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Core
Co-Leaders: Richard
Schulz, Ph.D., and Joel
Greenhouse, Ph.D
Staff: Bozena Zdaniuk, Ph.D., and Anna Aivaliotis 
The major functions of this core are to provide consultation on data management for Center supported pilot study investigators and statistical consultation to Center affiliated investigators. Our goal is to assure standardized and high quality data across all pilot studies and to promote the application of appropriate analytic methods in examining psychobiological processes. The core also sponsors selected workshops on new data collection and analytic methods.
Data Management Support  Consultation
and support is available on
 the
design of data collection forms,
the
development of a Manual of Operations and Procedures for pilot studies,
the
implementation of quality control procedures for data collection,
the
development of micro-computer based data entry systems, and
ensuring
of security and participant confidentiality for all data collected. |
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consultation is available without cost to investigators affiliated with
PMBC.
 Contact
Person: Bozena Zdaniuk,
Ph.D.
Data
management support services can also be purchased through the
University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR). Contact
Person: Bozena Zdaniuk,
Ph.D. or Scott Beach, Ph.D.
Statistical Consultation and Analytic Support Consultation
and support is available on design and methodological issues for investigating
and
analytically decomposing (unpacking) components of the Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center model. Support is available for the design phase of a study in order to assure that designs (and measurements) are efficient and optimal in the sense of taking full advantage of opportunities to investigate components of the PMBC model. At the analysis stage, relevant statistical support is available and includes a broad range of methods such as generalized linear models and regression models for time-to-event data to help facilitate the investigation of associations and pathways specified in the PMBC model. Consultation is also available on various approaches for analysis of moderator and mediator effects currently being discussed in the literature, assessing the relevance of various approaches to the data, and issues of model specification, including underlying model assumptions, and goodness-of-fit. Limited
consultation on statistical issues is available without cost to investigators
affiliated with PMBC. Contact Person: Bozena Zdaniuk, Ph.D.
Training and Advanced Methods Workshops On
a periodic basis, Core B offers workshops on basic and advanced data management
and
analysis issues. Presentation materials will be posted and can be accessed through this website. Scheduled workshops include the following: December
17 & 18, 2007
 Statistics
Workshop with Don Hedeker, Ph.D., Professor of Biostatistics,
University
of Chicago.
Cosponsored
with The Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
(Additional
details to follow)
 Data
Acquisition and Management Workshop, Feb. 16, 2006
INFO
(pdf File)INFO
(MSWord File)POWERPOINT
SLIDES (pdf File)
Computerized
Qualitative Data Analysis Workshop, March 2, 2006
INFO
(pdf File)INFO
(MSWord File)POWERPOINT
SLIDES (pdf File)
Workshop
on the Measurement of Racism, Discrimination, and Social/Cultural Contexts
Writing
Qualitatively Workshop, March 28, 2007
INFO
(pdf File)
The
Manifest Behaviors of Suffering. Lecture by Dr. Janice Morse, March,
28, 2007
INFO
(pdf File)
Workshops
are typically open to the University communities, but preference will be
given to faculty,
fellows, and graduate students affiliated with PMBC. Contact Person: Anna Aivaliotis |
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