The UWSC is excited to announce a new collaboration with ICTR (the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research). In June, the UWSC joined and became one of the 27 UW and Marshfield Programs that …
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We Collected What??? Designing In-Home Collection of Stool and Water Samples for the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
UWSC conducted a series of focus groups, then launched a pilot effort to collect human microbiome samples, drinking water samples and tests, and a self-administered questionnaire from a subset of Graduate and Sibling participants and …
UWSC Survey Methodologist Jennifer Dykema elected to serve as Associate Conference Chair of AAPOR
Jennifer Dykema, Survey Methodologist and Senior Scientist at the UW Survey Center, has been elected to serve as the Associate Conference Chair of AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research). (Click here for AAPOR’s press …
UWSC Staff to participate in the 49th annual IFD&TC (International Field Directors and Technologies Conference)
Several staff from the UWSC will participate in the 49th annual IFD&TC in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 17th – 20th 2015. Staff participation will range from presentations, to round table discussions and panel discussions. …
Project Management Director Kelly Elver and Survey Methodologist Jennifer Dykema participate in an Open House at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Staff from the UWSC participated in the “Epidemiology/Data Open House” sponsored by the Division of Public Health within the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Project Management Director Kelly Elver and Survey Methodologist Jennifer Dykema presented …
Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer and Survey Methodologist Jennifer Dykema participate in the 2015 AASRO meeting
The Association of Academic Survey Research Organizations (AASRO) held their 9th Annual Meeting at Rutgers University. There, participants previewed a preliminary version of “AASRO General Interviewer Techniques Training Program,” a collaborative effort by researchers at …
How does response option order and question order affect self-rated health? A collaborative project between researchers at the UWSC and Loyola University Chicago investigates effects in a new journal article
In collaboration with Dana Garbarski (Loyola University Chicago), the UWSC Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer and Senior Scientist Jennifer Dykema present findings from a web survey assessing the impact of response option order and question …
UWSC welcomes Linda Gomez as a CATI Survey Research Supervisor
Linda Gomez joined the UW Survey Center CATI Survey Research Supervisor team on January 20, 2015. Linda has several years experience working in UW Survey Center CATI operations as a CATI Interviewer and CATI Shift …
UWSC staff to participate in the 70th annual AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Conference
Several staff from the UWSC will present at the annual meeting of the 2015 conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in Hollywood, Florida on May 14-17. As in previous years, UWSC …
Featured Artists – Karen Watson-Newlin and Don Gruenweller
UWSC is pleased to offer an exhibit of paintings by artists Karen Watson-Newlin and Don Gruenweller in its public art gallery on the 4th floor of Sterling Hall. In this show, Karen Watson-Newlin displays 18 new pieces …