
abstract pdf video

Miscellaneous:

14:15 - 14:40
Danute Krapavickaite, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Statistics Lithuania:
Estimation of income for small sample size
abstract pdf video

15:05 - 15:30
Maria Eugenia Ferrao, University of Beira Interior:
Performance perception of the 4th and 8th grade students in Brazil
abstract pdf video

15:30 - 15:55
Sergey Gelman, Professur für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, University of Münster:
Price convergence of target stock by mergers and acquisitions under uncertainty of the deal completion.
abstract pdf video

16:20 - 16:45
Matthias Kraus, University of Regensburg:
New methods for the sequential analysis of group interaction processes
abstract pdf video

Sunday, 16:45 - 17:00
Coffee Break
Sunday, 17:00 - 17:45
Keynote:

Peter M. Bentler, University of California, Los Angeles:
Should Coefficient Alpha Be Replaced by Model-based Reliability Coefficients?
abstract pdf video

Sunday, 18:00 - 20:00
Poster Session & Software Demonstration:

Posters:

Keith Widaman, Univ. of California at Davis:
Developmental Outcomes for Children Born to Mothers with PKU: Results from the International Maternal PKU Study
abstract pdf 

Giorgia Molinengo, University of Turin-Department of Psychology:
Administration of Computer Adaptive Tests: an application of the Rasch Model
abstract pdf 

Stephane Vautier, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail:
How Does Censoring of Continuous Parallel Measurements Bias Validity of their Common Variable and Scale Reliability? A Simulation Study
abstract pdf 

Silvia Cagnone, University of Bologna:
An analysis of undergraduate student ability based on computer-automated testing
abstract pdf 

Cordeiro Raul, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Portalegre:
Physical Apearence and intimate friendship in adolescence - A study with a portuguese college students sample
abstract pdf 

Lola C. Duque, University of Barcelona, Centre for Research in Welfare Economy:
Public Services User Satisfaction: An Application To “Higher Education"
abstract pdf 

Anthony Stacey, Wits Business School:
Characterisation of Individual Opinion Change in Decision Making Groups
abstract pdf 

Alexander Mechenov, Moscow state university:
Method of the least distances
abstract pdf 

Aida Toma, Academy of Economic Studies:
Minimum Hellinger distance estimators for some multivariate distributions
abstract pdf 

Hans J. Vos, University of Twente; Faculty of Behavioral Sciences; Department of Research Methodology, Measurement:
A method for determining intra-assessor inconsistency in setting performance standards
abstract pdf 

Viktor Gelman, Medical Acad. for Postgraduate Studies:
Statistical assessment of relationship of cognitive abilities and school achievements
abstract pdf 

André A. Rupp, University of Ottawa:
Analytical, Numerical, and Visual Investigations of Parameter Invariance in IRT Models
abstract pdf 

Lucia Monroy, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico:
Adolescent suicidal behavior: Patterns and predictors
abstract pdf 

Oliver Schilling, Deutsches Zentrum für Alternsforschung:
Stability of Life-Satisfaction in Older Age
abstract pdf 

Safir Yousfi, Psychologisches Institut:
A taxonomy for predictor structures in multiple regression
abstract pdf 

Carsten Schmidt, Univ. Greifswald:
Item Response Theory - a software review
abstract pdf 

Johannes Jaenicke, University of Osnabrueck:
Detecting social interactions in bivariate probit models: Some simulation results
abstract pdf 

Patricia Simon, Universität Regensburg:
The development of an interaction observation system for analyzing the determinants of effectiveness in work groups
abstract pdf 

Jörg Michael Müller, University of Tübingen:
A generalized measure of proficiencies variability that is invariant against different parameterization of the discrimination parameter: A reply to H. Müller
abstract pdf 

Markus Wirtz, Institut für Psychologie:
Construction of a short-form of an assessment instrument for rehabilitation patients by Mixed-Rasch-Analysis
abstract pdf 

Pablo Holgado-Tello, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia:
Analysis of the Parameter Invariance through Rasch Model Fit.
abstract pdf 

Tairai Mino, Juntendo University:
Multivariate two-piece linear regression model with autoregressive correlated error terms
abstract pdf 

Alicia López-Jáuregui, Universidad del País Vasco:
Adequacy of the non parametric bootstrap for the construction of a confidence interval for the determination coefficient under conditions of non-normality
abstract pdf 

