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The University of Georgia’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Education and Human Development presents the Advanced Multivariate Statistical Methods and Introduction to Multilevel Models workshops that will focus on modern statistical techniques.

The Advanced Multivariate Statistical Methods Workshop, to be held June 11-13, will offer a modern approach to multivariate data analysis, focusing on statistical techniques commonly used in empirical research and the commonalities, which tie them to the techniques developed and used historically, such as Multivariate ANOVA and classical clustering methods. It will also teach participants the tenets of modern multivariate thinking: the interplay between assumed statistical distributions and computationally intensive estimation techniques.

An emphasis will be placed on how modern statistical analysis methods have used those principles to generalize methodology across many disciplines, including education, social and behavioral sciences, and the health fields.

The Introduction to Multilevel Models Workshop will be held June 14-16. It will highlight statistical methods with names such as hierarchical linear models and random or mixed effects models. The workshop with also feature multilevel models use in both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. By attending the workshop, participants will gain a basic understanding of the modeling approach and will be able to conduct basic multilevel model analyses.

The course will feature example handouts and syntax from several statistical packages for multilevel modeling, such as SAS, SPSS and Mplus.

Both workshops will be instructed by COE faculty member Jonathan Templin, an associate professor in the research, evaluation, measurement, and statistics program. His quantitative program of research is focused on the expansion of diagnostic modeling in education and the social sciences. The main focus of his research is the development of statistical methods for classifying individuals with respect to psychological phenomena.

Knowledge of linear models is preferable for participants enrolling in the courses, and participants who have taken multivariate methods previously are encouraged to enroll as the workshops represent a significant departure from how statistical methods have been taught in the past.

Registration for the Multivariate Statistical Methods Workshop ends May 29, and for the Multilevel Models Workshop May 31. Both workshops cost $525 per participant, including workshop materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and parking passes each day. Participants must bring their own laptop computers to take part in the workshops.

For more information, visit
www.coe.uga.edu/events/category/institute-workshop/