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The UWSC continues to grow with the addition of a new Project Director to our staff
Griselle Sanchez joins the UWSC project directing corp in December of 2009. Griselle comes to the UWSC from the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, where she served as a program coordinator in the National Cancer Institutes’s …
UWSC Staff to share expertise on behavior coding at the Workshop on Question Evaluation Methods
Faculty Director, Nora Cate Schaeffer, will present at the upcoming Workshop in Question Evaluation Methods to be held October 21-23 and sponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Cancer Institute. Dr. …
UWSC to conduct research on enhancing participation in Biomarker Research in underrepresented populations
UWSC Survey Methodologist, Jen Dykema, and Project Director, Ken Croes, are partnering with Dorothy Edwards, Professor in Kinesiology and Occupational Therapy, and others on “Enhancing Participation of Underrepresented Groups in Biomarker Studies.” This project is …
Faculty Director, Nora Cate Schaeffer, to teach “Measurement and Questionnaires for Survey Research (Sociology 752)” Fall Semester 2010
Faculty Director, Nora Cate Schaeffer, is offering “Measurement and Questionnaire for Survey Reseach” this semester (Fall 2010) on Wednesdays from 7:45-10:45AM. This course provides an introduction to the conceptual issues raised by conducting measurement using …
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS)
The WLS is a unique, large-scale longitudinal study of adults and their families that covers more than half a century of life. It is a valuable resource for research on aging, life course, inter-generational transfers, relationships, family functioning, long term effects of education and cognitive ability, occupational careers, physical and mental well-being, and morbidity and mortality.
UWSC staff participate in UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health 50th Anniversary Symposium
Kelly Elver, UWSC’s Project Director in charge of the National Children’s Study Waukesha Vanguard Call Center, recently participated in a panel discussion about the NCS Waukesha study, along with Waukesha PI’s Dr. Maureen Durkin, Dr. …
UW Badger Poll data featured in award-winning paper by LSC graduate students and professors
LSC doctoral student Kajsa Dalrymple and professors Dominique Brossard, Dietram Schefeule and Al Gunther, along with graduate student Amy Brecker, win a Top 3 Faculty Paper Award by the Science Communication Interest Group of the …
WI Job Center Evaluation Study
This study was a federally mandated customer service evaluation of services received from Wisconsin Job Centers.
Milwaukee Area Renters Study (MARS)
The Milwaukee Area Renters Study (MARS) is an original survey of tenants in Milwaukee’s low-income private housing sector. The survey collected data on tenants’ current housing situation, neighborhood characteristics, civic engagement, material hardship, and social networks.