CenterStat Partners with APA to Offer Free Training on Intensive Longitudinal Data

Patrick Curran and Dan Bauer August 28, 2022

With the evolution and ever greater penetration of smartphones, other personal electronic devices, and wearable technologies, scientists are increasingly able to collect and analyze Intensive Longitudinal Data (ILD). The extensive sampling of observations for each person in ILD provides researchers with unique opportunities to study psychological processes as they unfold in real time. To help participants learn more about how to conduct research with ILD, Centerstat has partnered with APA to offer a series of brief training sessions on the collection and analysis of intensive longitudinal data in psychological research.

The full program is available for free (to both APA members and non-members), and links to individual sessions are provided below. Sessions will be livestreamed and recordings will be made available to all those who registered approximately two weeks after each live seminar. The lecture materials for the last three sessions, delivered by Dan Bauer & Patrick Curran, are available here.

August 31: Training for the Collection of Real-World Biobehavioral Data Using Wearable Devices
Presenter: Benjamin Nelson, PhD
September 15: Introduction to Intensive Longitudinal Methods
Presenter: Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, PhD
October 4: Intensive Longitudinal Data: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities
Presenters: Daniel Bauer, PhD, and Patrick Curran, PhD
October 6: Intensive Longitudinal Data: A Multilevel Modeling Perspective
Presenters: Daniel Bauer, PhD, and Patrick Curran, PhD
October 11: Intensive Longitudinal Data: A Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling Perspective
Presenters: Daniel Bauer, PhD, and Patrick Curran, PhD

Participants who decide to pursue more in depth training on ILD after attending these seminars may wish to consider enrolling in our full workshops on Multilevel Modeling (by Dan Bauer and Patrick Curran) and Analyzing Intensive Longitudinal Data (by Jean-Philippe Laurenceau and Niall Bolger)

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Tags: intensive, longitudinal, multilevel

Patrick Curran and Dan Bauer

Patrick Curran and Dan Bauer first began working together in 1998 and since that time have collaborated extensively in teaching, consulting, research, and community service. In 2008, they founded Curran-Bauer Analytics to provide training, offer consulting, and serve as an information source on advanced quantitative methods for researchers in the social, health, and behavioral sciences. Together, Patrick and Dan have taught dozens of workshops to more than 1000 graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty members, and research scientists. Their workshops have been held in the U.S., Canada, Korea, Portugal, Switzerland, and Ireland, and have been hosted by professional scientific organizations and the National Institutes of Health. They have also provided consulting services to a variety of governmental, academic, and private organizations. Additionally, they are strongly committed to the dissemination of information about advanced quantitative techniques, both through traditional academic outlets, such as published articles, as well as through the Curran-Bauer Analytics website and social media resources. Patrick and Dan welcome you and hope that their available resources will be of use to you in your own research or teaching.

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