Research Area: Methodology:
Data Collection and Measurement

Recent Publications

Books

Couper, Mick P. 2008. Designing Effective Web Surveys. New York: Cambridge University Press.

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

Gutmann, Myron, and Paul Stern. 2007. Putting People on the Map: Protecting Confidentiality with Linked Social-Spatial Data. Washington DC : National Academy Press.

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.

Groves, Robert M., F.J. Fowler, Mick P. Couper, James M. Lepkowski, Eleanor Singer, and R. Tourangeau. 2004. Survey Methodology. New York: Wiley.

Journal Articles

2008

Bates, Nancy, James Dahlhamer, and Eleanor Singer. 2008. "Privacy Concerns, Too Busy, or Just Not Interested: Using Doorstep Concerns to Predict Survey Nonresponse." Journal of Official Statistics, 24(4): 591-612.

Couper, Mick P., and Miller, P.V. 2008. "Web Survey Methods Introduction." Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(5): 831-835.

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.

Valerio, M.A., Parker, E.A., Mick P. Couper, C.M. Connell, and N.K. Janz. 2008. "Demographic and clinical characteristics predictive of asthma diary use among women." Journal of Asthma, 45(5): 357-361.

2007

Lee, Sunghee, Nancy A. Mathiowetz, and Roger Tourangeau. 2007. "Measuring Disability in Surveys: Consistency Over Time and Across Respondents." Journal of Official Statistics, 23(2): 163--184.

2006

Singer, Eleanor. 2006. "Introduction - Nonresponse bias in household surveys." Public Opinion Quarterly, 70(5): 637-645.

Sastry, Narayan, B. Ghosh-Dastidar, J. Adams, and A.R. Pebley. 2006. "The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study." Social Science Research, 35(4): 1000-1024.

Couper, Mick P., S.E. McCabe, J.A. Cranford, and C.J. Boyd. 2006. "Comparison of Web and Mail Surveys for Studying Secondary Consequences Associated with Substance Use: Evidence for Minimal Mode Effects." Addictive Behaviors, 31(1): 162-168.

Groves, Robert M., and Steven Heeringa. 2006. "Responsive design for household surveys: tools for actively controlling survey errors and costs." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 169, 439-457 Part 3.

Schenker, N., Trivellore Raghunathan, P.L. Chiu, D.M. Makuc, G.Y. Zhang, and A.J. Cohen. 2006. "Multiple imputation of missing income data in the National Health Interview Survey." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 101(475): 924-933.

Conrad, Frederick G., Mick P. Couper, Roger Tourangeau, and Andrey Peytchev. 2006. "Use and non-use of clarification features in web surveys." Journal of Official Statistics, 22(2): 245-269.

2005

Inglehart, Ronald F., and Christian Welzel. 2005. "Exploring the Unknown: Predicting the Responses of Publics not yet Surveyed." International Review of Sociology, 15(1): 173-201.

Knodel, John E. 2005. "Researching the Impact of the AIDS epidemic on older-age parents in Africa: Lessons from studies in Thailand." Generations Review, 15(April): 16-22.

Curtin, R., S. Presser, and Eleanor Singer. 2005. "Changes in Telephone Survey Nonresponse Over the Past Quarter Century." Public Opinion Quarterly, 69:87-98.

Chiu, Y.C., D. Algase, Jersey Liang, H.C. Liu, and K.N. Lin. 2005. "Conceptualization and measurement of getting lost behavior in persons with early dementia." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(8): 760-768.

Conrad, Frederick G., and M.F. Schober. 2005. "Promoting uniform question understanding in today's and tomorrow's surveys." Journal of Official Statistics, 21(2): 215-231.

2004

Tourangeau, Roger, Mick P. Couper, and Frederick G. Conrad. 2004. "Spacing, Position, and Order - Interpretive Heuristics for Visual Features of Survey Questions." Public Opinion Quarterly, 68(3): 368-393.

Couper, Mick P., Roger Tourangeau, and K. Kenyon. 2004. "Picture This! Exploring Visual Effects in Web Surveys." Public Opinion Quarterly, 68(2): 255-266.

Presser, S., Mick P. Couper, J.T. Lessler, E. Martin, J. Martin, J.M. Rothgeb, and Eleanor Singer. 2004. "Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions." Public Opinion Quarterly, 68(1): 109-130.

Couper, Mick P., Roger Tourangeau, F.G. Conrad, and S.D. Crawford. 2004. "What They See Is What We Get - Response Options for Web Surveys." Social Science Computer Review, 22(1): 111-127.

Chiteji, N.S., and Frank P. Stafford. 2004. "The Panel Study of Income Dynamics Online - an Instructional Resource." Social Science Computer Review, 22(4): 457-468.

