Longitudinal Data Analysis Using R - Online Course

“Professor Vaisey is fabulous at explaining things and he really emphasizes providing students a deeper level of understanding about the statistics he is teaching. He really stresses understanding the key concepts and what the models are doing so that you can be an intelligent, thoughtful practitioner. He also, through that approach, fits a wide range of longitudinal models into a single conceptual framework, which really ties what your research question is and what your data is like, to which modeling approaches you should consider. What’s more, the class is fun. Vaisey has a great sense of humor and it’s honestly entertaining (as well as informative) just hearing him talk about these things.”

“The instructor Dr. Vaisey was great. He had clear explanations, was engaging, very knowledgeable, yet also very chill and approachable. I feel like I have a way better grasp of longitudinal model options. He also took the time to walk us through things that he didn’t necessarily need to, but did as an above and beyond instructor, such as R shortcuts and walking through formulas. He is the only teacher I have ever had that has acknowledged that formulas are intimidating and that our brain wants to skid over them, which was really validating because I have always felt like I struggle with statistic formulas more than others in my field. I would definitely take a course with him again.”

“The course was very well organized. Great concepts with separate coding files, exercises, etc., and Stephen is very good at communicating the conceptual parts of the models. I would recommend the course to anyone who needs a good overview of different longitudinal models and to understand the underlying mechanisms of the models.”

“The lectures were excellent, but for me the most useful take-away is the additional course materials. Working R scripts for each of the methods presented, with sample exercises, are critical for short-course students to help reinforce understanding and give us the ability to tinker a bit to understand how the code works and why it does what it does. Too often, statistical courses show students a haze of formulae and symbols but no working examples of how to actually execute the analysis in practice, often leaving them no better off than before taking the course. Tremendous appreciation to the instructor for sharing truly excellent course materials.” 

“Dr. Vaisey was amazing! He broke everything down well, provided all of the R code in the slides and R Markdown file, and kept the class entertaining and light hearted.”

“The hands-on opportunity to apply information in R was very helpful. The instructor obviously knows his stuff. I loved the conceptual explanations as I felt this deepened my understanding of stats, which I loved.” 

“Stephen is a genius in explaining these complex issues! The exercises were great.” 

“The hands-on exercises were very helpful for absorbing material. I appreciated the accessibility of the instructor. Overall, this course was very helpful.”