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Mick P. Couper
Funded Research:
A Tailored Asthma Education Program for Urban Teens II (Henry Ford Health System)
Collaborative Research: Coupled Observation Of The Water Environment: A National Survey Program (NSF)
Collaborative Research: Responding to Surveys on Mobile, Multimodal Devices (NSF)
Electronic Journal Data Collection Technologies for Interdisciplinary Research (NIDA)
Health and Retirement Study Yrs 23-28 (NIA)
Health Literacy and Health Disparities Among the Elderly (NIA)
Health, Wealth, and Wellbeing over the Life Course and Across Generations (NIA)
How do Peers Influence Each Other's Mental Health and Help-Seeking in College? (Grant, WT)
How Does Race Matter in Housing? Projected Mobility, Search, and Preferences (NICHD)
Human Subjects Protection and Disclosure Risk Analysis (NICHD)
Identifying and Reducing Cognitive Biases Created by Decision Aids (NCI)
Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (NHGRI)
Improving the Design of Health Surveys on the Web (NICHD)
Improving the Self-Efficacy of African American Parents in Infant Supine Sleep (HHS-PHS-NIH)
Intensive Measurement of Drug Use During the Transition to Adulthood (NIDA)
Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR) (NCRR)
Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors in the US Army (NIMH)
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) (CDC)
NSMD Continuing Analysis (Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making)
Surveys of Healthcare Workers, Management Health, and Safety Practices (CDC)
The Joint Program in Survey Methodology Year 20 (Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary)
Young Women's Relationships, Contraception, and Unintended Pregnancy (NICHD)
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
Ph.D., University of Cape Town
Dr. Couper's current research interests include survey non-response, design and implementation of survey data collection, effects of technology on the survey process, and computer-assisted interviewing, including both interviewer-adminstered (CATI and CAPI) and self-administered (web, audio-CASI, IVR) surveys. Many of his current projects focus on the design of web surveys.
Recent Publications
Books
Couper, Mick P. 2008. Designing Effective Web Surveys. New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract.
Groves, Robert M., F.J. Fowler, Mick P. Couper, James M. Lepkowski, Eleanor Singer, and R. Tourangeau. 2004. Survey Methodology. New York: Wiley. Abstract.
Couper, Mick P., J. Rothgeb, J. Lessler, E.A. Martin, J. Martin, and Eleanor Singer. 2004. Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires. New York: Wiley. Abstract.
Journal Articles
Joseph, C. L. M, J. Saltzgaber, S. Havstad, C. Johnson, D. Johnson, E. Peterson, G. Alexander, Mick P. Couper, and D. Ownby. 2011. "Comparison of early-, late-, and non-participants in a school-based asthma management program for urban high school students." Trials, 12: 141. PMCID: PMC3126736. DOI. Abstract.
Couper, Mick P. 2011. "The Future of Modes of Data Collection." Public Opinion Quarterly, 75(5): 889-908. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Ludgate, M., M. Sabel, D. Fullen, M. Frohm, Mick P. Couper, T. Johnson, C. Bichakjian, and Julia S. Lee. 2011. "Internet Use and Anxiety in People with Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer." Dermatologic Surgery, 37(9): 1252-1259. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Davis, Rachel E., Ken Resnicow, and Mick P. Couper. 2011. "Survey Response Styles, Acculturation, and Culture Among a Sample of Mexican American Adults." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42(7): 1219-1236. PMCID: PMC3171809. DOI.
Toepoel, Vera, and Mick P. Couper. 2011. "Can Verbal Instructions Counteract Visual Context Effects in Web Surveys?" Public Opinion Quarterly, 75(1): 1-18. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Couper, Mick P., Courtney Kennedy, Frederick G. Conrad, and Roger Tourangeau. 2011. "Designing Input Fields for Non-Narrative Open-Ended Responses in Web Surveys." Journal of Official Statistics, 27(1): 65-85. Abstract. Local Access.
McGonagle, Katherine, Mick P. Couper, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2011. "Keeping Track of Panel Members: An Experimental Test of a Between-Wave Contact Strategy." Journal of Official Statistics, 27(2 (SI)): 319-338. PMCID: PMC3253355. Abstract. Local Access.