Frederick G. Conrad

Funded Research:

Animated Agents and User Performance in Interactive Systems (NSF)

Can Speech Cues and Voice Qualities Predict Item Nonresponse and Inaccuracy in Answers to Questions (US Census)

Collaborative Research: Acoustic Properties, Listener Perceptions, and Outcomes of Interaction Between Survey Interviewers and Sample Persons (NSF)

Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future Workshop (NSF)

Gunnison Consulting for US Census (US Census)

Improving the Design of Health Surveys on the Web (NICHD)

Visual and Interactive Issues in the Design of Web Surveys (NICHD)

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Dr. Conrad is a survey methodologist whose recent work has focused on respondents' understanding of survey questions. He also studies biases in respondents' judgments about the frequency of their behaviors, the effect of automatic progress feedback on respondents' willingness to continue filling out a questionnaire, and the decision to participate in a survey among potential respondents.

Recent Publications

Books

Conrad, Frederick G., and Michael F. Schober. 2008. Envisioning the survey interview of the future. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience. Abstract.

Journal Articles

Conrad, Frederick G., Bederson, B.B., B. Lewis, E. Peytcheva, M.W. Traugott, M.J. Hanmer, P.S. Herrnson, and R.G. Niemi. 2009. "Electronic voting eliminates hanging chads but introduces new usability challenges." International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 67(1): 111-124. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2008.09.010. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Conrad, Frederick G., and Johnny Blair. 2009. "Sources of Error in Cognitive Interviews." Public Opinion Quarterly, 73(1): 32-55. DOI:10.1093/poq/nfp013. Licensed Access.

Brown, Norman R., Peter J. Lee, Mirna Krslak, Frederick G. Conrad, Tia G. B Hansen, Jelena Havelka, and John R. Reddon. 2009. "Living in History: How War, Terrorism, and Natural Disaster Affect the Organization of Autobiographical Memory." Psychological Science, 20(4): 399-405. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02307.x. Licensed Access.

Galesic, M., Tourangeau, Roger, Mick P. Couper, and Frederick G. Conrad. 2008. "Eye-Tracking Data: New Insights on Response Order Effects and Other Cognitive Shortcuts in Survey Responding." Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(5): 892-913. DOI:10.1093/poq/nfn059. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Herrnson, P.S., Niemi, R.G., M.J. Hanmer, P.L. Francia, B.B. Bederson, Frederick G. Conrad, and M.W. Traugott. 2008. "Voters' evaluations of electronic voting systems - Results from a usability field study." American Politics Research, 36(4): 580-611. DOI:10.1177/1532673x08316667. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Couper, Mick P., Eleanor Singer, Frederick G. Conrad, and Robert M. Groves. 2008. "Risk of Disclosure, Perceptions of Risk, and Concerns about Privacy and Confidentiality as Factors in Survey Participation." Journal of Official Statistics, 24(2): 255-275. Public Access.

Belli, R.F., Frederick G. Conrad, and D.B. Wright. 2007. "Cognitive psychology and survey methodology: Nurturing the continuing dialogue between disciplines - Introduction." Applied Cognitive Psychology , 21:141-144. DOI:10.1002/acp.1333. Public Access.

Conrad, Frederick G., M.F. Schober, and T. Coiner. 2007. "Bringing features of human dialogue to web surveys." Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21:165-187. DOI:10.1002/acp.1335. Public Access.

Tourangeau, Roger, Mick P. Couper, and Frederick G. Conrad. 2007. "Color, labels, and interpretive heuristics for response scales." Public Opinion Quarterly, 71:91-112. DOI:10.1093/poq/nfl046. Licensed Access.

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