We have worked with statistical models for longitudinal data for more than two decades and this remains a vexing question to us both. There are so many modeling options from which to choose that it is often overwhelming to know which statistical method to use when. This is further complicated by the ongoing refinement of existing models and the development of wholly new models as each year passes. To help orient researchers to these many options, we recently presented a professional development workshop at the 2019 meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development titled Longitudinal Data Analysis: Knowing What to Do and Learning How to Do It and are pleased to make the materials for this workshop publicly available. We hope these materials help researchers identify which longitudinal data analysis techniques are best suited to test various kinds of hypotheses, and to decide among the many different training opportunities that exist for learning how to use these techniques with greater confidence. (more…)