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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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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Valenstein, Marcia, James M. Lepkowski, Brady T. West, Daniel Eisenberg, Kara Zivin, Stephen Lowell DesJardins, Rebecca Clive, Dara Ganoczy, et al. Forthcoming. "A nationally representative sample of veteran and matched non-veteran college students: Mental health symptoms, suicidal ideation, and mental health treatment." Journal of American College Health.

Olson, Kristen, Brady T. West, Jolene D. Smyth, Jennifer Dykema, Allyson L. Holbrook, Frauke Kreuter, Jolene D. Smyth, Jennifer Dykema, an, et al. 2020. "The Past, Present, and Future of Research on Interviewer Effects." In Interviewer Effects from a Total Survey Error Perspective. Chapman and Hall/CRC.

West, Brady T., Heather Schroeder, Heather Schroeder, Frauke Kreuter, Frauke Kreuter, Ting Yan, Ting Yan, Michael Josten, an, et al. 2020. "Examining the Utility of Interviewer Observations on the Survey Response Process." In Interviewer Effects from a Total Survey Error Perspective. Chapman and Hall/CRC.

West, B. T. 2020. "Designing Studies for Comparing Interviewer Variance in Two Groups of Survey Interviewers." In Interviewer Effects from a Total Survey Error Perspective. Chapman and Hall/CRC.

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Modernizing NCSES Data Collection Approaches (NSF)

Intergenerational Influences on Marriage, Contraception and Childbearing (NICHD)

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)

Trajectories of Nonmedical Prescription Drug Misuse (NIDA)

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

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

Trajectories of Nonmedical Prescription Drug Misuse (NIDA)

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