Mª Dolores Hidalgo, Universidad de Murcia:
Using R-FIT computer program to assess item-fit in Rasch model
abstract pdf 

manuel ato, Universidad de Murcia:
A comparison between four rater agreement measures
abstract pdf 

15:30 - 15:55
Stephane Vautier, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail:
SEM Analyses Contradict Intuitive Attributes Operationalized by Balanced Self-Ratings: The Case of State and Trait Anxiety
abstract pdf 

Ivailo Partchev, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena:
On Gauss the optician and Abbe the statistician
abstract pdf 

Software Presentations:

James Roberts, University of Maryland:
Introducing GGUM2004: A Windows-based Program to Implement Item Response Models for Unfolding
abstract pdf 

Linda Muthen, Muthen & Muthen:
Mplus Version 3
abstract pdf 

Jeroen K. Vermunt, Tilburg University:
Latent class, finite mixture, latent trait, and random-effects modeling with Latent GOLD
abstract pdf 

Stephen du Toit, Scientific Software International:
A selection of new features in LISREL 8.7 (July 2004 release)
abstract pdf 

Monday, 19th July

Monday, 9:00 - 9:45
Keynote:

Kenneth A. Bollen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA:
A polychoric two stage least squares (P2SLS) estimator for categorial variables in structural equation models
abstract pdf video

Monday, 9:45 - 10:00
Coffee Break
Monday, 10:00 - 12:00
Parallel Symposia:

John Graham, The Methodology Center, Penn State University, USA
SEM - MTMM/Interaction

John Graham, The Methodology Center, Penn State University, USA:
Creating Parcels for Multi-Dimensional Constructs in Structural Equation Modeling
abstract pdf video

Karin Schermelleh-Engel, Goethe University:
Problems of analyzing nonlinear structural equation models with latent product and quadratic terms
abstract pdf video

Andreas G. Klein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
The Quasi-ML approach for modeling nonlinear SEM
abstract pdf video

Katrin Kraus, Dept. of Information Science:
In search of the meaning of method factors in MTMM models
abstract pdf video

Fridtjof Nussbeck, FAPSE - Université de Genève:
The appropriateness of the wlsmv-estimator for complex MTMM-models: Results of a simulation study
abstract pdf video

Heinz Holling, University of Münster, Germany and Rainer Schwabe, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Optimal Designs for Conjoint Analysis

Henry P. Wynn, London School of Economics, UK:
Directed attention: Optimal experimental design in a cognitive environment
abstract pdf video

Thorsten Teichert, University of Bern, Switzerland:
Preference modelling with conjoint analysis - Trends in marketing applications
abstract pdf video

Heiko Großmann and Heinz Holling, University of Münster, Germany, Rainer Schwabe, University of Magdeburg, Germany, :
Efficient design of linear paired comparisons
abstract pdf video

Peter Goos, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium:
Optimum design for linear random effects models with application to marketing experiments
abstract pdf video

Monday, 12:00 - 12:45
Keynote:

Rolf Steyer, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany:
Latent variables and the analysis of individual and average causal effects.
abstract pdf video

Monday, 12:45 - 14:00
Lunch Break
Monday, 14:00 - 15:40
Parallel Paper Sessions

Missing Data

14:00 - 14:25
Andreas Wolf, University of Jena:
Dynamic test administration using missing data imputation - a model-free way of adaptive testing
abstract pdf video

14:25 - 14:50
Nicola Falocci, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche - University of Perugia:
Marginal Regression Models for Incomplete Ordinal Response Variables
abstract pdf video

14:50 - 15:15
Susanne Rässler, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg:
Multiple Imputation for Unit-Nonresponse versus Weighting including Comparisons with Nonresponse Follow-Up Studies
abstract pdf video

Multivariate Statistics - Theoretical I

14:00 - 14:25
David Budescu, University of Illinois:
Multivariate Dominance Analysis
abstract pdf video

14:25 - 14:50
Olga Mitina, Moscow State University:
Methods of the analysis of data files obtained in social studies which have dimension greater than two
abstract pdf video

14:50 - 15:15
M. Rosário Oliveira, Technical University of Lisbon:
Interpretation and variable selection in redundancy analysis
abstract pdf video

15:15 - 15:40
Dimitar Atanasov, Sofia University:
The Concept of Robustness in Scaling and Unfolding Analyses
abstract pdf video

