Methodology Center

05/13/2020

Bookmark our investigators' websites for the latest methodological innovations. https://www.methodology.psu.edu/news/new-websites/

05/04/2020

New software for latent class analysis (LCA). The Covariates 3-Step SAS macro estimates the association between covariates and latent class membership using the approach of Bolck, Croon, and Hagenaars. Read more or try it out! https://sites.psu.edu/pbh112/downloads/lca-covariates-3step/

04/27/2020

Penn State's CIDD - Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics is a great research center. Right now they are offering brief videos that answer interesting questions about the pandemic: 'When can a sick family member rejoin the household?' ''Are my pets at risk?' and more. https://huck.psu.edu/institutes-and-centers/center-for-infectious-disease-dynamics

04/23/2020

Important work from our sister center.

Mark Feinberg, research professor; and Gregory Fosco, associate professor of human development and family studies and associate director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, are leading a team studying the impact of COVID-19 and social distancing on children and families, through a...

04/22/2020

Great new resource: Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Resource Center researchers Stephanie Lanza and Ashley Linden-Carmichael have a new website for their work on addiction and innovative methods. It will be THE place to get new TVEM content in the future. You definitely want to check this out.

Addiction and Innovative Methods Lab Addiction and Innovative Methods Lab STUDIES IN THE FIELD Our team's current research projects examining substance use and other health behaviors using innovative

04/20/2020

Join us this Thursday at noon Eastern! (I get the feeling you will be at home on your computer, anyway.) Gracelyn Cruden of Oregon Social Learning Center will discuss multi-criteria decision analysis.

Password required. Message me or email.

04/15/2020

When Linda Collins introduces researchers to the optimization of interventions, they are sometimes overwhelmed by the paradigm shift.

Fortunately, we have many resources for understanding and applying the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST). For example, check out our REDCap for MOST guide. https://methodology.psu.edu/ra/most/redcap/

04/14/2020

Great resource from Penn State's Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. Experts use brief videos to answer questions like, "Is it safe to do my own shopping?" and "What should I do if someone in my home is infected?"
https://www.huck.psu.edu/institutes-and-centers/center-for-infectious-disease-dynamics

04/13/2020

Join us next Thursday for a virtual lunchtime research talk. Message or email me for the password.

See you online!

04/08/2020

We're pleased to introduce our Teachers' Corner for latent transition analysis. LTA. Bethany Bray developed has developed this instructional resource for teaching a class or yourself.

Teachers' Corners are also available for latent class analysis (LCA), time-varying effect modeling (TVEM), and the mutliphase optimization strategy (MOST). Learn or teach a new method!

Teachers’ Corners on LCA, LTA, TVEM, and MOST provide resources for instructors who want to incorporate instruction on innovative methods into their teaching. Teachers’ Corners are designed to make comprehending and teaching a method as easy as possible. Contents may include

04/07/2020

The 2020 Summer Institute with Susan Murphy of Harvard University and Daniel Almirall of University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) has been POSTPONED. Details: https://www.methodology.psu.edu/news/summer-institute-postponed/

03/26/2020

Are you looking for structure to help you can focus on academic writing? Join Kate Guastaferro's virtual writing group as often as 4x / week. No obligations. No RSVPs. Just join us and see if it works for you!