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