Workshops
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| OpenMx Master Class. The first OpenMx Master Class is aimed to improve the skills of individuals who are already familiar with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and want to improve their understanding and capability to specify and fit advanced SEMs. We will also cover the OpenMx philosophy and how it differs from other SEM programs in terms of fit functions, expectation functions, multiple groups, definition variables, constraints, confidence intervals, standard errors, bootstrapping, compute plans, and simulations. | November 14th - 16th, 2024 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
Continuous- and Discrete-Time Dynamic Modeling in R. The course will provide an overview and hands-on tutorial on options for performing dynamic modeling using multivariate longitudinal data, particularly those collected from ecological momentary assessment (e.g., observational coding; daily diary; intensive longitudinal data) and psychophysiological (e.g., functional MRI) studies. Topics to be covered include discrete-time state-space/difference equation models, differential equation models, and continuous-time structural equation models. We will discuss and show examples of several packages for fitting dynamic models using the freely available statistical software, R, including: dynamic modeling in R (dynr), continuous-time structural equation modeling (ctsem), and group Iterative multiple model estimation (GIMME). Students will be guided through using software programs to develop familiarity with different types of dynamic models, followed by model construction, estimation, interpretations, and diagnostics. Participants are expected to have completed at least a graduate course on regression techniques and are comfortable working with multivariate data. Users who have not had prior exposure to R will be provided with access to pre-workshop electronic tutorials compiled and delivered by the workshop instructors. Registration is open as a one-day pre-conference short course for the Psychometric Society conference. All the short-courses are here. |
July 9, 2018 | Columbia University New York City, NY |
| Advanced Genetic Epidemiology Workshop. This NIDA- and OBSSR-funded workshop is designed to provide an overview of advanced statistical methodology for genetic studies of substance use and abuse phenotypes. It will cover analytical methods for twin and family studies, GxE interaction, phenotyping including genetic factor scores, mixture distribution modeling, latent growth curve modeling, regime switching, dynamical systems and genomics, among other topics. It will use a hands-on approach, in which participants will use their own laptop computers to implement and experiment with statistical methods described during presentations by the faculty. Basic knowledge of R and OpenMx is desirable - attendance at an introductory OpenMx course such as the even-numbered year Boulder workshop 2014 and 2016, or IOP summer school is recommended though not 100% essential. | October 23rd - 27th, 2017 | VIPBG, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
| 2018 International Workshop on Statistical Genetics and Methodology of Twin and Family Studies. Five day workshop funded by NIMH and hosted by the Institute for Behavior Genetics at the University of Colorado. The main focus is on the analysis of data collected from twins and families, using OpenMx and umx. | March 5-9, 2018 | Boulder, CO |
| Advanced Genetic Epidemiology Workshop. This NIDA-funded workshop is designed to provide an overview of advanced statistical methodology for genetic studies of substance use and abuse phenotypes. It will cover analytical methods for twin and family studies, GxE interaction, phenotyping including genetic factor scores, mixture distribution modeling, latent growth curve modeling, regime switching, dynamical systems and genomics among other topics. It will use a hands-on approach, in which participants will use their own laptop computers to implement and experiment with statistical methods described during presentations by the faculty. Basic knowledge of R and OpenMx - especially attendance at an introductory OpenMx course such as the Boulder workshop 2010 or 2012, or IOP summer school 2011 is recommended. | October 26th - 30th, 2015 | VIPBG, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
| Advanced Genetic Epidemiology Workshop. This NIDA-funded workshop is designed to provide an overview of advanced statistical methodology for genetic studies of substance use and abuse phenotypes. It will cover analytical methods for twin and family studies, GxE interaction, assortative mating, sibling interaction, phenotyping including genetic factor scores, mixture distribution modeling and growth curve modeling, among other topics. It will use a hands-on approach, in which participants will use their own laptop computers to implement and experiment with statistical methods described during presentations by the faculty. Basic knowledge of R and OpenMx - especially attendance at an introductory OpenMx course such as the Boulder workshop 2010 or 2012, or IOP summer school 2011 is recommended. | October 22nd - 26th, 2012 | VIPBG, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
| Introduction to Structural Modeling Using OpenMx. An invited workshop at the Association for Psychological Science will introduce the use of the OpenMx Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) package. The workshop will begin with a very brief introduction to the calculation of the covariances of linear combinations and the notions of path analysis. Next will be an introduction to specifying structural models in OpenMx. In contrast to traditional SEM modeling software, OpenMx uses a functional approach to model specification. Next, we will specify and fit a wide variety of models that will include multiple and multivariate regression, confirmatory factor models, latent growth curves, mediation models, moderation models, and briefly touch on multigroup models. | May 24, 2012 | APS Annual Convention Chicago, IL |
| 2012 International Workshop on Statistical Genetics and Methodology of Twin and Family Studies. Five day workshop funded by NIMH and hosted by the Institute for Behavior Genetics at the University of Colorado. | March 5-9, 2012 | Boulder, CO |
| Summer School at King's College. This course will teach the basic principles of the classical twin model as well as the basic skills to analyze twin data by teaching delegates how to write simple scripts and how to interpret the output. The lectures and practicals will cover introduction to R and OpenMx; univariate and multivariate models applied to continuous raw data; univariate models applied to ordinal data (liability threshold models fitted to contingency tables); sex-limitation models. | June 20-24 2011 | King's College, London |
| Advanced Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Molecular Genetics Workshop. This workshop is designed to provide an overview of advanced statistical methodology for genetic studies of substance use and abuse phenotypes. It covers analytical methods for twin and family studies, phenotyping, genome wide association, sequencing, pharmacogenomics, metabolomics and animal research. The focus is on a hands-on approach, in which participants use their own laptop computers to implement and experiment with statistical methods described during presentations by the faculty. Basic knowledge of R and OpenMx is recommended. | October 18th - 22th, 2010 | VIPBG, Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA |
| 11th MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre Summer School. Twin Model Fitting: Introducing the New OpenMx. This course will teach the basic principles of the classical twin model as well as the basic skills to analyze twin data by teaching delegates how to write simple scripts and how to interpret the output. Knowledge of R and old Mx is not necessary. For more information: link. | July 12th - 16th, 2010 | Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London UK |
| Structural Equation Modeling with OpenMx. Full day workshop at IMPS 2010: The 75th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. | July 6, 2010 | Athens, Georgia |
| Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling with OpenMx. 3 hour workshop at the 2010 Spring LIFE Academy. | May 17, 2010 | Charlottesville, VA |
| Department of Biological Psychology, Free University of Amsterdam. One day workshop to cover essentials of statistical modeling of data from twins: univariate, multivariate, GxE, growth curves & comorbidity. Presentations and scripts are in this thread. | April 9, 2010 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| OpenMx workshop at University of Minnesota. Four hour workshop sponsored by the Quantitative Models and Methods group at UMN. Registration is free. | April 2, 2010 | Minneapolis, MN |
| 2010 International Workshop on Statistical Genetics and Methodology of Twin and Family Studies. Five day workshop funded by NIMH and hosted by the Institute for Behavior Genetics at the University of Colorado. | March 1 - 5, 2010 | Boulder, CO |
Courses
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