Forthcoming and Recent Research Courses at International Conferences
Generalized linear latent and mixed models. Course at the XXIVth International Biometric Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2008.
Generalized linear latent and mixed models. Course at the
Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Statistical Association, Tromso, Norway, 2007.
Multilevel Modeling using Stata. Course at the 2006
Summer Update Program in Public Health and Epidemiology, Instituto
Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2006
Generalized linear latent and mixed models. Course at the Joint Statistical Meetings
2006 (sponsored by the Biometrics Section of the
American Statistical Association), Seattle, USA, 2006
Multilevel Modelling for Longitudinal Survey Data. Course at MOLS 2006: Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys .
University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 2006.
Generalized linear latent and mixed models. Course at the Biennial Conference of the
"Fachgruppe Methoden und Evaluation" of the German Psychological
Society. University of Münster, Germany, 2005.
Generalized linear latent and mixed models. Course at SAMSI (Statistical and Applied
Mathematical Sciences Institute) theme year on Latent
Variable Models in the Social Sciences. Research Triangle Park, NC,
USA, 2005
Generalized latent variable modeling. Tutorial at the Workshop on
Latent Variable Models and Complex Survey Data, part of the SAMSI theme year on Latent
Variable Models in the Social Sciences. Montreal, Canada, 2005
Generalized linear latent and mixed models. Course at the 2005
ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, International Chinese Statistical
Association, Washington, USA, 2005
Multilevel Modeling using Stata program gllamm. Course at the 2005
Summer Update Program in Public Health and Epidemiology, Instituto
Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2005
Generalized linear latent and mixed models. Course at the North American Stata Users
Meeting 2004, Boston, USA, 2004
Generalized linear latent and mixed models. Course at the Joint Statistical Meetings
2004 (sponsored by the Biometrics Section of the
American Statistical Association), Toronto, Canada, 2004
Generalized linear latent and mixed modeling. Course at the International Workshop on
Statistical Modelling, Florence, Italy, 2004
Multilevel and latent variable modeling of discrete data. Course at the
2004
Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Pacific Grove, USA, 2004
Analysis of repeated measurements and multilevel data. Course at the 2003 Conference of
the Norwegian Epidemiological Association, Oslo, Norway, 2003
Multilevel and latent variable modeling using gllamm. Preconference
Course, 2003 International
Biometric Society Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, 2003
Kuha, J. and Skrondal, A. (2007). Discussion of Handcock, Raftery and Tantrum.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 170, 341-342.
Samuelsen, S.O., Aanestad, H. and Skrondal, A. (2007).
Stratified case-cohort analysis of general cohort sampling designs.
Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 34 103-119.
Zheng, X., Rabe-Hesketh, S. and Skrondal, A. (2006). Multilevel structural equation modeling of ordinal responses.
Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, 1972-1979. Alexandria, VA: American
Statistical Association.
Aamodt, G., Samuelsen, S.O. and Skrondal, A. (2006). A
simulation study of three methods for detecting disease clusters.
International Journal of Health Geographics, 5 15.
Samuelsen, S.O., Wisløff, T.F. and Skrondal, A. (2005). A simple
correction for ties when censoring times depend on covariates.
Statistics in Medicine, 24, 3111-3121.
Rabe-Hesketh, S. and Skrondal, A. (2005). Probit model. In
Everitt, B. and Palmer, C. (ed.) Encyclopedic Companion to Medical
Statistics. London: Arnold.
Samuelsen, S.O., Wisløff, T.F. and Skrondal, A. (2004). A simple
correction for ties when censoring times depend on covariates.
Statistical Research Report No.3, Department of Mathematics,
University of Oslo. ISSN 0806-3842.
Rabe-Hesketh, S., Pickles, A. and Skrondal, A. (2003).
Correcting for covariate measurement error in logistic regression using
nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation. Statistical Modelling
3, 215-232.
Rabe-Hesketh, S. and Skrondal, A. (2002). Estimating chopit
models in gllamm. Technical Report, Department of Biostatistics and
Computing, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London.
