Several staff from the UWSC will participate in the 50th annual IFD&TC in Austin, Texas on May 15th – 18th 2016. Staff will participate by giving presentations, leading panel and round table discussions, and facilitating …
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The Wisconsin Families Study (WiscFams)
The Wisconsin Families Study is an evaluation of Project GAIN, a program in Milwaukee County funded by the Wisconsin Children’s Trust Fund to assist families in accessing economic resources, reducing financial stressors, and increasing income stability for the children and adults in the home.
UWSC staff to participate in the 71st annual AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Conference
Several staff from the UWSC will present at the annual meeting of the 2016 conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in Austin, Texas on May 12-15. As in previous years, UWSC …
UWSC researchers present AAPOR webinar on Questionnaire Design
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 …
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.
Wisconsin Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS)
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.
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 …