(Separate Fee Required) RMW-2: Moderation, Mediation and Longitudinal Analysis

This workshop will cover moderation, mediation, and longitudinal data analysis. Participants will gain a conceptual understanding of these analytic methods, supplemented by real-life analysis examples and program codes demonstrating moderation and mediation analyses with longitudinal data. Dr. Choi, PI of the Midwest Longitudinal Study of Asian American Families (MLSAAF), has been following Filipino American and Korean American families since 2014 (N=1,574 at baseline, currently collecting Wave 5). She will introduce the longitudinal design of her study and provide example research questions that are best addressed by moderation, mediation, and longitudinal analyses. Dr. Park, Co-Investigator of MLSAAF, has extensively used the data since Wave 1 and will provide analytic and program details to conduct analyses, using the published examples. The session aims to increase methodological rigor in social work research that can produce meaningful results for social work practice and policy. STATA will be used throughout the workshop.