UWSC staff will continue to provide a strong presence at the annual International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC) to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona in May. A large group of UWSC staff are presenting at the annual meeting including:
- Crystal Buttles, “Implementing a Standardized Error Classification and Feedback System to Improve Data-Entry Performance”
- Steve Coombs, “Using a Staffing Agency for Recruiting CAPI Interviewers on a Large National Study”
- Kerryann DiLoreto, Kenneth Croes, Jessica Price, Leslie Erickson, Frank Mierzwa, Esther Ullman, and Katie Lundeen, Panel session on the “The Collection of Biomarkers”
- Jennifer Dykema, Lisa Klein, and Colleen Porter, Panel session on “Incentives: Part I”
- Rae Ganci and Nick Schultz, “Innovations in Quality Control Monitoring of Remote CAPI Employees”
- Tara Piche, “Using Audio Recordings and Different Types of Feedback to Increase Efficiency in Quality Control Monitoring of CATI Interviewers”
- Robert Schultz, “Refusal Aversion Training for CATI Interviewers”
- Susan Sommers, Rita Koontz, and Sally Crandall, Panel session on “Incentives: Part II”
- John Stevenson and Jennifer Dykema, Roundtable discussion on “Client Management”
- Eric White, “From Dashboard to iDashboard”
In addition to these presentations, Kelly Elver and Lisa Klein will be working behind the scenes on the Organizing Committee.To visit the International Field Directors and Technologies Conference website click here.