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Twelfth Annual Demography Graduate Student Methodology Workshop

Latent Growth Curve Modeling

Monday, June 20, 2005 The Nittany Lion Inn, The Pennsylvania State University
Ballroom One
Organized by the PRI Graduate Student Workshop Committee
Latrica E. Best, Kimberly Daniels, Jacob Hibel, Mira M. Hidajat, Shelley Irving, P. Johnelle Smith, Mindy Scott, Corey Sparks Sponsored by The Population Research Institute (PRI) at Pennsylvania State University
Registration is OPEN until Noon on Thursday, June 16, 2005

Workshop Sessions:

9:00 a.m.	Opening and Welcome Dr. Paul Amato, Interim Department Head and Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University
9:05-10:00 a.m.	Session One: Issues in Measuring Change Dr. Duane Alwin, McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. For personal website, click here.
10:00-10:15 a.m.	Refreshments
10:15-11:10 a.m.	Session Two: Growth Curve Modeling with Applications to Health Outcomes Dr. K.A.S. Wickrama, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Iowa State University
11:10-12:05 p.m.	Session Three: Applications of Latent Variable Modeling in Measurement in the Social Sciences Dr. Jonna M. Kulikowich, Associate Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University
12:05-1:05 p.m.	Informal luncheon with the speakers
1:30-3:00 p.m.	Computer Applications of Latent Growth Curve Modeling Using SAS Co-sponsored by the Social Science Statistics Partnership Instructors: Dr. Jonna M. Kulikowich and Meghan N. Edwards, Pennsylvania State University Location: 202 Chambers Note: Prior experience with SAS not required, Light refreshments will be provided

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If you need to cancel your registration, please send an email to workshop_reg@pop.psu.edu with the subject heading WORKSHOP CANCELLATION.

A brief introduction of the speakers:

Duane F. Alwin received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin and is currently the McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Human Development at the Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include life-span development, political socialization, parental child rearing values, sex role beliefs, educational institutions, and religion. More recently he has begun work on health disparities using a life-span development perspective. For his complete CV, click here.

K.A.S. Wickrama received his Ph.D. from Iowa State University and is currently an Associate Professor of Human Development at Iowa State University. His research interests include examining the influence of socioeconomic status, family, race/ethnicity, and community on physical and mental health outcomes, immigrant health, international health and development, and advanced methods for social and behavioral research.

Jonna M. Kulikowich received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University and is currently an associate professor of education at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include academic development in mathematics and statistics, applied statistics, and the measurement of variables in reading research. For additional information, click here.

For more information, please contact workshop@pop.psu.edu

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