An international workshop devoted to survey interviewers and their effects on total survey error was held February 26-28, 2019 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska. The event brought together an international group of …
Conferences
Conference attendance or presentations
Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer, Associate Director John Stevenson, and Survey Methodologist Jennifer Dykema Participate in the 2019 AASRO Meeting
The Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations (AASRO) held their 13th Annual Meeting hosted by the Bureau of Sociological Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There, participants from academic survey research organizations across the country met to discuss pressing issues and topics relevant to their centers and institutions including spam blocking and other operations-based difficulties and advances, methods to convey the value of our centers to University Leadership, and educational practices and initiatives. Peter Miller, past AAPOR President and former Senior Research for the Survey Measurement at the US Census Bureau, gave a riveting invited talk on “Relevance, Credibility, and Trust.”
UWSC (Re)presenting at MAPOR
John Stevenson, Jennifer Dykema, Nora Cate Schaeffer, and Vicki Lein will represent the University of Wisconsin Survey Center at the 2018 Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) Annual Conference in Chicago this month. The theme for this year’s conference is “Embracing a Diverse Future in Public Opinion Research” and UWSC will be participating in several capacities at the conference.
UWSC’s Nathan Jones giving talk at Center for Demography and Ecology’s Computational Demography Summer Seminar
UWSC’s Nathan Jones will be giving a talk as part of the Center for Demography and Ecology’s Computational Demography summer seminar.
UWSC Staff to participate in the 51st annual International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC)
Many staff from the UWSC will participate in the 51st annual IFD&TC in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 21st – 24th 2017. Staff will participate by giving presentations, leading panel and round table discussions, and …
UWSC staff to participate in the 72nd annual AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Conference
Several staff from the UWSC will present at the annual meeting of the 2017 conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 18-21. As in previous years, …
UWSC staff participate in the 41st annual conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR)
UWSC staff presented papers at the annual meeting of the 2016 conference of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) in Chicago, Illinois on November 18-19.
2016 Federal CASIC workshops
Chris Schlapper, Rob Schultz, and Eric White demonstrate collaborative bi-directional data collection using a laptop and a tablet simultaneously in CAPI interviews at the 2016 Federal CASIC workshops (FedCASIC). This is a methodological and technological …
UWSC attends the North American Data Documentation Initiative (NADDI) conference
Brendan Day, Kate Krueger, and Eric White attend the North American Data Documentation Initiative (NADDI) conference in Edmonton, Alberta, CA. UWSC is investigating both how it can best use the DDI standard internally and how …
UWSC Staff to participate in the 50th annual International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC)
Several staff from the UWSC will participate in the 50th annual IFD&TC in Austin, Texas on May 15th – 18th 2016. Staff will participate by giving presentations, leading panel and round table discussions, and facilitating …