Refresher on multiple regression for the applied researcher

A 6-hour workshop taught by Steve Porter, Ph.D.

Regression workshop series discount! 

Register for this along with our workshops on Logistic regression: Analyzing binary outcomesand Basics of multilevel modeling: Handling grouped data in research and evaluation for only $550 (would normally cost $700 for all three). If you are interested in the workshop series, email us at mail@percontor.org for discount codes.

 

Overview:

Many researchers have taken a course that covers multiple regression, the statistical workhorse of the social sciences, but have forgotten much of what they learned. The goal of this workshop is to review many of the main concepts of regression, from the perspective of the applied researcher (in other words, we won’t be reviewing any proofs!). The workshop focuses on 1) the underlying statistical assumptions, what happens when they are violated, and simple ways to address violations, 2) interpreting a variety of regression coefficients correctly, and 3) model fit.

 

Expected outcomes:

By the end of the workshop, participants should understand the basic assumptions underlying multiple regression and what they mean for the applied researcher, how to interpret regression coefficients, and how to discuss model fit.

 

Pricing and schedule:

Series discount – Register for this along with our workshops on Logistic regression: Analyzing binary outcomes and Basics of multilevel modeling: Handling grouped data in research and evaluation for only $550 (would normally cost $700 for all three). If you are interested in the workshop series, email us at mail@percontor.org for discount codes.

We offer $50 discounts for graduate students and $25 discounts for multiple workshop enrollments.

Time permitting, Dr. Porter will also answer questions about participants’ specific research projects. Participants can ask questions via chat, microphone, or telephone. In order to allow sufficient time for questions, the number of workshop participants is limited to 30.

 

Who should attend?

The target audience is researchers who have taken a statistics course that covered multiple regression at some point, but who have forgotten some of the basics. Researchers who know univariate statistics and would like to learn more about multiple regression are welcome, but should realize that this is not a complete course on multiple regression. Software demonstrations will use Stata, but syntax and output from SAS and SPSS will be included for participants who use those software packages in their work.

 

Agenda:

1. Review the assumptions of regression
2. Interpretation of regression coefficients
   1. Understanding the null hypothesis and p values for coefficients
   2. What the intercept tells you
   3. Unstandardized regression coefficients
   4. Standardized regression coefficients and when to use them
   5. Dummy variables for two and more groups
   6. Interpreting nonlinear relationships
      1. Logged dependent and independent variables
      2. Squared terms
   7. Interaction terms
      1. Why you can’t use standard software output to understand the interaction
      2. Correctly estimating the standard errors
      3. How to interpret the interactions by plotting
3. Model fit
   • Interpreting R-squared and standard error of the estimate
   • When measures of model fit matter