The UW-Madison Showcase, an annual event to highlight organizational improvements and innovations across campus, will take place April 17, and Project Directors Ken Croes, Jacob Boelter, and Nadia Assad, and Faculty Director Jen Dykema, will attend to display a poster titled “Recruiting Participants for Qualitative Research with the Probability-Based Panel WisconSays.”
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UWSC’s Ken Croes to speak on panel on qualitative and mixed methods health research resources at UW–Madison
UWSC Senior Project Director Ken Croes will take part in an upcoming online panel held by the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) at the UW–Madison. Organized and moderated by Nora Jacobson of ICTR, …
UWSC’s Jennifer Dykema Awarded H.I. Romnes Fellowship Award
Thirty-two University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2024-25, including UWSC’s Jennifer Dykema. The awardees span the four research divisions on campus: arts and …
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study rolls out new online portal to enhance data exploration and analysis experience for researchers
The WLS team recently announced the rollout of a new online portal that is designed to enhance the data exploration and analysis experience for researchers and data users. The updated portal supports integrated documentation of longitudinal datasets like the WLS, and will replace the study’s older system of online codebooks, offering richly-described metadata, summary statistics, and data visualizations for all 27,000 WLS variables.
From WisconSays: What Says Wisconsin?
In June of 2023, the Supreme Court voted to disband the use of race in college admissions. About half of American adults disapprove of considering race and ethnicity in college admissions, with opinions varying considerably by party identification (PEW 2023). Results from a recent WisconSays survey show attitudes are similar among Wisconsin adults: 47% oppose affirmative action in college admissions, 31% support it, and 22% say they don’t know. These results, however, vary substantially by political party.
UWSC’s Kerryann DiLoreto awarded Distinguished Status by the UW-Madison
UWSC is proud to announce that Kerryann DiLoreto, Senior Project Director with UWSC for over 24 years, has been awarded Distinguished Status by the UW-Madison. Distinguished status is awarded to academic staff members with extensive experience, and advanced knowledge and skills.
Milwaukee Area Family Finances Study
The Milwaukee Area Family Finances Study is about how people in Milwaukee County are doing financially.
Wisconsin State Journal: Here’s why 5,000 Madison households just received $1 in the mail
The City of Madison Parks and Open Space Plan Resident Questionnaire was mailed last week and was featured in the Wisconsin State Journal in an article written by Lucas Robinson. The study uses a small …
Survey finds many Wisconsin residents struggle with personal finances, inflation
Going into 2024, financial resolutions were likely popular across the state. After several years of inflation, finances remain a major concern for Wisconsinites. This comes from a new survey effort at UW-Madison’s Survey Center called WisconSays, which is a new panel of nearly 4,000 people answering regular survey questions.
La Follette and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel partner to highlight what matters to Wisconsin with UWSC’s WisconSays Panel
The La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are collaborating to share insights on how Wisconsinites feel about important policy topics through a yearlong project called the Main Street Agenda. The WisconSays/La Follette Survey being used for the Main Street Agenda is a subset of the new WisconSays opinion panel based out of the UW-Madison Survey Center.