SEM - Multigroup

14:00 - 14:25
Alain De Beuckelaer, Unilever Bestfoods NV (& Katholieke Universiteit Brussel; Limburgs Universitair Centrum):
Robustness of factor mean comparisons across populations in case one factor indicator shows measurement non-invariance across populations.
abstract pdf video

14:25 - 14:50
Salvador Chacón-Moscoso, University of Sevilla:
Analysis of individual and average causal effects and threats to validity
abstract pdf video

14:50 - 15:15
Keith Widaman, Univ. of California at Davis:
Fitting Nonstandard Structural Equation Models: Modeling Multiple-Sample Data Having Unequal Numbers of Indicators per Sample
abstract pdf video

15:15 - 15:40
Willem Saris, University of Amsterdam:
Comparability of measures across languages
abstract pdf video

Miscellaneous II

14:00 - 14:25
Michael Höfler, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie:
Visualizing etiological pathways with association chain graphs
abstract pdf video

14:25 - 14:50
Elizabeth Gifford, Penn State University:
Patient Length of Stay: An Application of Multi-Level Modeling in Health Services Research
abstract pdf video

14:50 - 15:15
Robert Offinger, OvG-Universität Magdeburg, IMST:
On the asymptotic null-distribution of tests at singular parameter points
abstract pdf video

Monday, 15:45 - 16:00
Coffee Break
Monday, 16:30 - 17:15
Ceremony for awarding Karl Jöreskog with a Dr. h.c. of the University of Jena
video

Monday, 17:15 - 18:00
Keynote:

Karl Joreskog, Dept. of Information Science:
From Factor Analysis to Structural Equation Modeling: Fifty Years of Methodological Developments
abstract pdf video

Monday, 18:00 - 19:30
Reception
Monday, 20:00
Conference Dinner

Tuesday, 20th July

Tuesday, 9:00 - 9:45
Keynote:

Rainer Schnell, University of Konstanz, Germany:
Record-linkage
abstract pdf video

Tuesday, 9:45 - 10:00
Coffee Break
Tuesday, 10:00 - 12:00
Parallel Symposia:

Theodore A. Walls, The Pennsylvania State University, USA:
Models for Intensively Measured Data

Theodore A. Walls, The Pennsylvania State University, USA:
Intensive measurement overview
abstract pdf video

Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, University of Miami, USA, Steven M. Boker, University of Notre Dame, USA, :
Dynamical systems analysis of dyadic coupled systems
abstract pdf video

Carlotta Ching Ting Fok and James O. Ramsay, McGill University, Canada:
Interactions among periodicities in longitudinal and functional data
abstract pdf video

Theodore A. Walls and Michael J. Rovine, The Pennsylvania State University, USA:
Multilevel autoregressive modeling
abstract pdf video

Bengt Muthen, University of California, Los Angeles, California:
New Latent Variable Methods

Bengt Muthen, University of California, Los Angeles, California:
Applications of a general latent variable modeling framework
abstract pdf video

Frauke Kreuter, University of California, Los Angeles, California, Bengt Muthen & Tihomir Asparouhov, Muthen & Muthen, :
Application of growth mixture modeling to non-normal outcomes
abstract pdf video

Katherine E. Masyn, University of California, Los Angeles, California:
Modeling measurement error and bias in the determination of event occurrence and event timing for discrete-time survival processes using a latent variable framework
abstract pdf video

Tuesday, 12:00 - 12:45
Keynote:

Michael Eid, Universita of Geneva, Switzerland:
Analyzing multitrait-multimethod data: Current approaches, new developments, future directions
abstract pdf video

Tuesday, 12:45 - 14:00
Lunch Break
Tuesday, 14:00 - 17:00
Parallel Paper Sessions

Dynamic Modeling

14:00 - 14:25
Leo J. Paas, Tilburg University / Marketing Department:
Extending Dynamic Segmentation with Lead Generation: A Latent Class Markov Analysis of Financial Product Portfolios
abstract pdf video

14:25 - 14:50
Johan Oud, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands:
A Comparison of Different Procedures to Estimate the Damped Linear Ocillator for Panel Data
abstract pdf video

14:50 - 15:15
Francesca Bassi, University of Padova - Department of Statistics:
The latent class approach for estimating gross flows in the presence of correlated classification errors, with application to data from the French labour force survey
abstract pdf video

15:40 - 16:05
Stephen Rathbun, Penn State University:
Point Process Models for Intensive Longitudinal Data in the Human Sciences
abstract pdf video

