267 Alexandru Cernat, Author of Longitudinal Data Analysis Using R

Alexandru Cernat (leanpub.com/u/...) is the author of Longitudinal Data Analysis Using R leanpub.com/lo...
In this interview, Leanpub co-founder Len Epp ( / lenepp ) talks with Alexandru ( / cernat_a ) about his background and career, his book, and his experience as an author.
This interview was recorded on August 2, 2023.
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About the Book
Longitudinal data is essential for understanding the world around us. It allows us to investigate change in time as well get better causal estimates. Nevertheless, this type of data is also more complex, making it difficult to manipulate, explore and analyse.
This book covers all the key skills needed for working with longitudinal data using a hands on approach and real world data. To insure a good foundation it starts by introducing the basics of R, regression modelling, path analysis and the key concepts of longitudinal data. It then covers how to efficiently prepare longitudinal data by importing, recoding and reshaping data. This is followed by a comprehensive introduction to data exploration using tables, summary statistics and visualizations. Finally, the book offers an in depth guide to state of the art statistical models for the analysis of longitudinal data such as the multilevel model for change, the latent growth model and the cross-lagged model.
About the Author
Alexandru Cernat is an associate professor in the social statistics department at the University of Manchester. He has a PhD in survey methodology from the University of Essex and was a post-doc at the National Centre for Research Methods and the Cathie Marsh Institute. His research and teaching focus on: survey methodology, longitudinal data, measurement error, latent variable modelling, new forms of data and missing data. You can find out more about him and his research at: www.alexcernat.com
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[@holeman1]

Thanks for an interesting interview. Alex is doing interesting work, and I hope to benefit from it.