Kelly Elver, UWSC’s Project Director in charge of the National Children’s Study Waukesha Vanguard Call Center, recently participated in a panel discussion about the NCS Waukesha study, along with Waukesha PI’s Dr. Maureen Durkin, Dr. …
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UW Badger Poll data featured in award-winning paper by LSC graduate students and professors
LSC doctoral student Kajsa Dalrymple and professors Dominique Brossard, Dietram Schefeule and Al Gunther, along with graduate student Amy Brecker, win a Top 3 Faculty Paper Award by the Science Communication Interest Group of the …
WI Job Center Evaluation Study
This study was a federally mandated customer service evaluation of services received from Wisconsin Job Centers.
Milwaukee Area Renters Study (MARS)
The Milwaukee Area Renters Study (MARS) is an original survey of tenants in Milwaukee’s low-income private housing sector. The survey collected data on tenants’ current housing situation, neighborhood characteristics, civic engagement, material hardship, and social networks.
UWSC staff participate in the annual IFD&TC (International Field Directors and Technologies Conference)
UWSC staff continued to provide a strong presence at the annual International Field Directors & Technologies Conference (IFD&TC) held in Delray Beach, Florida in May. A large group of UWSC actively participated and presented at …
UWSC staff participate in the 64th annual AAPOR (American Association for Public Opinion Research) Conference
A large group of UWSC staff presented at the annual meeting of the 2009 conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) in Hollywood, Florida, on May 14-17. As in previous years, UWSC …
The National Children’s Study
The NCS is the largest study ever done to examine the effects of environmental influences on the health and development of over 100,000 children nationwide, following them from before birth, to age 21.
UWSC Associate Director, John Stevenson, is awarded the prestigious Mid-Career Award
Gary Sandefur, dean of the College of Letters and Science, announced the winners of the 2008-09 College of Letters and Science Academic Staff Excellence Awards. John Stevenson, associate director, UW Survey Center received the Mid-Career …
Vicki Lein joins the UWSC as a senior Project Director
Vicki Lein has joined UWSC as a senior Project Director. She brings decades of experience in conducting research in the social sciences. Prior to joining UWSC, Vicki worked as a Research Scientist for the Wisconsin …
Outcomes of Women Undergoing Breast Surgery
This longitudinal survey of senior women who have undergone breast surgery related to cancer was fielded between 2005 and 2008. The survey design involved 4 waves of telephone surveys with women over age 65 in the states of New York, Florida, Illinois, and California.