UWSC staff will continue to provide a strong presence at the annual International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC) to be held in Orlando, Florida from May 20-23. A large group of UWSC staff are …
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UWSC staff to participate in the 67th annual AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Conference
Several UWSC staff will present at the annual meeting of the 2012 conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in Orlando, Florida on May 17-20. As in previous years, UWSC staff will …
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 …
Access to Lung Cancer Treatment Study (ATLC)
The Access to Lung Cancer Treatment Study (ATLC) was a telephone interview of lung cancer patients documenting delays in the lung cancer care continuum in Wisconsin and North Carolina.
UWSC staff participate in the annual conference of the Population Association of American (PAA)
UWSC staff will present a poster at the 2012 annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) in San Francisco on May 3-5. Their poster highlight results from an analysis of factors associated with …
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 …
New York Times article about cognitive research in MIDUS makes “Most e-mailed list”
The Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) conducted by UWSC recently received attention in the New York Times. Click here to see the article.
Matt Salganik (Princeton) Discusses WikiSurveys
The Havens Center will sponsor three talks about WikiSurveys by Matthew Salganik, Department of Sociology, Princeton during March: “Wiki Surveys: Open and Quantifiable Social Data Collection” Tuesday, March 6, 4pm, 206 Ingraham Hall “Working Together …
75th Anniversary Issue of Public Opinion Quarterly features “Questions for Surveys: Current Trends and Future Directions” by Nora Cate Schaeffer and Jennifer Dykema
The 75th Anniversary Issue of Public Opinion Quarterly features an article on questionnaire design by Faculty Director Nora Cate Schaeffer and Survey Methodologist Jennifer Dykema. In the article, titled “Questions for Surveys: Current Trends and …