Rabe-Hesketh, S. and Skrondal, A. (2001). Parameterization of
multivariate random effects models for categorical data. Biometrics
57 (4), 1256-1264.
Applied Papers
Vassend, O. and Skrondal, A. (2005). The five-factor model of
personality. Language, factor structure and the problem of generalization.
Submitted for publication.
Nafstad, P., Brunekreef, B., Skrondal, A. and Nystad, W. (2005).
Early respiratory infections, asthma, and allergy. 10-year follow-up of
the Oslo Birth Cohort. Pediatrics 116, 255-262.
Spydslaug, A., Eskild, A., Trogstad, L.I.S., Nesheim, B-I. and
Skrondal, A. (2005). Recurrence risk of anal sphincter laceration.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 105, 307-313.
Nafstad, P., Jaakkola, J.J., Skrondal, A. and Magnus, P. (2005).
Day-care center characteristics and children's respiratory health.
Indoor Air 15 (2), 69-75.
Krokstad, S., Magnus, P., Skrondal, A. and Westin, S. (2004).
The importance of social characteristics of communities for the medically
based disability pension. European Journal of Public Health,
14, 406-412.
Trogstad, L.I.S., Skrondal, A., Magnus, P., Eskild, A. and
Stoltenberg, C. (2004). Recurrence risk of preclampsia in twin and
singleton pregnancies. American Journal of Medical Genetics,
126, 41-45.
Eberhard-Gran, M., Eskild, A., Tambs, K. and Skrondal, A.
(2004). The risk of depression in the postpartum period as compared to the
pregnancy period and the first postnatal year. Journal of Psychosomatic
Obstetrics & Gynecology, 25, 15-21.
Eberhardt-Gran, M., Tambs, K., Opjordsmoen S., Skrondal, A. and
Eskild, A. (2003). A comparison of anxiety and depressive symptomatology
in postpartum and non-postpartum women. Social Psychiatry and
Psychiatric Epidemiology 38, 551-556.
Oftedal, B., Nafstad, P., Bjorkly, S., Magnus, P. and Skrondal,
A. (2003). Reduction in ambient benzene level - reduced health risk?.
European Journal of Epidemiology 18, 671-675.
Vangen, S., Stray-Pedersen, B., Skrondal, A., Magnus, P. and
Stoltenberg, C. (2003). High risk of caesarean section among ethnic
Filipinos. Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavica 82,
192-193.
Nafstad, P., Skrondal, A. and Bjertness, E. (2001). Mortality
and temperature in Oslo, Norway, 1990-1995. European Journal of
Epidemiology 17, 621-627.
Magnus, P., Gjessing, H.K., Skrondal, A. and Skjaerven, R.
(2001). The paternal contribution to birth weight. Journal of
Epidemiology and Community Health 55, 873-877.
Jaakkola, J., Magnus, P., Skrondal, A., Hwang, B.F., Bechger, G.
and Dybing, E. (2001). Fetal growth and gestational age in relation to
water chlorination practice. Occupational and Enviromental Medicine
58, 437-442.
Eskild, A., Jenum, P., Hagen, J., Jeansson, S. and Skrondal, A.
(2000). Herpes simplex virus Type-2 antibodies: The impact of the stage of
pregnancy. Epidemiology & Infection 125, 685-692.
Vangen, S., Stoltenberg, C., Skrondal, A., Magnus, P., and
Stray-Pedersen, B. (2000). Cesarean section, impact of foeto-pelvic
disproportion and other risk factors. A study of immigrants and the
indigenous population of Norway 1986-95. Acta Obstetrica et
Gynecologica Scandinavica 79, 553-558.
Magnus, P., Jaakkola, J., Skrondal, A., Alexander, J., Bechger,
G., Krogh, T. and Dybing, E. (2000). Water chlorination and birth defects.
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey 55, 134-135.
Skrondal, A., Eskild, A. and Thorvaldsen, J. (2000). Changes in
condom use after HIV diagnosis. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
28, 71-76.