Davern, MIchael, James M. Lepkowski, Kathleen T. Call, Noreen Arnold, Karen Goldsteen, A. Todd-Malmlov, and L.A. Blewett. 2004. "Telephone Service Interruption Weighting Adjustments for State Health Insurance Surveys." Inquiry - The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing, 41(3): 280-290.

Groves, Robert M., S. Presser, and S. Dipko. 2004. "The Role of Topic Interest in Survey Participation Decisions." Public Opinion Quarterly, 68(1): 2-31.

Freedman, V.A., E. Crimmins, Robert F. Schoeni, B.C. Spillman, H. Aykan, Ellen A. Kramarow, K. Land, J. Lubitz, K. Manton, L.G. Martin, D. Shinberg, and Timothy A. Waidmann. 2004. "Resolving Inconsistencies in Trends in Old-Age Disability: Report From a Technical Working Group." Demography, 41(3): 417-441.

Couper, Mick P., Eleanor Singer, and R. Tourangeau. 2004. "Does Voice Matter? An Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Experiment." Journal of Official Statistics, 20(3): 551-570.

Reed, B.D., S. Crawford, Mick P. Couper, C. Cave, and H.K. Haefner. 2004. "Pain at the Vulvar Vestibule: A Web-Based Survey." Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease, 8(1): 48-57.

Wang, Guangzhou. 2004. "On Data Evaluation and Adjustment for Age Structure of the Fifth Census of China." Population and Economics, 5.

Hansen, Ben. 2004. "Full Matching in an Observational Study of Coaching for the SAT." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 99:609-618.

Raghunathan, Trivellore. 2004. "What Do We Do With Missing Data? Some Options for Analysis of Incomplete Data." Annual Review of Public Health, 25:99-117.

2003

Tourangeau, Roger, Mick P. Couper, and D.M. Steiger. 2003. "Humanizing Self-Administered Surveys: Experiments on Social Presence in Web and IVR Surveys." Computers in Human Behavior, 19, 1-24.

Couper, Mick P., Eleanor Singer, and Roger Tourangeau. 2003. "Understanding the Effects of Audio-CASI on Self-Reports of Sensitive Behavior." Public Opinion Quarterly, 67(3): 385-395.

Wang, Guangzhou. 2003. "On the Repeated Reported Problems of the Fifth Population Census Data of China." China Population Science, 2.

Kaplowitz, S.A., B.J. Fisher, and Clifford L. Broman. 2003. "How Accurate are Perceptions of Social Statistics about Blacks and Whites?" Public Opinion Quarterly, 67: 237-244.

Tourangeau, Roger, Eleanor Singer, and S. Presser. 2003. "Context Effects in Attitude Surveys - Effects on Remote Items and Impact on Predictive Validity." Sociological Methods & Research, 31:486-513.

Singer, Eleanor, and F.J. Levine. 2003. "Protection of Human Subjects of Research: Recent Developments and Future Prospects for the Social Sciences." Public Opinion Quarterly, 67:148-164.

2002

McCabe, Sean E., C. Boyd, Mick P. Couper, S. Crawford, and H. d'Arcy. 2002. "Mode Effects for Collecting Alcohol and Other Drug Use Data: Web and US Mail." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63 (6), 755-761.

Tucker, Clyde, James M. Lepkowski, and Linda Piekarski. 2002. "List assisted sampling: The effect of telephone system changes on design." Public Opinion Quarterly, 66(3): 321-338.

Axinn, William, Arland Thornton, Lishou Yang, Linda C. Young-DeMarco, and Yu Xie. 2002. "Mothers' Reports of Children's Family Formation Behavior." Social Science Research, 31(2): 257-283.

Corouvray, C., and Mick P. Couper. 2002. "Designing a Strategy for Reducing "No Opinion" Responses in Web-Based Surveys." Social Science Computer Review, 20(1): 3-9.

Harding, David J., Cybelle Fox, and Jal D. Mehta. 2002. "Studying Rare Events Through Qualitative Case Studies: Lessons from a Study of Rampage School Shootings." Sociological Methods and Research, 31(2): 174-217.

Chapters

Conrad, Frederick G. 2005. "Standardized interviewing and alternatives." In Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion. Portsmouth, NH: Greenwood Press.

House, James S., F. Thomas Juster, Robert L. Kahn, Howard Schuman, and Eleanor Singer. 2004. "The Development and Contribution of Survey Research as a Scientific Instrument & Social Institution." In Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond edited by J.S. House, F.T. Juster, R.L. Kahn, H. Schuman, E. Singer. Pp. 1-20. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

House, James S., F. Thomas Juster, Robert L. Kahn, Howard Schuman, and Eleanor Singer. 2004. "Survey Research and Social Science: Retrospect and Prospect." In A Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond edited by James S. House, F. Thomas Juster, Robert L. Kahn, Howard Schuman, and Eleanor Singer. Pp. 439-454. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.

