Workshop length: Half-day

Presenter

Andrew Mackinnon, PhD
Black Dog Institute

Description

This workshop aims to equip participants to undertake the analysis of data arising from typical digital mental health trials that have continuous/scaled outcomes using contemporary, authoritative and evidence-based methods.   

The core of the workshop will involve mixed methods for repeated measures (MMRM), but preliminary steps in assessing and exploring data, model evaluation and post-modelling stages of analysis such as the estimation of specific contrasts and effect sizes will also be introduced and demonstrated. 

Relevant R packages, including MRMM, will be used but the use of other packages and other software will be briefly discussed. Issues that arise in analyses, caveats and limitations of the methods presented will also be discussed. 

Attendees may participate in demonstration analyses using their own laptop, buddy with a more proficient colleague, or simply watch (and learn).

Learning Objectives

By the end of this pre-conference workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understanding of the steps involved in trial analysis
• Enhanced skills in using R or other packages to undertake analyses
• Appreciation of the hazards, caveats, and limitations that apply to the analysis of trial data