On 21 January, a webinar developed by Jennifer Dykema (UWSC Survey Methodologist), Nora Cate Schaeffer (UWSC Faculty Director), and Dana Garbarski (Loyola University Chicago) was presented for members of the American Association for Public Opinion …
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What makes a good life? UWSC client Dr. Robert Waldinger talks about three important lessons learned from his research
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist and UWSC client Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.
UWSC researchers explore the effects of second prepaid incentives and envelope messaging on response rates in an addressed-based mail survey about health
UWSC researchers along with collaborators at UW-Madison and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research recently published findings in Public Opinion Quarterly of two studies designed to examine the effect of sequential prepaid incentives and …
Dr. Nora Cate Schaeffer named 2015 MAPOR Fellow
On November 20th, at the 40th annual MAPOR Conference (Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research), Dr. Nora Cate Schaeffer, UW Survey Center faculty director and Sewell Bascom Professor of Sociology, was named MAPOR’s 2015 Fellow. …
UWSC researchers provide advice about questionnaire design in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Nora Cate Schaeffer, Faculty Director and Jennifer Dykema, Survey Methodologist have reviewed the large literature that provides the basis for recommendations about how to improve the reliability and validity of standardized measurement, whether in survey …
Results of successful web surveys conducted by UWSC for the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science released
The University of Wisconsin Survey Center’s work in administering two very successful web surveys of University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science Alumni was released in early October, 2015. To see the announcement, click …
UWSC’s Milwaukee Area Renters Study (MARS) spotlighted by MacArthur Foundation announcement of Class of 2015 MacArthur Fellows. Principal investigator of MARS, Dr. Matthew Desmond – now at Harvard University – has been selected as a fellow
UWSC has become a Charter Member of the Transparency Initiative of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
Just as members of AAPOR agree to abide by AAPOR’s Code of Professional Ethics and Practices, organizations that join the Transparency Initiative agree to follow practices for disclosing the way data were collected that allow …
Senior project directors interviewed by MJS for detailed health article about stool sample collection
Senior project directors, Kerryann DiLoreto and Ken Croes were interviewed by MJS journalist Mark Johnson for this detailed health article about the successful stool sample collection effort for the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. To read the …
Featured Artist – Michelle Klock
UWSC is pleased to offer an exhibit of photography by local Madison artist, Michelle Klock, in its public art gallery on the 4th floor of Sterling Hall. In this show, Klock, offers framed work of …