ADVANCED ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS

申请人摘要：拟议的伊萨研究有三个主要目标： 开发新的统计方法，以更好地回答 与酒精的发展和预防有关的酒精研究 问题，与酒精研究人员合作， 分析他们的数据，并传播有关新方法的信息， 酒精和相关领域的其他人可以从中受益。 五 研究发展和预防艾滋病毒/艾滋病所不可或缺的统计领域 酒精问题的研究：分类和其他非正态数据 分析，混合数据分析，多水平数据分析，缺失数据 纵向数据分析。 与研究人员合作， 对他们酒精数据的分析将涉及对几个 关于酒精问题的纵向数据集。 传播 关于项目内开发的新方法的信息将在 通过出版注重实质和方法的 文章，一本书的写作，和培训课程描述这些新的 预付款。 规划了两大类职业发展和培训活动 在伊萨范围内： 酒精问题的发展和预防以及先进的统计 训练 实质性培训的核心部分将通过 和几个重要的酒精专家保持学徒般的关系 这将是 辅之以相关的实质性和统计课程， 在专业会议上。 审查

APPLICANT'S ABSTRACT: The proposed ISA research has three major aims: to develop new statistical methods to better answer substantive questions in alcohol research related to the development and prevention of alcohol problems, to collaborate with alcohol researchers on advanced statistical analysis of their data, and to disseminate information on the new methods so that others in the alcohol and related fields can benefit from them. Five areas of statistics integral to the study of the development and prevention of alcohol problems will be studied: categorical and other non-normal data analysis, mixture data analysis, multilevel data analysis, missing data analysis, and longitudinal data analysis. Collaboration with researchers on the analysis of their alcohol data will involve advanced analyses of several longitudinal datasets concerned with alcohol problems. Dissemination of information on the new methods developed within the project will take place through the publication of substantively- and methodologically-oriented articles, the writing of a book, and training sessions describing these new advances. Two major types of career development and training activities are planned within the ISA: training on substantive research issues related to the development and prevention of alcohol problems and advanced statistical training. The central part of the substantive training will occur through apprentice-like relationships with a few key alcohol experts. This will be complemented by relevant substantive and statistical courses and attendance at professional meetings. REVIEW A