1. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Research Integrative Data Analysis Friday Harbor Laboratory University of Washington August 29 - September 3, 2010

2. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Acknowledgements Funded in part by Grant R13AG030995 from the National Institute on Aging The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

3. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Meeting Structure Monday lectures - integrative analysis, longitudinal methods, Bayesian modeling Tuesday - Thursday workgroups  Workgroups applying methods to multiple, longitudinal cognitive aging datasets  Tuesday - Wednesday within study  Thursday - Integrative analyses Goal is to generate scientific manuscripts and presentations based on analyses initiated at this meeting

4. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Datasets Octo Twin Study  Boo Johansson  Longitudinal study of intact twin pairs aged 80 years and over at baseline Victoria Longitudinal Study  Roger Dixon  Longitudinal study of profiles and predictors of cognitive changes in healthy, community- dwelling middle-aged and older adults

5. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Datasets Seattle Longitudinal Study  Warner Schaie, Sherry Willis  Longitudinal cohort study of adult intellectual development Long Beach Longitudinal Study  Elizabeth Zelinski, Warner Schaie  Longitudinal cohort study of adult intellectual development

6. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Workgroups Octo Twin VLS SLS/LBLS Longitudinal IRT Factor Growth Models

7. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Schedule Monday Morning - Lectures Monday Afternoon - Study Summaries Tuesday - Workgroups Wednesday AM - Workgroups Wednesday PM - Free Thursday - Workgroups

8. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Acknowledgements Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA)  Scott Hofer, Andrea Piccinin Octo Twin Study  Boo Johansson, Magnus Lindwall Victoria Longitudinal Study  Roger Dixon, Stuart MacDonald

9. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Acknowledgements Seattle Longitudinal Study  Warner Schaie, Sherry Willis, Tara Madhyastha Long Beach Longitudinal Study  Elizabeth Zelinski

10. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Organizing Committee Jennifer Manly Laura Gibbons Paul Crane Rich Jones Scott Hofer Dan Mungas

11. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Logistics, Administration, Web Site, Legal Counsel Robin Sanchez, esq

12. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Enforcement Division Completion of Lecture and Conference Evaluations Jennifer Manly Ozzie Gus

13. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Ozzie will be watching!

14. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Gus will not be distracted!

15. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Introductions

16. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Conference Slogan Competition

17. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Conference Slogan Candidates IRT: Hurts so good

18. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Conference Slogan Candidates Oh Hypothesis 1, why can’t you be true?

19. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Conference Slogan Candidates Friday Harbor Psychometrics: I learned it through the Markov chain

20. Friday Harbor Psychometrics Workshop 2010 Conference Slogan Candidates Data Rules: Be creative to unlock the secrets of the world, but mind your P’s and Q’s