Washington, D.C, May 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will present on public opinion and survey research topics at the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 72nd annual conference, being held May 18-21, 2017, at the Sheraton New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This year’s conference, focused around the theme of “Embracing Change and Diversity in Public Opinion and Social Science Research,” will feature presentations highlighting new approaches, perspectives, and voices to perennially popular conference topics. AAPOR is the leading professional organization of public opinion and survey research professionals in the U.S.
Presentations by AIR staff include:
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017
Poster Session 1
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. CDT
Napoleon Ballroom, Third Floor
- 30. Nonresponse Analysis and Field Protocol Recommendations The AAPOR Annual Membership Survey
AIR Presenters/Authors: HarmoniJoie Noel & Caitlin Deal
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2017
Concurrent Session B
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CDT
Session B1: Enhancing the Quality of Internet Data Collection
Borgne, Third Floor
- Tailoring Nonresponse Follow-up in a Web Survey of College Students Based on Predicted Propensity to Respond
AIR Presenters/Authors: Rebecca Medway, Mengmeng Zhang, Mark Masterton & Evan Nielsen
Concurrent Session C
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. CDT
Session C3: Methodological Brief: Writing Questions to Increase Data Quality
Nottoway, Fourth Floor
- Casting a Wide Net: Specification Error in Screening Homeschool Children
AIR Presenters/Authors: Danielle Battle & Mahlet W. Megra
Session C4: Leveraging Contact Strategies and Response Propensities to Increase Survey Participation
Oak Alley, Fourth Floor
- The Impact of Different Contact Modes on Survey Response Bias
AIR Presenters/Authors: Caitlin E. Deal & Rebecca Medway
Concurrent Sessions E
4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. CDT
Session E3: Methodological Brief: Remind Me Again? Prompting and Reminding to Increase Response Rates
Nottoway, Fourth Floor
- Examining Phone Follow-up Effort in School Recruitment
AIR Presenters/Authors: Yan Wang & Corey Sinser
- Potential Unintended Consequences of an Email Reminder Strategy for a Household Survey with an Address-based Sample Frame
AIR Presenter/Author: Cameron McPhee
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017
Concurrent Session F
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CDT
Session F7: Innovations in Cognitive Interviewing: Recruitment Strategies and Interviewing Techniques
Bayside C, Fourth Floor
- Conducting Cognitive Interviews with Young Children
AIR Presenters/Authors: Rachel Levenstein, Mahlet W. Megra, Jen Durow & Evan Nielsen
Concurrent Session G
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. CDT
Session G2: Adaptive/Responsive Design: Predictions and Evaluations
Maurepas, Third Floor
- What Will Work for Whom? Identifying Subgroups for which Response Rate Interventions will be Effective
AIR Presenters/Authors: Michael T. Jackson, Cameron McPhee & Katrina Steinley
Session G3: Driving Them to the Web: Strategies, Techniques and Innovations
Nottoway, Fourth Floor
- Who Can We Text? Assessing the Extent of Biases in Consent to Receive Text Message Reminders in a Follow-up Survey
AIR Presenters/Authors: Mengmeng Zhang, Rebecca Medway & Mark Masterton
Poster Session 3
12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. CDT
Napoleon Ballroom, Third Floor
- 11. School Climate Survey Compendium
AIR Presenter/Author: Pia Peltola
- 17. Who Lives Here? Inconsistent Reporting in the National Household Education Survey Household Enumeration
AIR Presenters/Authors: HarmoniJoie Noel, Danielle Battle, Carol Wan & Mahlet W. Megra
- 40. Know your Audience: Improving User Engagement Measurement in Online Communities of Practice
AIR Presenters/Authors: Maria Payri, Lauren C’deBaca & Caitlin Deal
- 44. Are You Still Online? Measuring Internet Access from Home for School-age Children
AIR Presenter/Author: Angelina KewalRamani
SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017
Concurrent Session J
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CDT
Session J2: More Effects a la “Mode”
Maurepas, Third Floor
- Disentangling Measurement Effects from Selection Effects in a Sequential Mixed-mode Experiment
AIR Presenters/Authors: Rebecca Medway, Mengmeng Zhang, Cameron McPhee & Michael Jackson
Session J3: Increasing Data Quality for Web Surveys
Nottoway, Fourth Floor
- Measurement Error Among Tablet and Computer-based Users
AIR Presenters/Authors: Ashley Kaiser, Katelyn Cutts, Danielle Battle & Deanna Achorn
Learn more about the conference at http://www.aapor.org/Conference-Events/Annual-Meeting.aspx.
About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education, and workforce productivity. For more information, visit www.air.org.
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