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Ageing Research Unit Events

2009

 

Statistical Methods Workshop: An Introduction to multi-level modelling

The ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well

Dr Allison Bielak - The Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Canberra

Friday 18th September 2009

This workshop is designed for those who want to learn about multilevel models but have little to no experience or understanding of them. The workshop will provide participants with a solid grounding in the theoretical basis of multilevel models, including how this type of analysis is unique, and what types of data can benefit from using these models.

Participants will learn how to interpret the statistical equations, how to arrange their dataset to conduct these models, and the importance of considering how to model time. The workshop will demonstrate how to run a series of basic multilevel models, focusing on how to interpret the output, and how to decide on what types of models are appropriate for your research question.

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Statistical Methods Workshop: Dyadic Interrelations in Lifespan Development: Exploring Associations from Days to Years

The ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well

Denis Gerstorf - Human Development & Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
Christiane Hoppmann - Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Monday 11th May 2009

Lifespan psychological research has long acknowledged that development both influences and is influenced by close others such as marital partners. Recent innovations in longitudinal methodology along with the availability of long-term and short-term longitudinal data have made it possible to articulate and test such long-standing notions more thoroughly than was previously possible.

This workshop aimed at demonstrating how two contemporary approaches can inform our inquiries and help us to better understand the processes and outcomes of dyadic interrelations in lifespan development.

The Bivariate Dual Change Score Model was used to illustrate how dynamic modeling tools can be used to investigate lead-lag predictive relations between spouses over long-term time intervals such as years. In a second step, data gathered from time sampling methodologies was used to show how spouses may mutually influence one another over short-term time intervals such as days. To do so, data from several international studies was used, with a primary focus on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

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2008

 

Statistical Methods Workshop: Strategies for imputing missing data in longitudinal studies

The ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well

Dr Agus Salim

Monday 17th November 2008

This workshop will provide training in appropriate techniques for imputing missing data in longitudinal datasets for researchers working on Australian longitudinal studies of ageing.

The lectures will introduce participants to the concept of missing data and the problems associated with drawing research conclusions when some observations are missing. Special attention will be given to non-monotone missing data in the context of longitudinal studies in which participants who dropped out of a study come back into the study at latter time points.

Scott Hofer is Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences and Director of the Psychosocial Core in the Centre for Healthy Aging Research at Oregon State University.

The practical sessions will guide participants on how to use and interpret results from ICE/MICE packages in STATA. Using the package, participants will also learn different strategies to minimise possible bias when data are not missing at random.

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ACT Intergenerational forum on Ageing Research

Australian Association of Gerontology

30th October 2008

On the 30th of October 2008, the ACT student section of the Australian Association of Gerontology (including several students from the Ageing Research Unit) held the second annual ACT Intergenerational Forum on Ageing Research. The theme: Ageing in the 21st Century.

The half-day forum attracted an audience of over 100, and lived up to its goals of generating discussion and dialogue on ageing research and ageing issues between older members of the public, academics, government officials, industry stakeholders, and research students in ageing. The forum included six student presentations, two panel discussions on the topics of ‘Memory and Ageing’ and ‘Community Participation and Healthy Ageing’, and a keynote presentation by Emeritus Professor Sol Encel from UNSW.

Several staff and students of the Ageing Research Unit spoke, and participated in the panel discussions for this event, and helped to make it a successful, and informative day for all involved. The ACT Intergenerational Forum attracted significant sponsorship from Government and Industry, and looks set to become an annual fixture on the calendar of ageing related events in the ACT. More information can be found at www.intergenerationalforum.org

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Forum for Research on Ageing and Longevity

Thursday 24 April, 2008

The ANU stream of the ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well is sponsoring a Forum for Research on Ageing and Longevity at the Australian National University. The keynote speakers will be Professor Felicia Huppert, Current and Founding Director of The Well-Being Institute (WBI), University of Cambridge, and Director of the Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing (CIRCA) and Professor David Melzer, Director of the Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth.

 

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