Laboratory for Comparative Social Research (LCSR) of the National Research University Higher School of Economics is pleased to announce the 6th LCSR Summer School.

The school will be held in July 25 – August 5, 2016, in Moscow, Russia (Address: 11, Myasnizkaya Str.).

The basic course “Latent Curve Models: a Structural Equation Perspective” will take place from 1st till 5th of August, 2016. The keynote lecturer is professor Kenneth Bollen (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA).

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Summer School News

04.08.2016
On Thursday, Prof. Kenneth Bollen addressed more complicated latent curve models. The lecturer talked about the between-group comparison of trajectories.
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03.08.2016
On Wednesday, the participants learned how to estimate nonlinear latent curve models and found out more about conditional latent curve models.
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02.08.2016
On Tuesday, Prof. Kenneth Bollen discussed unconditional latent curve models on the 6th  LCSR International Summer School.
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01.08.2016
The second week of the 6th LCSR Summer School has begun in Moscow. The main course “Latent curve models: a structural equation perspective” will be given by professor Kenneth Bollen (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA).
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29.07.2016
The first week of the 6th  LCSR International Summer School came to an end.
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28.07.2016
On Thursday, July 28, within the framework of the 6th International LCSR Summer School Professor Ronald Inglehart read the lecture “Modernization and Inequality: Trump, Brexit and Populism.”
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28.07.2016
On the fourth day of the summer school, the lecturer introduced structural equation modeling as a method.
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27.07.2016
On the third day, the school participants learned multiple group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).
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26.07.2016
During the second day, the participants continued learning the basics of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The lecture focused on the issue of model identification.During the second day, the participants continued learning the basics of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The lecture focused on the issue of model identification.
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25.07.2016
Today the 6th International LCSR Summer School started in Moscow. Our school aims to provide the knowledge and skills to conduct latent curve modeling. 
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