Session: Wednesday 9th July AM (09.15 - 12.45)

Title: Longitudinal Data Analysis: Methods and Applications

Convenor:

Professor Fiona Steele (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Abstract Details

This session includes presentations on methodological and applied research carried out by members of the NCRM LEMMA 3 node. New methodological developments have been implemented in the Stat-JR software package, developed under LEMMA. Topics include a review of methods for handling missing data, a comparison of different approaches to causal modelling, and models for the analysis of longitudinal and multilevel data structure. Areas of application include education, demography and economics.

Presentation downloads

Presenter: Andrew Bell

Stylised fact or situated messiness? A multilevel country panel analysis of the effects of debt on national economic growth, using Reinhart and Rogoff’s data

Presenter: Robert French

Exploring the role of the family in multilevel models of school effectiveness and student achievement using Swedish registry data

Presenter: Harvey Goldstein

How to handle missing data values

Presenter: George Leckie

Modelling heterogeneous 'variance-covariance components' in two-level multilevel models with application to school effects educational research

Presenter: George Leckie

Modelling heterogeneous 'variance-covariance components' in two-level multilevel models with application to school effects educational research

Presenter: Fiona Steele

A longitudinal mixed logit model for estimation of push and pull effects in residential location choice

The level of the session is: Advanced

Presentation details

There will be a coffee break from 10.45 - 11.15

Presentation 1

Start time: 09:15

Presentation title:Efficient methods for handling missing values in multilevel and longitudinal data structures: a review of methods and a description of available software

Author: Professor Harvey Goldstein (University of Bristol)

Presentation 2

Start time: 09:45

Presentation title:The causal analysis of longitudinal data: comparing three different approaches from three different disciplines

Author: Professor Paul Clarke (University of Essex)

Presentation 3

Start time: 10:15

Presentation title:Modelling heterogeneous variance-covariance components in two-level multilevel models with application to school effects educational research

Author: Dr George Leckie (University of Bristol)

Presentation 4

Start time: 11:15

Presentation title:Extending school evaluation models to identify the effect of families and neighbourhoods on students’ achievement using Swedish registry data

Author: Dr Robert French (University of Bristol)

Presentation 5

Start time: 11:45

Presentation title:A longitudinal mixed logit model for estimation of push and pull effects in residential location choice

Author: Professor Fiona Steele (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Presentation 6

Start time: 12:15

Presentation title:Stylised fact or situated messiness? A multilevel country panel analysis of the effects of debt on national economic growth, using Reinhart and Rogoff's data

Author: Mr Andrew Bell (University of Bristol)