CHIS 2015-2016 Sample Design and Survey Methodology (SDSM) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Meeting Summary

1. 2015-2016 Meeting Summary

Meeting Materials

1. SDSM TAC Meeting Agenda
2. SDSM TAC Meeting Slides (Access printer-friendly version)
3. SDSM TAC Meeting Attendees
4. CHIS 2011-2012 Sample Sizes
5. CHIS 2013 Survey Topics

Articles and Links Recommended by TAC Members

Cell Phone Use

Global Smartphone Use Continues to Climb, Studies Show

• This was recommended by Joel Moskowitz as a reference to the increase in the use of smart phones 

IRBs and Incentives

AAPOR IRB FAQ 

• Trent Buskirk recommended reviewing this for how to deal with IRBs and differential incentives

PRIMR (Public Responsibility In Medicine & Research)

• Stephen Blumberg recommended this organization/conference as one to review for how to deal with IRBs on complex topics like differential incentives. 

Largent et al. (2013) Misconceptions about coercion and undue influence: reflections on the views of IRB members. Bioethics. 27(9):500-507.

Largent et al. (2013) Misconceptions about coercion and undue influence: reflections on the views of IRB members. Bioethics. 27(9):500-507.

• Stephen Blumberg recommended this article as a key reading on ethics of incentives

Singer and Ye (2010) The Use and Effects of Incentives in Surveys The Annals of the Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science. 645(1): 112-141

• Good summary of research on incentive effects in surveys

Nonresponse and Nonresponse Bias

Groves and Peytcheva (2008) The Impact of Nonresponse Rates on Nonresponse Bias. A Meta-Analysis. Public Opinion Quarterly. 72(2): 167-189.

• Recommended as a must-read by Paul Lavrakas on the issues of NR rates v. NR bias

Groves, Singer, Corning (2000) Leverage-Saliency Theory of Survey Participation: Description and an Illustration. Public Opinion Quarterly. 64(3): 299-308.

Groves et al (2006) Experiments in Producing Nonresponse Bias. Public Opinion Quarterly. 70(5): 720-736.

Curtin, Presser, Singer (2005) Public Opinion Quarterly. 69(1): 87-98. 720-736. 

Curtin, Presser, Singer (2000) Public Opinion Quarterly. 64(4): 413-428.

Lee, et al (2009). Exploring Nonresponse Bias in a Health Survey Using Neighborhood Characteristics. Am. J. of Public Health. 99(10): 1811-1817. 

• Other insightful reading on current thinking about NR rate/bias causes

Sampling and Auxiliary Data 

PASEK

Mode Effects

Wagner et al (2014). Does Sequence Matter in Multimode Surveys: Results from an Experiment. Field Methods. 26(2): 141-155.

Pasek et al (2014). Can Marketing Data Aid Survey Research? Examining Accuracy and Completeness in Consumer-File Data Public Opinion Quarterly. 78(4): 889-916.