Date |
Topic |
Readings |
January 25 |
1. Organizational Meeting
2. Matt McGue: Course orientation for undergraduates
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| February 1 |
1. Diana Samek :
The MTFS Life Events Project
2. Meg Keyes
Odds Ratio vs. Risk Ratio: Which Is It?
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| February 8 |
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February 15 |
1. Steve Malone :
Weighting Procedures For the ES Sample
2. Heny Yoon :
TBD
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February 22 |
1. Yvette Perry :
Cultural Socialization in the SIBS Sample
2. Wendy Johnson :
Biometric Assumptions: Should You Be Worried?
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1. Bob Krueger & Jaime Derringer:
Alternative Metrics for Assessing Model Fit
2. Greg Perlman:
Should we be using Type II or Type III Sums of Squares?
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March 7 |
1. Brian Hicks :
Genotype x Environment Interaction Effects on Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology
2. Jake Buchanan :
Regression Approaches with Symptom Count Data
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March 14 |
1. Lisa Legrand
Outcomes in Twins Discortdant for Early Pregnancy
2. Casey Gilmore
Stability of time-frequency components underlying the P3 ERP From Age 17 to Age 29 |
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Undergrads: Paper Topic Due
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March 21 |
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Macrh 28 |
1. Steven Ludeke :
A Longitudinal Twin Study of the Parent-Offspring Relationship
2. Rob Kirkpatrick :
CHRM2 Polymorphisms and Cognitive Functioning
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Apirl 4 |
1. Martha Rueter :
Family interactions in adoptive compared to biological families: Theoretical implications
2. Mark Kramer:
Development of a trait fear inventory using item response theory
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Undergrads: Paper Outline Due
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April 11 |
1. Ana Dirago :
Age of onset and persistence of Major Depressive Disorder and their effect on personality trajectories from late-adolescence to early-adulthood
2. Brian Hicks and Meg Keyes:
Report from the NIDA Genetics Workshop
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April 18 |
1. Cornelia Iucha :
TBA
2. Susan South :
TBA
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April 25 |
RESEARCH DAY:
PRESENTATIONS BY STUDENTS AND POST DOCS
SPECIAL GUEST: CAROL PRESCOTT
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May 2 |
1. Dan Irons :
The MCTFR DNA Database
2. Bill Oetting :
TBA |
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May 9 |
1. Irene Elkins :
TBA
2. Mark Kramer :
TBA |
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UNDERGRADUATES
PAPER DUE LAST DAY OF CLASS |
| CLASS OVER HAVE A GREAT SUMMER |
ASSIGNED READINGS
Atkins, D. C., & Gallop, R. J. (2007). Rethinking how family researchers model infrequent outcomes: A tutorial on count regression and zero-inflated models. Journal of Family Psychology, 21(4), 726-735.
Hu, L. T., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling, 6(1), 1-55.
Langsrud, Y. (2003). ANOVA for unbalanced data: Use Type II instead of Type III sums of squares. Statistics and Computing, 13(2), 163-167.
Purcell, S. (2002). Variance components models for gene-environment interaction in twin analysis. Twin Research, 6, 554-571.
Shaw, R. G., & Mitchell-Olds, T. (1993). Anova for Unbalanced Data - an Overview. Ecology, 74(6), 1638-1645.
Sistrom, C. L., & Garvan, C. W. (2004). Proportions, odds, and risk. Radiology, 230(1), 12-19.
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