Undergraduate Research Scholar Jinyi (“Lan”) Lan presented at the 20th Undergraduate Symposium, a showcase for undergraduate research and achievement across disciplines at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Nora Cate Schaeffer elected to a three-year term on the Executive Council of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
Nora Cate Schaeffer has been elected to a three-year term on the Executive Council of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.
New Findings Suggest Straightlining Behavior is Stable across Mail and Web Forms of Self-Administration
Researchers are increasingly turning to web and mail/web mixed-mode designs to combat rising costs and declining response rates. However, little research examines whether the two forms of self-administration lead to mode effects — differences in …
Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) 2018
The Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) is a school-based survey of middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students. The survey collects information on youth knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors related to the use of tobacco and vaping products.
Recent findings from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study show interviewers’ ratings of respondents’ health predict respondents’ mortality over a 3-year follow-up
Recent research indicates survey interviewers’ ratings of respondents’ health may provide important information about the health of respondents in surveys of older adults. Although these ratings are promising, little is known about what information interviewers …
Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS) Retention Early Warning Study
In 2018, UWSC will conduct a national in-person field effort to locate and interview MIDUS respondents who participated in early rounds of the study but later attrited.
Associate Director John Stevenson named 2017 MAPOR Fellow
The Executive Board of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) named Associate Director John Stevenson as its newest MAPOR Fellow at its November 2017 meeting. MAPOR Fellows are judged by the MAPOR leadership …
Unpacking What Participants Think About When They Rate Their Health
Self-rated health — “Would you say your health in general is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?”— is one of the most widely used measures of health because of its ability to predict morbidity and mortality. Yet it is unclear what underlies health ratings.
MIDUS: Midlife in the U.S. National Study of Health and Well-Being
The primary objective of the MIDUS study was to identify the major biomedical, psychological, and social factors that allow some people to achieve good health, psychological well-being, and social responsibility during the journey through middle life on into the later years.
Study to Explore Early Development (SEED)
The Study to Explore Early Development (SEED) is the largest epidemiological study on autism and developmental delays. SEED will help researchers better understand the health and behavior of young children with autism and offer clues to the causes of autism.