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RTI publishes the results of our research in a variety of formats, and many can be downloaded for free as a PDF file. When we don't own the copyright of a publication, we provide a full citation and/or a link to an online version. |
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8,037 publications are currently in the database.
| Finkelstein, E.A., Brown, D.S., & Evans, W.D. (Sep-Oct. 2008). Do obese persons comprehend their personal health risks? American Journal of Health Behavior, 32 (5):508-516. | |
| Objectives: To test whether overweight and obese individuals believe they are at greater risk of obesity-related diseases and premature mortality. Methods: Telephone survey of 1139 US adults analyzed using linear and ordered logistic regressions. | |
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| Evans, B., Quiroz, R.S., Athey, L.A., McMichael, J.P., & Albright, V.A. (2008). Customizing Survey Methods to the Target Population: Innovative Approaches to Improving Response Rates and Data Quality among Hispanics. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| The explosive growth of the Hispanic/Latino US population has an ever-increasing impact on survey estimates. Additionally, new interviewing challenges are encountered when contacting Hispanic populations compared to non-Hispanic populations due to… | |
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| Carley-Baxter, L.R., Peytchev, A.A., & Black, M.C. (2008). Comparison of Cell Phone and Landline Surveys: A Design Perspective. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| Rapidly decreasing coverage of landline surveys is increasing the need to implement dual-frame surveys for inference to the adult U.S. population. Vast differences between the way cell phones and landlines are used, and the populations using them,… | |
| Wang, K.H. (2008). Incentives as Signals in a Game Theoretic Model of Survey Participation. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| Potential respondents consider a wide range of factors in their decision making to participate in a survey such as topic salience, expected level of burden, and other costs and benefits from participating. Respondents may also be uncertain of the… | |
| Hill, C.A., Biemer, P.P., Coombs, D.H., Eyerman, J.D., & Peytchev, A.A. (2008). Pilot Development of a Smartphone-Enabled Full-Probability Panel. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, May 2008. | |
| This paper will describe the development and results of a project we are currently undertaking to design, implement, and standardize methodologies for the use of smartphone technology to collect real-time self-reported data from a panel of study… | |
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| Smith, K.R., Stambaugh, L.F., Morgan, K.C., & Ringeisen, H. (2008). Race Identification Across Multiple Respondent Types. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| This paper will examine discrepancies in reported race identification by multiple respondents within the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW). This topic is of critical importance because race is commonly included as a… | |
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| Cominole, M.B., Franklin, J.W., & Siegel, P.H. (2008). Combined Strategies to Increase Early Response Rates. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| Much research about survey response has focused on the impact of procedures and materials used in contacting sample members, including the timing and number of contacts made and the presentation of materials. The packaging or presentation of… | |
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| Peytchev, A.A., & Carley-Baxter, L. (2008). Coverage Error in Telephone Surveys: Bias in Point Estimates, Variances, Associations, and Total Error from Exclusion of the Cell Phone-Only Population. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| While landline telephone household surveys often draw inference about the U.S. population, a proportion with only cell phones is excluded. This proportion is substantial and increasing, providing potential for coverage bias. Improved understanding… | |
| Morton, J.E., Richa, N.R., Digregorio, M.A., & Bibb, B.S. (2008). Factors Leading to Successful Tracking and Retention of Homeless and Unstably Housed HIV Positive Longitudinal Study Participants. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| The goal of the Housing and Health Study—conducted in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and leading researchers—was to assess the role of housing in reducing HIV/AIDS… | |
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| McFarlane, E.S., Murphy, J., & Olmsted, M.G. (2008). First Mailings Versus Follow-Up Mailings: Do the Same Strategies Have the Same Effects?. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| A number of studies have shown that stamped return envelopes elicit higher response rates than business reply or metered mail in mail surveys of physicians (Kellerman and Harold, 2001; Shiono & Klebenhoff, 1991; Urban, Anderson, and Tseng, 1993). | |
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| Athey, L.A., McMichael, J.P., Evans, B., & Albright, V.A. (2008). Geoframe: A New Method of Field Enumeration. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| Face-to-face interviewing using area probability samples remains the gold standard method for conducting representative surveys, but the increasing cost of these studies has led researchers to look for economies in all phases of survey design and… | |
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| Stockdale, J.D., Thornburg, V.E., & Aldridge, A.P. (2008). Same Respondents, Same Questions; Different Modes, Different Responses. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| Survey research shows in many instances that respondents report higher levels of sensitive behaviors during an in-person interview than during a telephone interview (Beck, et al., 2002; Woltman, et al., 1980). Specifically, researchers have found… | |
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| Evans, B., Reed, L.M., & Ellis, C.S. (2008). The Changing Face of Respondents. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| With the ever changing population demographics in United States, survey researchers are faced with many challenges to ensure all sampled population groups are accurately represented, high quality data, and high response rates. Seldom is careful… | |
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| Currivan, D.B., Roe, D., & Stockdale, J.D. (2008). The Impact of Landline and Cell Phone Usage Patterns Among Young Adults on Survey Outcomes. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| A current challenge in conducting telephone surveys is obtaining satisfactory representation among young adults. Surveys using random-digit dial (RDD) or directory-listed sample frames exclude the approximately 28 percent of adults age 18 to 24 who… | |
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| Wallin, J., Considine, K.A., Derecho, A.A., Bibb, B.S., & Carr, C. (2008). The Impact of Tracing Variation on Response Rates Within Panel Studies. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| Locating and contacting survey participants is one of the biggest challenges for any longitudinal panel study. Panel maintenance is essential to any panel study in order to produce accurate and reliable data. There are many levels of tracing that… | |
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| Strobl, M.M., Fahrney, K.M., Nguyen, M.T., Bibb, B.S., Thissen, M.R., Stephenson, W.I., & Mitchell, S.B. (May 2008). Using Computer Audio-Recorded Interviewing to Assess Interviewer Coding Error. AAPOR 2008. | |
| Computer-assisted audio recordings provide a new approach for detecting and correcting interviewer coding error. For questions with categorical or “other specify” responses, it is possible for the interviewer to misinterpret, abbreviate, or… | |
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| Zuckerbraun, S.M. (2008). Another Day, Another Poll: Trends in Media Coverage of Polls/Surveys in the Election Realm and in the Non-Election Realm. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| The monitoring of public opinion plays an important role in accountability of elected officials in a democracy (Jacob and Shapiro, 1995). However, the high volume of poll reports, quasi-scientific surveys, and criticism of both in the media may have… | |
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| Flanigan, T., & McFarlane, E.S. (2008). Conducting Survey Research Among Physicians and Other Medical Professionals: A Review of Current Literature. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| Conducting surveys on physicians and other medical professionals is much different from conducting surveys of the general population (Sudman, 1985). Physicians’ work schedules are demanding and their time is scarce, so participating in a survey… | |
| Buerkle, K. (2008). Teaching Democracy to Students. Presented at the AAPOR 2008, New Orleans, LA, May 2008. | |
| Can democratic political orientations be learned in school? Many donors and foreign governments underwrite school-based civic education in new democracies with the hope it can. They hope school-based civic education will jumpstart social change by… | |
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| Brennan, V.K., & Wolowacz, S.E. (2008). A Systematic Review of Breast Cancer Utility Weights. Presented at the ISPOR 13th Annual International Meeting, May 2008. | |
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