Brian Rowan is the Burke A. Hinsdale Collegiate Professor in Education, a research professor at the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, and a professor of sociology at the University of Michigan. A sociologist by training (PhD, Stanford University), Rowan’s research has focused on the organization and management of schooling, paying special attention to… Continue reading Rowan,Brian P
Research Theme: Data & Methods
Kimball,Miles S
Fresco,David Marc
David M. Fresco is Professor of Psychiatry and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Social Research (ISR). His program of research adopts an affective neuroscience perspective to conduct basic, translational, and treatment studies of anxiety and mood disorders, particularly distress disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder) incorporating methodologies including… Continue reading Fresco,David Marc
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics (CID) was founded at the University of Michigan Institute of Social Research in 2019. The mission of CID is to: produce cutting-edge research on social inequality, especially wealth inequality, train the next generation of inequality scholars, and build data infrastructure and increase data accessibility. We… Continue reading Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
Patrick, Megan E.
Megan Patrick’s published research focuses on the development of substance use and consequences across the lifespan. Her interests include motivations for substance use, the prevention of health risk behaviors, statistical methods for modeling behavior and behavior change, and mobile and web-based survey methodology. She has been the PI of 10 NIH-funded projects and Co-Investigator on… Continue reading Patrick, Megan E.
Hansen, Ben
O’Malley,Patrick M
Dr. O’Malley received his Ph.D. degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1975. His primary affiliation is with the Monitoring the Future study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He is also affiliated with the Youth, Education, and Society study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. His publications deal with… Continue reading O’Malley,Patrick M
Conrad,Frederick G
Dr. Conrad is a survey methodologist whose recent work has focused on respondents’ understanding of survey questions. He also studies biases in respondents’ judgments about the frequency of their behaviors, the effect of automatic progress feedback on respondents’ willingness to continue filling out a questionnaire, and the decision to participate in a survey among potential… Continue reading Conrad,Frederick G
Lee,Sunghee
Sunghee Lee is a Research Professor in the Survey Methodology Program at the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, where she directs the Program in Survey and Data Science. She earned her PhD from the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland. Before joining the University of Michigan, she served as… Continue reading Lee,Sunghee
Wagner,James Robert
Dr. Wagner is a survey statistician. His research is in the areas of responsive or adaptive design, nonresponse bias, and data quality measures. He also develops and implements responsive design plans on large surveys.