The Oregon State University Summer Institute on Research Methodology is sponsored by the College of Health and Human Sciences Methodology Core and the Center for Healthy Aging Research.

This year's seminars will be held at a location yet to be decided on the campus Oregon State University.

Faculty involved in the Summer Institute include:

Registration is now open

The registration fee is $175 for the Mplus course, $425 for Growth Models, and $500 for both courses.

(Graduate students:  $125 – introductory course; $275 – advanced course; both courses  – $350)

These fees include all workshop materials, use of a laptop computer containing all relevant software and programs (each shared between two individuals), lunch and coffee breaks every day, and one dinner reception on July 8th. Please register using the online form available on the website

Please direct questions about registration to:
OSU Conference Services
541-737-9300
800-678-6311 toll free
conferences@oregonstate.edu

Classes will run from 9:00AM to 5:00PM each day.
Click here to view an agenda.

The Summer Institute on Research Methodology will be held July 7 to 10, 2009 on the Oregon State University campus, hosted by the College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS). Research methodology is central to the health and human sciences. The complexity of developmental, social, and health processes require rigorous attention to measurement, sampling, design, and statistical analysis.

Introductory and advanced courses are offered by the Methodology Core over a period of four days (one day – introductory course; three days – advanced course) during the summer months. The 2009 introductory course provides instruction in the use of Mplus. Participants are expected to be comfortable with the General Linear Model. The advanced course focuses on the analysis of change using Mplus and will assume prior experience with Mplus, which may be obtained in the introductory course. These two courses can be taken independently or combined. The courses are team taught and draw on the faculty expertise in the College of Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University. Applied examples are used throughout the workshops, with hands-on analysis experience.

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July 7: Introduction to Mplus (Alan Acock). Participants will learn how to use the Mplus software.

July 8-10: Latent Growth Curve Modeling using Mplus (Alan Acock, Lesa Hoffman, Fuzhong Li). This workshop will introduce latent growth curve and longitudinal multilevel modeling using the Mplus software, and will extend to time-varying predictors, binary and count  outcomes, and growth mixtures (i.e., group differences in trajectories).

Please refer all questions about the agenda/program to:
Anne Hatley
anne.hatley@oregonstate.edu

Travel to Corvallis

We suggest that participants make arrangements for travel as soon as possible. Directions and shuttle information from either Portland International (PDX) or the Eugene (EUG) airports are available here.

Corvallis Slideshow

Accommodations

A select number of rooms are available at Oregon State University’s headquarter hotel, the Hilton Garden Inn, at a special group rate of $104 per night. The Hilton Garden Inn is located just across the street from the OSU Conference Center where your meeting is taking place. Parking is free for guests in the Hilton lot.

Go here to make your reservation online or call the Hilton Garden Inn directly @ 541-752-5000. To ensure that you receive the Institute rate, mention that you are with the Summer Institute on Research Methodology.

Additional Corvallis hotels can be found at: http://www.hotel-rates.com/us/oregon/corvallis/