Brady T. West

Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center.
Research Associate Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research.

Ph.D., Survey Methodology, University of Michigan

Research Interests: Dr. West's current research interests include the implications of measurement error in auxiliary variables and survey paradata for survey estimation, survey nonresponse, interviewer variance, and multilevel regression models for clustered and longitudinal data. He is the lead author of the book Linear Mixed Models: A Practical Guide Using Statistical Software and co-author of the book Applied Survey Data Analysis.

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bwest@umich.edu

734-647-4615

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Total Survey Error: A Framework for High Quality Survey Design - a workshop by Brady West and Paul Schulz, Oct 23

West et al. examine HS seniors' nonmedical use of prescription stimulants to boost study

West, Axinn and Schouten present case studies in responsive survey design research in 1-day workshop

Axinn and West find US rape risk worse among women without a college education

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McCabe, Sean Esteban, Philip T. Veliz, Timothy E. Wilens, Brady T. West, Ty S. Schepis, Jason A. Ford, Corey Pomykacz, and Carol J. Boyd. Forthcoming. "Sources of Nonmedical Prescription Drug Misuse Among US High School Seniors: Differences in Motives and Substance Use Behaviors." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Kullgren, Jeffrey T., Betsy Q. Cliff, Chris D. Krenz, Helen Levy, Brady T. West, A. Mark Fendrick, Jonathan So, and Angela Tsai Fagerlin. 2019. "A Survey Of Americans With High-Deductible Health Plans Identifies Opportunities To Enhance Consumer Behaviors." Health Affairs, 38(3): 416-424.

West, Brady T., Michael R. Elliott, Zeina N. Mneimneh, James Wagner, Andy Peytchev, and Mark Trappmann. Forthcoming. "An Examination of an Interviewer-Respondent Matching Protocol in a Longitudinal CATI Study." Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.

Cliff, Betsy Q., Brady T. West, Helen Levy, A. Mark Fendrick, Angela Tsai Fagerlin, Christopher Krenz, Tyler N. A. Winkelman, Jonathan So, an, et al. 2019. "Attitudes About Consumer Strategies Among Americans in High-deductible Health Plans." Medical Care, 57(3): 187-193.

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Methodological Research on Developing a Fully-Functional Web-Based App to Collect Food Data (USDA)

Collaborative Research: Video Communication Technologies in Survey Data Collection (NSF)

A More Efficient Web-Based Approach to Collecting National Family, Fertility and Reproductive Health Data (NICHD)

Advancing the Science of Responsive Design Using Bayesian Methodology (NIA)

Sexual Orientation, Discrimination, and Health Disparities in DSM-5 Alcohol Use Disorder (NIAAA)

Indices of Selection Bias for Non-Probability Samples (NICHD)

Disparities in Diabetes Comorbidities and Multiple Chronic Conditions (NIDDK)

Health, Stress, and Tobacco Use Disparities among Sexual Minority Populations (NCI)

Responsive Design for Efficient Survey Data Collection: An Education Program (NICHD)

E-Cigarette Use and Longitudinal Changes in Cigarette Smoking and Health (NCI)

The Initiation of a New Cohort of the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY) supplemental funding (NSF)

Trajectories of Nonmedical Prescription Drug Misuse (NIDA)

Longitudinal Changes in Recovery from Drug Use Disorders: A National Study (NIDA)

NCSES Surveys (NSF)

Extending the Longitudinal Study of American Youth into a Study of Aging (NIA)

Effective Observational Strategies for Health Survey Interviewers (NICHD)

Collaborative Research: Decomposing Interviewer Variance in Standardized and Conversational Interviewing (NSF)

The Initiation of a New Cohort of the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY) (NSF)

Trajectories of Nonmedical Prescription Drug Misuse (NIDA)

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