Hagen, J., Nafstad, P., Skrondal, A., Bjorkly, S. and Magnus, P.
(2000). Associations between outdoor air pollutants and hospitalization
for respiratory diseases. Epidemiology 11, 136-140.
Pedersen, W. and Skrondal, A. (1999). Ecstacy and new patterns
of drug use: A normal population study. Addiction 94,
1695-1706.
Jensen, J., Aslesen, T., Skrondal, A. and Jebens, E. (1999).
Enhanced glycogen concentration increases adrenaline-mediated glycogen
phosphorylase activation in rat soleus muscle. Biochimica et Biophysica
Acta 1472, 215-222.
Vassend, O. and Skrondal, A. (1999). The role of Negative
Affectivity in self-assessment of health. A structural equation approach.
Journal of Health Psychology 4, 465-482.
Magnus, P., Jaakkola, J., Skrondal, A., Alexander, J., Bechger,
G., Krogh, T. and Dybing, E. (1999). Water chlorination and birth defects:
A nationwide registry based study. Epidemiology 10,
513-517.
Nystad, W., Skrondal, A., and Magnus, P. (1999). Day care
attendance, recurrent respiratory tract infections and asthma.
International Journal of Epidemiology 28, 882-887.
Vassend, O. and Skrondal, A. (1999). The problem of structural
indeterminacy in multidimensional symptom report instruments. The case of
SCL-90-R. Behaviour Research and Therapy 37, 685-701.
Stoltenberg, C., Magnus, P., Skrondal, A., Lie, R.T. (1999).
Consanguinity and recurrence risk of stillbirth and infant death.
American Journal of Public Health 89, 517-523.
Stoltenberg, C., Magnus, P., Skrondal, A., Lie, R.T. (1999).
Consanguinity and recurrence risk of birth defects. A population based
study. American Journal of Medical Genetics 82, 423-428.
Nystad, W., Skrondal, A., Njaa, F., Hetlevik, O., Carlsen, K.H.
and Magnus, P. (1998). Recurrent respiratory tract infections during the
first three years of life and atopy in school age. Allergy
53, 1189-1194.
Lund, K.E, Skrondal, A., Verio, H. and Helgason, A.R. (1998). To
what extent do parents strive to protect their children from enviromental
tobacco smoke in the Nordic countries? A population based study.
Tobacco Control 26, 56-60.
Lund, K.E, Skrondal, A., Verio, H. and Helgason, A.R. (1998).
Children's residential exposure to enviromental tobacco smoke varies
greatly between the Nordic countries. Scandinavian Journal of Social
Medicine 26, 115-120.
Olsen, A.O., Dillner, J., Skrondal, A. and Magnus, P. (1998).
Combined effect of smoking and human papillomavirus type 16 in cervical
carcinogenesis. Epidemiology 9, 346-349.
Pedersen, W. and Skrondal, A. (1998). Alcohol consumption debut:
Predictors and consequences. Journal of Studies on Alcohol
59, 32-42.
Vassend, O. and Skrondal, A. (1997). Validation of the NEO
personality inventory and the five factor model. Can findings from
exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis be reconciled? European
Journal of Personality 11, 147-166.
Horven-Wigers, S., Skrondal, A., Finset, A. and Gotestam, K.
(1997). Measuring change in fibromyalgic pain: The relevance of pain
distribution. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain 5, 29-41.
Lavik, N.J., Hauff, E., Solberg, O. and Skrondal, A. (1996).
Mental disorder among refugees and the impact of persecution and exile:
Some findings from an outpatient population. British Journal of
Psychiatry 169, 726-732.
Pedersen, W. and Skrondal, A. (1996). Alcohol and sexual
victimization: A longitudinal study of norwegian girls. Addiction
91, 565-581.
Vassend, O. and Skrondal, A. (1995). Factor analytic studies of
the NEO personality inventory and the five-factor model: The problem of
high structural complexity and conceptual indeterminacy. Personality
and Individual Differences 19, 135-147.
Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling Using Stata 
Biometrics, 64, 280-288. 