Thornton, Arland, and William Axinn. 2004. "The Social Demography of Fertility: Some Contributions of American Surveys." In Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond edited by J. S. House, F. T Juster, R.L. Kahn, H. Schuman and E. Singer. Pp. 281-304. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Hansen, S.E., and Mick P. Couper. 2004. "Usability Testing as a Means of Evaluating Computer Assisted Survey Instruments." In Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaire edited by S. Presser, J. Rothgeb, M.P. Couper, J. Lessler, E.A. Martin, J. Martin, and E. Singer. New York: Wiley.

Groves, Robert M., Eleanor Singer, James M. Lepkowski, Steven Heeringa, and Duane Alwin. 2004. "Survey methodology." In A Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond edited by James S. House, et al.. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.

Couper, Mick P., and Robert M. Groves. 2002. "Introductory Interactions in Telephone Surveys and Nonresponse." In Standardization and Tacit Knowledge; Interaction and Practice in the Survey Interview edited by DW Maynard. Pp. 161-177. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.

Farley, Reynolds. 2002. "Racial Identities in 2000: The Response to the Multiple-Race Response Option." In The New Race Question : How the Census Counts Multiracial Individuals edited by Joe Perlmann and Mary C. Waters. Pp. 33-61. New York: Russell Sage Foundation and Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.

Dillman, D., J. Eltinge, Robert M. Groves, and R. Little. 2002. "Survey Nonresponse in Design, Data Collection, and Analysis." In Survey Nonresponse edited by R. Groves, D. Dillman, J. Eltinge, and R. Little. Pp. 3-26. New York: Wiley.

Couper, Mick P., and E.D. de Leeuw. 2002. "Nonresponse in Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Surveys." In Using Surveys Across Cultures and Nations edited by Harkness, J.A., van de Vijver, F.J.R., and Mohler, P.P. . 157-177. New York: Wiley.

Lozar Manfreda, K., Mick P. Couper, M. Vohar, Salvador Rivas, and V. Vehovar. 2002. "Virtual Selves and Web Surveys." In Developments in Social Science Methodology edited by A. Ferligoj and A. Mrvar. 187-213. Ljubljana: FDV.

Lepkowski, James M., and Mick P. Couper. 2002. "Nonresponse in Longitudinal Household Surveys." In Survey Nonresponse edited by R.M. Groves, D. Dillman, J. Eltinge, and R. Little. Pp. 259-272. New York: Wiley.

Wang, Guangzhou. 2002. "On the Indirect Estimation Method and Application of Age-Specific Fertility Rate and Total Fertility Rate by Census Data." In China Population Science. 3.

Singer, Eleanor. 2002. "The use of incentives to reduce nonresponse in household surveys." In Survey Nonresponse edited by Robert M. Groves, et al.. New York: Wiley.

PSC Reports

Olson, Kristen, and Robert M. Groves. 2009. "An Examination of Within-Person Variation in Response Propensity over the Data Collection Field Period." NSFG Paper No. 09-003. November 2009.

Axinn, William, Cynthia F. Link, and Robert M. Groves. 2009. "Responsive Survey Design, Demographic Data Collection, and Models of Demographic Behavior." NSFG Paper No. 09-001. October 2009.

Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, and Heather Gatny. 2009. "Continued and On-Time Participation in a Weekly Online Survey." PSC Research Report No. 09-680. May 2009.

Thornton, Arland. 2009. "The Detroit Area Study and Me." PSC Research Report No. 09-676. May 2009.

Featherman, David, and Erik Austin . 2008. "Internationalizing the Social Sciences: The Tough Road Ahead." PSC Research Report No. 08-636. April 2008.

Rogowski, Jeannette A., Vicki A. Freedman, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. "Neighborhoods and the Health of the Elderly: Challenges in Using National Survey Data." PSC Research Report No. 06-600. May 2006.

Charles, Kerwin, Sheldon H. Danziger, Geng Li, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. "Studying Consumption with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Comparisons with the Consumer Expenditure Survey and an Application to the Intergenerational Transmission of Well-being." PSC Research Report No. 06-590. February 2006.

Knodel, John E., Mark VanLandingham, Chanpen Saengtienchai, Wassana Im-em, and Jiraporn Kespichayawattana. 2003. "Data Collection Strategies for Studying the Impacts of AIDS on Older Parents: Lessons from Research in Thailand." PSC Research Report No. 03-537. June 2003.

Farley, Reynolds. 2002. "Race Reporting in the Census of 2000: How Do Multiracial Groups Compare to Monoracial Groups on Key Characteristics?" PSC Research Report No. 02-516. July 2002.

Shrestha, Sundar S., Sujan Shrestha, and Ann E. Biddlecom. 2002. "The Household Registration System: Methods and Issues in Collecting Continuous Data on Demographic Events." PSC Research Report No. 02-517. July 2002.

Mainieri, Tina, and Sheldon H. Danziger. 2002. "Designing Surveys of Welfare Populations." PSC Research Report No. 02-509. June 2002.


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