16:05 - 16:30
Beate Jahn, University of Innsbruck:
Decision Theory in Health Care - Introduction to Markov modelling in medical decision making
abstract pdf video

Item Response Theorie II

14:00 - 14:25
André A. Rupp, University of Ottawa:
An Exploratory Multi-group Approach for Carving out Differential Performance Profiles within an IRT Metric
abstract pdf video

14:25 - 14:50
Johannes Hartig, German Institute for International Educational Research:
Assessing the appropriateness of specifications in LLTM weight matrices
abstract pdf video

14:50 - 15:15
Margo G. H. Jansen, University of Groningen Department of Education/GION:
A Comparison of Latent Trait Models for Speed Tests with Different Distributional Assumptions
abstract pdf video

15:15 - 15:40
Tim Lossnitzer, Friedrich Schiller-Universität; Institute of Psychology:
Avoiding problematic confounding of concentration performance with externally introduced noise by the use of the Frankfurt Adaptive Concentration Test (FACT)
abstract pdf video

15:40 - 16:05
Samantha Cook, Harvard University:
Bayesian IRT: A Bivariate Application and Software Validation
abstract pdf video

16:05 - 16:30
Henk Kelderman, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam:
Graphical measurement models based on assumptions whose consequences are directly observable.
abstract pdf video

16:30 - 16:55
Daniël Van Nijlen, University of Leuven:
An IRT-based comparison of an item- with an examinee-centered method for standard setting.
abstract pdf video

Multivariate Statistics - Application

14:00 - 14:25
KV Petrides, Institute of Education, University of London:
Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes Modeling (MIMIC): An Application in the Field of Educational Psychology
abstract pdf video

14:25 - 14:50
Hans Bay, SFI-SURVEY:
European value map
abstract pdf video

14:50 - 15:15
Rüdiger Mutz, Chair of Social Psychology and Research in Higher Education, ETH Zürich:
Pattern recognition in statistical analysis – An application of Fourier descriptors to identify shapes in survey research in higher education
abstract pdf video

15:15 - 15:40
Jörg Blasius, University of Bonn, Seminar for Sociology:
Assessing the Quality and Comparability of Data between Countries in Cross-National Studies Using Multiple Correspondence Analysis
abstract pdf video

15:40 - 16:05
Georg Mueller, Univ. of Fribourg / Social Science Dept.:
The Analysis of Social Cleavages: Distance- versus Attribute Models
abstract pdf video

16:05 - 16:30
Kazuo Amma, Tamagawa University:
Local parsing strategies of low-proficiency language learners
abstract pdf video

16:30 - 16:55
Dipl.-Stat. Meike Gebel, FB Statistik, Universität Dortmund, CDI-Gebäude:
On the evaluation of multiple choice competitions in mathematical problem solving
abstract pdf video

SEM - Techniques

14:00 - 14:25
Kees Van Montfort, Free University Amsterdam:
Factor analysis for non-normal variables
abstract pdf video

14:25 - 14:50
Karl Joreskog, Dept of Information Science:
Censored Regression
abstract pdf video

14:50 - 15:15
Fan Wallentin, Dept. of Information Science:
Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Ordinal Variables: A Simulation Study
abstract pdf video

15:15 - 15:40
Philipp Yorck Herzberg, TU Dresden:
The performance of maximum likelihood (ML) versus means and variance adjusted weighted least square (WLSMV) estimation in confirmatory factor analysis
abstract pdf video

15:40 - 16:05
Eric Loken, Pennsylvania State University:
Identification Issues in Latent Trait Models
abstract pdf video

16:05 - 16:30
Wolfgang Langer, Dr., Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Soziologie:
The Assessment of Fit in the Class of Structural Equation Models: A Pathway out of the Jungle of Fit Indexes
abstract pdf video

Tuesday, 17:00 - 17:15
Coffee Break
Tuesday, 17:15 - 18:00
Keynote:

Tamas Rudas, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary:
Assessment of model fit based on incomplete data
abstract pdf video

Tuesday, 18:30
SMABS & EAM Meeting

Wednesday, 21st July

Wednesday, 9:00 - 9:45
Keynote:

Jose Muniz, University of Oviedo, Spain:
New Trends in Psychological Measurement
abstract pdf video

Wednesday, 9:45 - 10:00
Coffee Break
Wednesday, 10:00 - 12:30
Parallel Symposia:

Joop Hox, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands:
Multilevel Modeling

