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

Events

Total Survey Error: A Framework for High Quality Survey Design - 10/23/2018.

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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

U-M's Data Science Initiative offers expanded consulting services via CSCAR

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West, Brady T., Joseph W. Sakshaug, and Alain S. Guy. 2018. "Accounting for Complex Sampling in Survey Estimation: A Review of Current Software Tools." Journal of Official Statistics, 34(3): 721-752.

Teter, Christian J., Christopher G. DiRaimo, Brady T. West, Ty S. Schepis, and Sean Esteban McCabe. Forthcoming. "Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants Among US High School Students to Help Study: Results From a National Survey." Journal of Pharmacy Practice.

Fischer, Micha, Brady T. West, Michael R. Elliott, and Frauke Kreuter. Forthcoming. "The Impact of Interviewer Effects on Regression Coefficients." Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.

West, Brady T., and Frauke Kreuter. 2018. "Strategies for Increasing the Accuracy of Interviewer Observations of Respondent Features." Methodology, 14(1): 16-29.

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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)

Evaluation of 2012 FoodAPS (USDA)

NCSES Surveys (NSF)

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

Sampling Weights and Data Analysis for the Medical Monitoring Project Provider Survey (CDC)

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)

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