Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Advanced Psychometric Workshop Cognitive Screening Instruments Friday Harbor Laboratory University of Washington August 22-27, 2007

Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Overview of Workshop Overall Theme  Psychometric methods for optimizing screening tests Methods  Item Response Theory  Covariance Structure Analysis Program  Didactic Presentations (Thursday, Friday AM)  Workgroups (Saturday, Sunday)

Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Dataset Canadian Study of Health and Aging  Ian McDowell - PI, Holly Tuokko, coI  Large epidemiological study of Canadian elders  Cognitive screening and neuropsyhological test data

Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Workgroup Analysis Topics Psychometric analysis of CSHA cognitive screening measure  Construction of brief, efficient screen Dimensional structure of CSHA cognitive test results Combining items from CHSA screen and neuropsychological test battery to improve screening accuracy

Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Schedule Thurday morning  Workshop Overview  Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Neuropsychology  CSHA Scientific Summary Thursday Afternoon  IRT and SEM basics  IRT Demonstration  SEM Demonstration

Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Schedule Friday Morning  IRT Advanced Topics  Psychometric Issues for Screening Tests / 2- Stage Sampling  Overview of CSHA dataset  Organize Workgroups Friday Afternoon  Free

Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Schedule Saturday Morning  Organize Workgroups  Start Workgroups Saturday Afternoon  Workgroups Saturday Evening  Workgroup Report

Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Schedule Sunday Morning  Workgroups Afternoon  Workgroups  Workgroup Report

Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2007 Schedule Monday Morning  Work Group Planning  Wrap-up  Evaluation