This workshop focused on important topics in longitudinal data analysis, with a special emphasis on categorical data. Both the Introductory and Advanced Levels covered the following topics:
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Introductory Level |
Advanced Level |
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Mon. June 6 |
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9:00 – 12:00 |
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Lecture: Introduction to Longitudinal data Analysis (Rajulton Fernando) |
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1:30 – 4:30 |
Lecture: Introduction to Longitudinal Data Analysis (Rajulton Fernando) |
Practice: Data Preparation for Longitudinal |
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Tues. June 7 |
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9:00 – 12:00 |
Practice: Data Preparation for Longitudinal Data Analysis (Alain Gagnon) |
Lecture: Growth Curve Models |
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1:30 – 4:30 |
Lecture: Transition and Binary Sequence Models (Rajulton Fernando) |
Practice: Growth Curve Models |
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Wed. June 8 |
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9:00 – 12:00 |
Practice: Transition and Binary Sequence Models (Rajulton Fernando) |
Lecture: Survival Analysis |
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1:30 – 4:30 |
Lecture: Growth Curve Models |
Practice: Survival Analysis |
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Thurs. June 9 |
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9:00 – 12:00 |
Practice: Growth Curve Models |
Lecture: Binary Sequences and Markovian Trajectories (Rajulton Fernando) |
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1:30 – 4:30 |
Lecture: Survival Analysis |
Practice: Binary Sequences and Markovian Trajectories (Rajulton Fernando) |
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Fri. June 10 |
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10:30 - 12:00 |
Modeling Whether and When or the Stops and Starts of EVA (Melissa Hardy) |
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1:30 - 3:00 |
Doing Time: Placing Events in a Temporal Context (Melissa Hardy) |
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3:00 - 4:00 |
coffee break and certificates SSC 5230 |
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Practice sessions consisted of hands-on lab work with relevant data using STATA, HLM, and MPlus.
Dr. Fernando’s research interests are techniques of longitudinal and event history analysis, and modeling demographic phenomena such as fertility, mortality, migration and family life histories. He and his colleagues organized an international workshop on “Longitudinal Research in the Social Sciences: Assessment and Dissemination of Tools for Analysis in the Canadian Context” at Western in 1999, funded by SSHRC’s Research Development Initiative Program. Papers presented in this workshop by international scholars were published as a Special Issue of Canadian Studies in Population in 2001. Since then, Rajulton has been teaching a graduate course on Longitudinal Data Analysis, once in every two years.
Dr. Gagnon is using historical as well as contemporary data to investigate the demographic and genetic aspects of longevity, focusing on how early life conditions shape health and mortality in later life. He has used survival analyses in much of his recent work on longevity, with a focus on unobserved heterogeneity and sample selection issues. He has taught multivariate statistics at both graduate and undergraduate levels since 2003.
The research interest of Dr Wilk focuses on the health and well-being of children. He is conducting a number of studies on child-, family, and neighbourhood-level determinants of childhood obesity. He is currently developing family-based obesity interventions for preschool children. Dr. Wilk is involved in teaching advanced graduate courses in epidemiology.
Dr. Hardy's research and teaching interests include Quantitative Analysis Techniques, Longitudinal Methods; Aging & Social Change; and Public Policy and Aging. She also researches the demography of work and retirement transitions, household saving behavior, and financial security in old age. Her latest books are Pension Puzzles: Social Security and the Great Debate and Handbook of Data Analysis.
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