[gov3009-l] Gov 3009 Applied Statistics Workshop (2/9) -- Tyler VanderWeele

Dear Applied Statistics Workshop Community, Our next meeting of the semester will be at *12:10 pm (EST) Wednesday, February 9*, where Tyler VanderWeele <https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/tyler-vanderweele/> (Harvard University) presents "The Global Flourishing Study - Seeking Analytic Input." *Abstract* The recently launched Global Flourishing Study <https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/files/pik/files/globalflourishingstudy_report.pdf> is a longitudinal research study being carried out in collaboration between scholars at the Human Flourishing Program <https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/> at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion, Gallup, and the Center for Open Science. The study will involve data collection for approximately 240,000 participants, from 22 geographically and culturally diverse countries, with nationally representative samples within each country, and with annual data collection on the same panel of individuals for five waves of data. The survey includes a rich set of questions on well-being along with demographic, social, economic, political, religious, personality, childhood, community, health and character-based questions. The data will constitute an open-access resource available to scholars throughout the world. However, in addition to what are hoped to be diverse and wide-ranging uses of the data, the primary research team intends to carry out a series of coordinated parallel pre-registered analyses. The talk will give an overview of the Global Flourishing Study itself and the flourishing framework that motivated it, along with current analysis plans for the coordinated pre-registered studies, with the aim of receiving critique, suggestions, and feedback from the Applied Statistics Workshop participants. Open questions will be put forward concerning appropriate meta-analytic summaries, confounder control with a large number of highly correlated indicators, and challenges of missing data and attrition, all while respecting complex survey weights, the limitations of existing software, and the desire to allow the utilization of multiple software packages given the size and diversity of the primary research team. *Where:* CGIS Knafel Building, Room K354 (See this link <https://map.harvard.edu/?bld=04471&level=9> for directions). *When:* Wednesday, February 9 at 12:10 - 1:30 pm. (Bagged lunches available for pick-up at CGIS K354 *11:30 - 11:45 am*, for the participants who responded to our previous survey. The CGIS cafe on the first floor has been designated as an eating area, and participants may also use outdoor spaces for lunch. Please be present at K354 by 12:10 pm for the presentations.) *Zoom link*: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97004196610?pwd=eGFydkF5RDRjUlk5RVcyTjV6OStUQT09 (For the participants who cannot join the session physically.) *Schedule of the workshop*: https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009 Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday! Best, Sooahn