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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Anyone have any experience with this Mplus stats application?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D">Dan Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">Assistant Director/Assistive Technology Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D">Emma B. Lommasson Center 154<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Seekins, Barb
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 24, 2011 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Burke, Dan<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: SCFC - CAS: Department of Psychology Request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Do you know anything about MPlus? Is it accessible?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Barb Seekins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Scholar and Sponsored Student Programs Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Foreign Student and Scholar Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The University of Montana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">219 Lommasson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Missoula, Montana 59812<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">406-243-6183 phone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">406-243-6115 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">seekinsbh@mso.umt.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Crepeau, Valerie J [mailto:CrepeauVJ@mso.umt.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 24, 2011 12:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Barbara Seekins; David Firth; Diego Baccino; Erika Noble; Good, Barry; Lee Banville; Lily Oliver; Loey Knapp; Mandi Summers; Vance, Mary Lee; Tim Edwards; Topher Williams<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Spencer, Robert<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: SCFC - CAS: Department of Psychology Request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">SCFC Members:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see the email below for additional information on the Department of Psychology SCFC funds expenditure request for the purchase of MPlus (10 licences). Please send you vote to me or let me know if you
need additional information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Valerie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC";
color:#0070C0">Valerie Crepeau<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Accounting & Admin Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">406-243-6301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> McNinch, Craig A.
<a href="mailto:[mailto:craig.mcninch@mso.umt.edu]">[mailto:craig.mcninch@mso.umt.edu]</a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 24, 2011 12:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:valerie.crepeau@umontana.edu">valerie.crepeau@umontana.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> SCFC - CAS: Department of Psychology Request<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning Valerie,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Below is more information regarding MPlus and its uses within the department. They are requesting 10 licenses within the $2864 amount On the SCF proposal. Let me know if you or the committee need additional information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Symbol;color:#1F497D">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
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</span><span style="color:#1F497D">General description of it and what you use it for.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">A: Mplus is a statistical software package designed to conduct latent variable modeling similar to that of AMOS, but with wider capabilities. For instance, while AMOS can only
handle continuous data, Mplus has the advantage of being able to analyze binary and categorical data in a latent-variable context. The software is also used in psychometric analyses, and is featured in texts on psychometrics, that, if we have access to the
software, we could then teach from. Overall, having Mplus would benefit the department in that students could have access to one of the latest cutting-edge statistical programs that is specialized to conduct particular advanced analyses that SPSS (and even
SAS) cannot do. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Symbol;color:#1F497D">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
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</span><span style="color:#1F497D">Is it used in a lab or classroom? (I know it’s for psyx 222, 520, 521, 522)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black">A: The software would be used both in class and in lab for courses such as Psyx. 522 and Psyx. 524. More than that, the software would be used for students' dissertations, etc.,
who wish to learn a popular statistical package and reap the benefits of it. Having a couple copies of Mplus would add to our capabilities to conduct higher analyses in these courses, as well as for students to have more options when it comes to data analyses
for theses and dissertations. If I mention the software in class, and discuss the code for a particular analysis, I want students to know there is a copy downstairs in the lab that they can try these analyses on. Having "Mplus knowledge" (or at least exposure)
on one's CV is a very attractive marketing feature for students who may go on to teach quantitative courses.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:#1F497D">How many students do you think uses it? </span>
<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><span style="color:black"> A: I usually have approx. 5 to 8 students enrolled in Psyx. 522, and another 10 or so enrolled in Psyx. 524. Any or all of these students would have access to it,
at least as a means of trying out procedures that are listed in textbooks, etc., Regarding dissertations, I suspect fewer students would use it, but at least we'd have a copy or two available should they venture in that direction. In the structural equation
modeling field, there are generally 4 very popular packages: 1) AMOS, 2) EQS, 3) Lisrel, and 4) Mplus. Having AMOS and Mplus "on board" in the department extends students' quantitative options for data analyses, and in particular, the *types* of data analyses
that can be performed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take care!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Craig<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Craig McNinch<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">IT Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">College of Arts & Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">The University of Montana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><a href="mailto:Craig.mcninch@mso.umt.edu">Craig.mcninch@mso.umt.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">(406) 243-4745<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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