The Panel on a Research Agenda for the Future of Social Science Data Collection (of the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council) has released its report: Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A …
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New staff arrival, awards
UWSC Researchers awarded grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer and Survey Methodologist Jennifer Dykema received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study Interactional Influences on Survey Participation. Douglas W. Maynard and Dana Garbarski are collaborators on this …
UWSC Faculty Director, Nora Cate Schaeffer, to participate in DC-AAPOR’s sixth annual Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ) Special Issue Conference on September 27, 2012
UWSC Faculty Director, Nora Cate Schaeffer, will participate in DC-AAPOR’s sixth annual Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ) Special Issue Conference on September 27, 2012. Dr. Schaeffer will be presenting a summary of her article “Questions for …
UWSC is pleased to announce that Dan Lawrence is now a full-time programmer
Dan began working at UWSC as a CAR intern in 2011 and quickly assist with UWSC operations in many departments. His survey methodology training and technical skills allow him to immediately contribute to the IT …
Faculty Director, Nora Cate Schaeffer, to deliver keynote address at the 2012 International Field Directors and Technologies Conference
Nora Cate Schaeffer will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 International Field Directors and Technologies Conference on May 21st, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Schaeffer will speak on the topic “Still Here… The Interviewer …
UWSC’s Associate Director, John Stevenson featured in the 2012 MAPOR Newsletter
UWSC’s Associate Director, John Stevenson featured in the 2012 MAPOR Newsletter. Click here for more.
UWSC research assistant, Kristen Cyffka, awarded a 2012 AAPOR Student Travel Scholarship
Kristen Cyffka, a reseach assistant at UWSC, is one of eight recipients of a 2012 Student Travel Scholarship to attend the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in Orlanda, Florida, …
UWSC Survey Methodologist, Jennifer Dykema, elected to AAPOR Executive Council
Jennifer Dykema, UWSC Senior Survey Methodologist and Research Scientist, has been elected Associate Chair of the Membership and Chapter Relations Committee of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Executive Council. Her term on …
UWSC Welcomes Dr. Nathan Jones as a senior project director
Dr. Nathan Jones will join the UW Survey Center project direction team as a Senior Project Director on April 1, 2012. For the past 4 years, Nathan has been the Director of the Survey Research …
UWSC researchers among 9 winners in RTI’s 2012 Research Challenge
A proposal to study the “Measurement of Self-Reported Health,” submitted by Dana Garbarski (UW Sociology graduate student), Nora Cate Schaeffer (UWSC Faculty Director), and Jen Dykema (UWSC Survey Methodologist) was among the winning entries in …