1 / 42

Advancing Cognitive Aging Research: Psychometrics Workshop 2015

Join us at the Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015 to collaborate, learn new methods, analyze data, and publish findings in cognitive aging research.

hilyard
Download Presentation

Advancing Cognitive Aging Research: Psychometrics Workshop 2015

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging ResearchMeasuring and Modeling Early Cognitive Decline Friday Harbor Laboratory University of Washington September 13 - 18, 2015 Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  2. Acknowledgements • Funded in part by Grant R13AG030995 from the National Institute on Aging • The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  3. Meeting Structure • Monday • Scientific symposium – Early cognitive decline and the aging brain • Workgroup organization • Tuesday- Thursday AM – workgroups • Wednesday afternoon – Free (weather?) • Thursday PM – Workgroup presentations, wrap up, planning Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  4. Meeting Goals • Promote collaborative science • Build networks of collaborators • Train and broaden skill sets of new and established investigators • Promote advanced psychometric and statistical methods • Methods in service of SCIENCE Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  5. Meeting Expectations • Learn something new and have fun doing it • Conceptualize and develop collaborative projects in small workgroups • Initiate literature review • Plan and initiate data analysis • Establish investigator teams and plan to complete projects and manuscripts • Publish scientific findings Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  6. Datasets • Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative • Framingham Heart Study • Rush ADRC • Religious Orders Study • Memory and Aging Study • Minority Aging Research Study Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  7. Workgroups • Dynamic sequencing of disease related brain changes and cognition • Differentiate normative and pathological aging cognitive trajectories • Identify best cognitive predictors of brain changes associated with diseases of aging • Examine how measurement methods and psychometric characteristics affect test validity Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  8. Acknowledgements • Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) • Mike Weiner and many, many others • Rush ADRC • David Bennett, Bryan James, and many, many others • Framingham Heart Study • Sudha Seshadri, Rhoda Au and many, many others Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  9. Acknowledgements • UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center • Charles DeCarli, Jayne Lagrande Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  10. Organizing Committee • Paul Crane • Laura Gibbons • Maria Glymour • Alden Gross • Rich Jones • Jennifer Manly • Dan Mungas Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  11. Logistics, Administration, Management • Shelly Allocco • Pre and post-conference • PegaDavoudzadeh • Onsite Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  12. Dataset Creation and Dissemination, Software Installation • Laura Gibbons • Elizabeth Sanders Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  13. Compliance DivisionCompletion of Lecture and Conference Evaluations • Jennifer Manly Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  14. Introductions Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  15. Questions to Answer • Introduce yourself • Who are you • Where are you from • What would you like people to know about you • If all cell phones disappeared tomorrow • Would your life be better or worse • What would you miss the most Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2015

  16. Conference Slogan Competition - 2010 Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  17. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest It’s the thought that counts Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  18. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest ICCs: The not so slippery slopes Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  19. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest I know it's only latent growth but I like it Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  20. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest Friday Harbor Psychometrics: . . . but we go to 11 Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  21. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest Friday Harbor Psychometrics: Theta is not a 4 letter word. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  22. 2011 Competition - Best Quote • Rules • Must be something somebody actually said • Can be related in some way to science, neuroimaging, genetics, Alzheimer’s disease, cognition, psychometric methods, data analysis • Extra points if it has appeared on the Colbert Report Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  23. Examples (already taken) Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  24. “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind, or not to have a mind as being truly wasteful. How true that is.” --Dan Quayle Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  25. “Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.” --George Box Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  26. “The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.” --Claude Lévi-Strauss Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  27. “Some scientists work so hard there is no time left for serious thinking.” --Francis Crick Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  28. “If everything seems under control you’re just not going fast enough.” --Mario Andretti Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  29. “Tact is taking time to think before saying nothing.” --sign posted outside of a church Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  30. “When an idea is lacking, a word can always be found to take its place.” --from W. E. Deming who attributed it to Goethe Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  31. “A professor is someone who talks in someone else’s sleep.” --from W. H. Auden Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  32. “Confidence: The feeling you have just before you understand the situation.” --from Our Daily Bread, July 10, 2010 Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  33. “… discreet cosines.” --from Charles DeCarli What happens in Friday Harbor stays in Friday Harbor! Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  34. "The Alzheimer's Association is well-endowed thanks to the Weiner App." --undisclosed source, Friday Harbor, 6/7/11 Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  35. “If the model doesn't converge, you're toast.” --Laurel Beckett Who says we’re not on the front line! Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  36. "It's a firehose of data." --Paul Crane Definite first-responder theme! Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  37. “Ladies and gentlemen, start you engines." --Indy 500 Starter Stay off the wall on the last lap! Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  38. “My legs are sore." --anonymous Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  39. “We don’t need computers, we just need a rock.” --Alden Gross Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  40. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  41. “You don’t know Jack.” --folk saying Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

  42. “Don’t lose your head to gain a minute. You need your head. Your brains are in it.” --Burma Shave sign Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2011

More Related