Gert Jacobusse, Stef van Buuren & Karin Groothuis-Oudshoorn, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, the Netherlands.:
Multiple imputation of missing data in a multilevel setting
abstract pdf video

Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders & Cora Maas, Utrecht University, the Netherlands:
Multilevel Analysis of Genetic Data
abstract pdf video

Sophia Rabe-Hesketh & Anders Skrondal, University of California, Berkeley, USA / Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway:
On the use of composite links in multilevel latent variable models
abstract pdf video

Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley, USA:
Explanatory Measurement: Generalized linear and non-linear models for item response data

Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Paul De Boeck, University of Leuven, Belgium, :
Explanatory measurement models
abstract pdf video

Derek Briggs, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, Frank Rijmen, University of Leuven, Belgium, :
Multidimensionality and Latent Item Predictors as Extensions to Item Response Modeling under a GLMM Framework
abstract pdf video

Michel Meulders, University of Leuven, Belgium, Yiyu Xie, University of California, Berkeley, USA, :
The use of person-by-item predictors in item-response modeling
abstract pdf video

Paul De Boeck, University of Leuven, Belgium, Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley, USA, :
Explanatory measurement: further extensions
abstract pdf video

Wednesday, 12:30 - 13:15
Keynote:

Robert J. Mislevy, University of Maryland, USA:
Cognitive Psychology and Educational Assessment
abstract pdf video

Wednesday, 13:15 - 14:15
Lunch Break
Wednesday, 14:15 - 16:45
Parallel Paper Sessions

Estimation

14:15 - 14:40
Aleksandras Plikusas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Statistics Lithuania:
Calibrated estimators of the ratio
abstract pdf video

14:40 - 15:05
Sergiy Shklyar, Taras Shevchenko University:
Comparison of three estimators in the Poisson errors-in-variables model
abstract pdf video

15:05 - 15:30
Gösta Hägglund, Dept, of Statistics, Stockholm University:
Estimation of the correlation coefficient based on selectad data
abstract pdf video

15:30 - 15:55
Safir Yousfi, Psychologisches Institut:
Myths and paradoxes in the realm of classical test theory
abstract pdf video

15:55 - 16:20
Wolfgang Neubarth, ZUMA:
Multivariate simulation of innovations diffusion.
abstract pdf video

Mixture Models

14:15 - 14:40
Jost Reinecke, Fachbereich IV - Soziologie:
The Development of Deviant and Delinquent Behavior of Adolescents: Applications of Growth Curves and Growth Mixture Models
abstract pdf video

14:40 - 15:05
Guy Notelaers, KUL:
Assessing equivalence of measurement within the framework of Latent Class Analysis.
abstract pdf video

15:05 - 15:30
M. Fatima Salgueiro, ISCTE Business School - Lisbon:
The observed association structure from graphical log-linear models with a binary latent variable
abstract pdf video

15:30 - 15:55
Eric Loken, Pennsylvania State University:
Label Switching in Mixture Models
abstract pdf video

Multivariate Statistics - Theoretical II

14:15 - 14:40
Andras Vargha, ELTE Institute of Psychology:
A new nonparametric two-way ANOVA model for ordinal dependent variables
abstract pdf video

14:40 - 15:05
Francisca Galindo-Garre, Tilburg University:
Testing Models with Inequality Constraints in Contingency Tables Using Posterior Predictive Check Distributions
abstract pdf video

15:05 - 15:30
Tania Huedo-Medina, University of Murcia:
Statistical Performance of the I^2 Index to Assess the Heterogeneity in a Meta-analysis
abstract pdf video

15:30 - 15:55
Johann Bacher, Lst. für Soziologie:
New Development in Cluster Analysis
abstract pdf video

15:55 - 16:20
Jörg Betzin, Technical University of Berlin:
PLS path models with categorical indicators - a correspondence analytical approach
abstract pdf video

Wednesday, 16:45 - 17:00
Coffee Break

Thursday, 22nd July

Thursday, 9:00 - 12:00 and 14:00 - 17:00
Parallel Workshops:

Bengt O. Muthen, University of California, Los Angeles, USA & Linda Muthen, Muthen & Muthen, Los Angeles, USA, :
General Latent Variable Modeling Using Mplus Version 3
abstract pdf video

Jeroen K. Vermunt, Tilburg University, The Netherlands:
Latent Class Regression Analysis
abstract pdf video

Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Claus Carstensen, IPN, Kiel, Germany, Derek Briggs, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, :
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