Several UWSC staff will present at the annual meeting of the 2014 conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in Anaheim, California on May 15-18. As in previous years, UWSC staff will …
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UWSC staff participate in the 38th annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR)
UWSC staff are presenting a paper on straightlining in a mail-web mixed-mode survey at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) in Chicago, Illinois, November 22-23: “Straightlining: Overview of Measurement, …
“Questions for Surveys: Current Trends and Future Directions” by UWSC Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer and Survey Methodologist Jennifer Dykema in the 75th Anniversary Issue of Public Opinion Quarterly is among the most read articles in Public Opinion Quarterly.
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UWSC achieves 95% response rate for CalYOUTH Study
UWSC Field interviewers completed over 725 in-person interviews for Wave 1 of the CalYOUTH Study attaining a 95.5% response rate overall. This is a major achievement for the baseline round of interviews with foster care …
Dictionary of American Regional English Qualitative Data Collection (DARE)
UWSC assisted the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), the world-renowned authority on dialectical variation in the United States, with a qualitative data collection effort.
Featured Artists – Vera Nikiforov and Phillip Billings
UWSC is pleased to offer its second public art exhibit, an exhibit of two Madison Art Guild members for its second public gallery on the 4th floor of Sterling Hall. In this show, Vera Nikiforov …
National Academies Press releases report, Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda
A panel assembled by the National Research Council’s Committee on National Statistics has released a study of why survey response rates are declining and what this means for the accuracy of survey results. The report, …
Article on “Surveying Clinicians by Web: Current Issues in Design and Administration” by UWSC staff featured in special issue of Evaluation & the Health Professions
The September issue of Evaluation & the Health Professions is devoted to articles focused on “Surveying Clinicians.” Among the articles featured is a paper by UWSC staff members Jennifer Dykema, Nathan Jones, Tara Piché and …
UWSC Project Director Nathan Jones travels to Africa to work on an early childhood assessment project in refugee camps
UWSC Senior Project Director Nathan Jones recently traveled to a Darfuri refugee camp in eastern Chad to conduct an early childhood assessment for a new preschool program. A non-governmental organization (NGO) called Little Ripples hired …
Wisconsin Early Childcare Study (WECCS)
The Wisconsin Early Childcare Study (WECCS) is a validation study designed to examine whether child care providers in the state of Wisconsin with higher ratings are better able to promote healthy development and learning.