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RTI International at 59th Annual AAPOR Conference

May 13-16, 2004; Phoenix, Arizona

The Conference

RTI International will be attending the 59th annual American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) conference in Phoenix, AZ, on May 13-16, 2004.

The major theme of the conference is the image of public opinion research. Leaders in public opinion and survey methods research will give invited addresses at the conference, and over 200 papers and posters will be presented.

Additional information about the AAPOR Conference is available at www.aapor.org/.

RTI at the Conference

RTI staff in social sciences, surveys, and survey methodologies will participate in roundtable discussions and present findings at a variety of sessions on government surveys, survey methods, interviewer skills training, response rates, mail surveys, and much more. During the conference, RTI experts will be participating in the following sessions and presenting papers on the following subjects:

Papers

Title		Panel Attrition and its Effects on Results from a Longitudinal Study: An Examination of Changes in Participants and Attitudes in a Web-Based Panel Survey of HIV and AIDS Stigma Attitudes
Presenter		R. Baxter
Session		Panel Attrition
Date & Time		Friday, May 14; 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Location		Courtroom KL
Downloads		Abstract; Paper; Presentation

 

Title		An Assessment of HIPAA-Compliant Methods for Achieving High Cooperation Rates from Medical Providers on a Medical Record Abstraction Program Evaluation
Presenter		B. Evans, B. Burke
Session		Improving Response Rates from Medical Providers
Date & Time		Sunday, May 16; 8:15-9:45 a.m.
Location		Courtroom MN
Downloads		Abstract; Paper; Presentation

 

Title		The Costs and Benefits of Improving Response Rates in the CAHPS Medicare Fee for Service Survey
Presenter		L. Dimitropoulos
Session		Response Rates in Health Care Surveys
Date & Time		Saturday, May 15; 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Location		Courtroom MN
Downloads		Abstract

 

Title		A System for Detecting Interviewer Falsification
Presenter		J. Murphy
Session		Interviewer Training
Date & Time		Sunday, May 16; 8:15-9:45 a.m.
Location		Salon H
Downloads		Abstract; Paper; Presentation

 

Title		Using a Dual Frame Sampling Design to Increase the Efficiency of reaching Population subgroups in a Telephone Survey
Presenter		D. Roe, D. Currivan
Session		Sampling Targeted Populations
Date & Time		Saturday, May 15; 8:15-9:45 a.m.
Location		Salon H
Downloads		Abstract; Paper; Presentation

 

Title		Trust and Completion of Surveys in the US Navy
Presenter		M. Olmsted
Session		Panel: Data Privacy and Confidentiality: An Examination of Trust in Survey Research Using Military Samples
Date & Time		Sunday, May 16; 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Location		Salon F
Downloads		Abstract; Presentation

 

Title		Estimating Cocaine Use Using the Item Count Methodology: Preliminary Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Presenter		P. Biemer
Session		Health Survey Measurements
Date & Time		Friday, May 14; 8:15-9:45 a.m.
Location		Salon H

 

Title		Surveying the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual (LGBT) Population
Presenter		K. Krotki
Session		Measuring Special Populations
Date & Time		Friday, May 14; 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Location		Courtroom KL

 

Title		Factual Knowledge of Science Among the American Public: Using Item Response Theory for Scale Reduction
Presenter		M. Schwerin
Session		Science Fact and Public Opinion
Date & Time		Saturday, May15; 4:00-5:15 p.m.
Location		Courtroom KL
Downloads		Presentation

 

Title		Augmenting the BRFSS RDD Design with Mail and Web Modes: Results from a Multi-State Experiment
Presenter		M. Link, D. Roe, J. Wiener
Session		Multi-Mode Surveys
Date & Time		Friday, May 14; 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Location		Salon J

Posters

Title		Correlates of Locate Rates in the World Trade Center Health Registry
Presenter		A. Turner
Session		AAPOR Poster Session
Date & Time		Friday, May 14; 11:30 am - 12:45 p.m.
Location		2nd Level – East Veranda
Downloads		Presentation

 

Title		A Comparison of On-Site vs. Lab-Based Usability Testing
Presenter		L. Dean
Session		AAPOR Poster Session
Date & Time		Friday, May 14; 11:30 am - 12:45 p.m.
Location		2nd Level – East Veranda
Downloads		Presentation

 

Title		CAPI on PDAs
Presenter		K. Krotki
Session		AAPOR Poster Session
Date & Time		Friday, May 14; 11:30 am - 12:45 p.m.
Location		2nd Level – East Veranda

Panels

Title		After 9/11
Discussant		J. Eyerman
Date & Time		Friday, May 14; 8:15-9:45 a.m.
Downloads		Presentation

 

Additional RTI Information

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RTI Contact

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