ADVANCED ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS

申请人摘要：拟议的ISA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进行高级统计 分析他们的数据，并传播关于新方法的信息，以便 酒类及相关领域的其他人也能从中受益。五 发展和预防研究中不可或缺的统计领域 将研究酒精问题：分类数据和其他非正常数据 分析、混合数据分析、多层次数据分析、缺失数据 分析，以及纵向数据分析。与研究人员就以下问题进行合作 对他们酒精数据的分析将涉及几个高级分析 与酒精问题有关的纵向数据集。传播 将提供有关该项目内开发的新方法的信息 通过出版以实质性和方法性为导向的 文章，一本书的写作和培训课程，描述这些新的 预付款。 计划开展两种主要类型的职业发展和培训活动 在《内审法》范围内：关于与以下方面有关的实质性研究问题的培训 酒精问题的发展和预防与高级统计学 训练。实质性培训的中心部分将通过以下方式进行 与几位关键的酒精专家建立了学徒式的关系。这将是 辅以相关的实质性和统计课程和出席率 在专业会议上。 评论A

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