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Eleanor Singer
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
Adjunct Professor, Sociology.
Ph.D., Columbia University
Dr. Singer works primarily in two areas of research with implications for population research: knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs with respect to genetics and genetic testing, and the ethical and practical implications of concerns about confidentiality on response rates to surveys. In the first area, she has focused on differences between ethnic and racial groups in the U.S. Her research on confidentiality has focused on how beliefs and attitudes interact with topic sensitivity and disclosure limitation practices to affect willingness to participate in survey research.
Recent Publications
Books
House, James S., F. Thomas Juster, Robert Kahn, Howard Schuman, and Eleanor Singer. 2004. A Telescope on Society: Survey Research & Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan 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
Singer, Eleanor, and C. Ye. 2013. "The Use and Effects of Incentives in Surveys." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 645(1): 112-141. DOI. Abstract.
Groves, Robert M., S. Presser, Roger Tourangeau, B. West, Mick P. Couper, Eleanor Singer, and C. Toppe. 2012. "Support for the Survey Sponsor and Nonresponse Bias." Public Opinion Quarterly, 76(3): 512-524. DOI. Abstract.
Singer, Eleanor. 2011. "Editing Public Opinion Quarterly, 1972-1986." Public Opinion Quarterly, 75(5): 823-831. DOI. Abstract.
Singer, Eleanor. 2011. "Toward a Benefit-Cost Theory of Survey Participation: Evidence, Further Tests, and Implications." Journal of Official Statistics, 27(2): 379-392. Abstract.
Zikmund-Fisher, Brian J., Mick P. Couper, Eleanor Singer, Carrie A. Levin, Floyd J, Jr. Fowler, Sonja Ziniel, Peter A. Ubel, and Angela Fagerlin. 2010. "The DECISIONS Study: A Nationwide Survey of United States Adults Regarding 9 Common Medical Decisions." Medical Decision Making, 30: 20S-34S. DOI. Abstract.
Fagerlin, Angela, Karen R. Sepucha, Mick P. Couper, Carrie A. Levin, Eleanor Singer, and Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher. 2010. "Patients' Knowledge about 9 Common Health Conditions: The DECISIONS Survey." Medical Decision Making, 30(Suppl. 5): 35S-52S. DOI. Abstract.
Sepucha, Karen R., Angela Fagerlin, Mick P. Couper, Carrie A. Levin, Eleanor Singer, and Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher. 2010. "How Does Feeling Informed Relate to Being Informed? The DECISIONS Survey." Medical Decision Making, 30(Suppl. 5): 77S-84S. DOI. Abstract.