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Arline Geronimus wins Excellence in Research Award from School of Public Health

Yu Xie to give DBASSE's David Lecture April 30, 2013 on "Is American Science in Decline?"

U-M grad programs do well in latest USN&WR "Best" rankings

Sheldon Danziger named president of Russell Sage Foundation

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Methodology

A central attribute of the Michigan Population Studies Center is its focus on the creation and improvement of new methods for the collection and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative empirical data. We have been a leader in the creation of data collection instruments, including questionnaire design, sampling methods, the use of focus groups, and mixed-methods approaches. Innovations in analytical methodology have also been hallmarks of the Center's agenda of research.

Funded Research and Affiliated Programs

Animated Agents and User Performance in Interactive Systems (Conrad)

Archiving the Historical Demography of the U.S. (Alter)

Assessing and Improving Cognitive Measurement in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

Behavior on Surveys and in the Economy Using HRS (Willis)

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

Census 2010 Data Boot Camp for Journalists (Farley)

Census Research-Metropolitan Policy Program (Continuation) (Frey)

CensusScope (Frey)

Chinese Family Panel Studies (Xie)

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

Collaborative Research: Propensity Scores and Randomization-Based Inference, or Modeling Assigned to Treatment Conditions as Manifestly or Latently Random (Hansen)

Confidence Intervals for the Attributable Effect in Experiment and Observational Studies: Developing Theory to Support Effective Algorithms (Hansen)

Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) 2007 2011 (Brown)

Creating a Lifecourse Panel From Birth to Early Adulthood (Sastry)

Creating a National Resource for Genetic Research in Behavioral & Health Sciences (Weir)

Data User Training for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth (LeClere)

Democratizing Access to the American Community Survey (Frey)

Demographic Analysis of Longitudinal Historical Data (Alter)

Demographic Data Sharing and Archiving (LeClere)

Dyadic Data Analysis: Models and Methods for the Study of Couples Workshop (LeClere)

Dynamic Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and its Impact on Child Overweight

Electronic Journal Data Collection Technologies for Interdisciplinary Research (Axinn)

Experienced-based and Subjective Well-being Survey Toolkits for Older Adults

Exploring New Methods for Protecting and Distributing Confidential Research Data (LeClere)

HANDLS Sample Design and Selection 2010-2011 (Lepkowski)

Harmonization of Longitudinal Cross-National Surveys of Aging

Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Social and Behavioral Sciences (Xie)

Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data (Elliott)

Human Subjects Protection and Disclosure Risk Analysis

Improving the Design of Health Surveys on the Web

Infusing Quantitative Literacy throughout the Social Science Curriculum (Frey)

Integrated Fertility Surveys Series (IFSS) (Smock)

Integrating U.S. Fertility Surveys (Smock)

Internet Interviewing and the HRS (Weir)

Learning Adaptive Treatment Strategies in Mental Health (Murphy)

Marginal Structural Modeling: Towards Recovering Casual Estimates of Neighborhood Poverty and Mortality (Elliott)

Mental Health Burden Study (Heeringa)

Methodology for Developing Adaptive Interventions (Murphy)

Michigan Historical Demography Workshop (Alter)

Modeling Individual-level Heterogeneity in Research on Racial Residential Segregation (Xie)

Modeling the Impact of Health Insurance on Retirement (Coverage Research Initiative)

Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Behaviors in the US Army (Heeringa)

National Children's Study

National Study of Disability Trends and Dynamics (Freedman)

Nonresponse and Measurement Error in Mixed Mode Designs (Lepkowski)

Nonresponse and Measurement Error in Mobile Phone Surveys

PIRE (Partnerships for International Research and Education) Collaborative Research and Training in Social Context, Population Processes, and Environmental Change (Axinn)

Quantitative Methodology Program (QMP) (Xie)

Scaling and Segregation Dynamics (Bruch)

Statistical Infrastructure for Combining Information from Multiple Data Sources (Raghunathan)

Strengthening Qualitative Research through Methodological Innovation and Integration: A Longitudinal Analysis of Human Mortality (Leonard)

Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) IV (Harlow)

Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Grants Research Program and Conference (Danziger)

Synthetic Data Generation for Small Area Estimation (Raghunathan)

The Michigan Recession and Recovery Survey: Wave One Data Preparation and Initial Analysis (Burgard)

Tools for Measuring and Analyzing Cortisol Levels in Population Studies of Health Disparities

U-M Program in Survey Methodology (Lepkowski)

Using DataFerrett Products to Enhance ACS Education (Frey)

Using Secondary Analysis of the National Survey of Parents and Youth (NSPY) Workshop (LeClere)