1. Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Research Measuring and Modeling Early Cognitive Decline
Friday Harbor Laboratory
University of Washington
September , 2015
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2. Acknowledgements
Funded in part by Grant R13AG 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.
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3. Meeting Structure Monday
Scientific symposium – Early cognitive decline and the aging brain
Workgroup organization
Tuesday- Thursday AM – workgroups
Wednesday afternoon – Free (weather?)
Thursday PM – Workgroup presentations, wrap up, planning
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4. Meeting Goals Promote collaborative science
Build networks of collaborators
Train and broaden skill sets of new and established investigators
Promote advanced psychometric and statistical methods
Methods in service of SCIENCE
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5. Meeting Expectations Learn something new and have fun doing it
Conceptualize and develop collaborative projects in small workgroups
Initiate literature review
Plan and initiate data analysis
Establish investigator teams and plan to complete projects and manuscripts
Publish scientific findings
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6. Datasets Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
Framingham Heart Study
Rush ADRC
Religious Orders Study
Memory and Aging Study
Minority Aging Research Study
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7. Workgroups
Dynamic sequencing of disease related brain changes and cognition
Differentiate normative and pathological aging cognitive trajectories
Identify best cognitive predictors of brain changes associated with diseases of aging
Examine how measurement methods and psychometric characteristics affect test validity
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8. Acknowledgements Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI)
Mike Weiner and many, many others
Rush ADRC
David Bennett, Bryan James, and many, many others
Framingham Heart Study
Sudha Seshadri, Rhoda Au and many, many others
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9. Acknowledgements UC Davis Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Charles DeCarli, Jayne Lagrande
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10. Organizing Committee Paul Crane Laura Gibbons Maria Glymour
Alden Gross
Rich Jones
Jennifer Manly
Dan Mungas
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11. Logistics, Administration, Management
Shelly Allocco
Pre and post-conference
Pega Davoudzadeh
Onsite
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12. Dataset Creation and Dissemination, Software Installation
Laura Gibbons
Elizabeth Sanders
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13. Compliance Division Completion of Lecture and Conference Evaluations
Jennifer Manly
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14. Introductions
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15. Questions to Answer Introduce yourself Who are you Where are you from
What would you like people to know about you
If all cell phones disappeared tomorrow
Would your life be better or worse
What would you miss the most
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16. Conference Slogan Competition - 2010
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17. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest
It’s the thought that counts
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18. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest
ICCs: The not so slippery slopes
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19. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest
I know it's only latent growth but I like it
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20. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest
Friday Harbor Psychometrics:
. . . but we go to 11
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21. 2010 Conference Slogan Contest
Friday Harbor Psychometrics:
Theta is not a 4 letter word.
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22. 2011 Competition - Best Quote
Rules
Must be something somebody actually said
Can be related in some way to science, neuroimaging, genetics, Alzheimer’s disease, cognition, psychometric methods, data analysis
Extra points if it has appeared on the Colbert Report
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23. Examples (already taken)
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24. “What a waste it is to lose one’s mind,
or not to have a mind as being truly wasteful.
How true that is.”
--Dan Quayle
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25. “Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.”
--George Box
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26. “The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.”
--Claude Lévi-Strauss
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27. “Some scientists work so hard there is no time left for serious thinking.”
--Francis Crick
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28. “If everything seems under control you’re just not going fast enough.”
--Mario Andretti
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29. “Tact is taking time to think before saying nothing.”
--sign posted outside of a church
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30. “When an idea is lacking, a word can always be found to take its place
--from W. E. Deming who attributed it to Goethe
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31. “A professor is someone who talks in someone else’s sleep.”
--from W. H. Auden
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32. “Confidence: The feeling you have just before you understand the situation.”
--from Our Daily Bread, July 10, 2010
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33. “… discreet cosines.” --from Charles DeCarli
What happens in Friday Harbor stays in Friday Harbor!
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34. "The Alzheimer's Association is well-endowed thanks to the Weiner App
--undisclosed source, Friday Harbor, 6/7/11
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35. “If the model doesn't converge, you're toast.”
--Laurel Beckett
Who says we’re not on the front line!
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36. "It's a firehose of data." --Paul Crane
Definite first-responder theme!
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37. “Ladies and gentlemen, start you engines."
--Indy 500 Starter
Stay off the wall on the last lap!
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38. “My legs are sore." --anonymous
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39. “We don’t need computers, we just need a rock.”
--Alden Gross
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41. “You don’t know Jack.” --folk saying
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42. “Don’t lose your head to gain a minute. You need your head
“Don’t lose your head to gain a minute. You need your head. Your brains are in it.”
--Burma Shave sign
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