Nadia Assad joined the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on November 1, 2014. Nadia has a Master’s degree in Sociology from the UW-Madison, and has taught and lectured at both …
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UWSC welcomes Rob Schultz as a programmer
Rob Schultz joined the UW Survey Center IT team as a programmer on November 1, 2014. Rob has many years of experience working with the field operations group at UWSC. He started as a CATI …
UWSC welcomes Dr. Margarete Wichmann as a project director
Dr. Margarete Wichmann joined the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Project Director on October 1, 2014. Margarete has recently completed her Ph.D in Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and …
UWSC welcomes Marie Nitschke as a database administrator and web programmer
Marie Nitschke joined the UW Survey Center as a database administrator and web programmer in August, 2014. Prior to joining UWSC Marie was an analyst at Tetra Tech, Inc., where she worked on all facets …
National Academies Press releases report, Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault
A panel assembled by the National Research Council’s Committee on National Statistics has released a study that reviews issues in measuring rape and sexual assault. The panel, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) …
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, …
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 …
Ken Croes serves as panelist at UW-Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) event
Senior Project Director Ken Croes will speak at a panel discussion titled “What Every Quantitative Investigator Needs to Know About Working with a Qualitative Researcher.” Sponsored by the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at …
In celebration of our 25th anniversary, UWSC invited UW-Madison Faculty and Staff to tour our new facility
In celebration of our 25th anniversary, UWSC invited UW-Madison Faculty and Staff to tour our new facility, centrally located in Sterling Hall. The response and excitement generated by our invitation was overwhelming! Nearly 75 people …
Issue of Public Opinion Quarterly edited by UWSC researchers
Jennifer Dykema (Survey Methodologist) and Nora Cate Schaeffer (Faculty Director) are guest editors of Public Opinion Quarterly’s Special Issue: Topics in Survey Measurement and Public Opinion. Public Opinion Quarterly is the official journal of the …