In this week’s episode Greg and Patrick explore the incredibly cool topic of survival analysis, which is a set of techniques that allows for powerful tests of predictors of the amount of time to experiencing an event; yet these models are not often used in many areas of study. Along the way they also discuss […]
S5E22 Survival Analysis in the Social Sciences: It’s About Time Read More »
In this week’s episode, Greg and Patrick talk about the challenges of combining confirmatory factor analysis and multilevel data, and the underappreciated but absolutely critical role that theory plays in choosing the proper model for your constructs. Along the way they also discuss learning in a second language, torn meniscuseseses, concert C trumpets, nosy neighbors,
S5E21 Multilevel Factor Analysis: But What Do The Factors Mean?! Read More »
In this week’s episode Greg and Patrick discuss the assessment of global vs. local model fit and they argue that although global measures of fit can be useful, carefully assessing local fit may be of much greater importance in practice. Along the way the also discuss cheap beach house rentals, misplaced sand dunes, Mrs. Lincoln,
S5E20 Local fit…Because Global Fit Measures Suck! Read More »
