2015 Annual PAPOR Conference

Agenda and Presentations

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015
8:00AM – 10:15AM Short Course 1: Dual Frame Cell Phone and Landline Surveys: Design and Weighting, Dr. Stas Kolenikov, Abt SRBI
10:30AM – 12:45PM Short Course 2: Mobile Devices and Modular Survey Design, Paul Johnson of Survey Sampling International, Presentation
2:30PM – 3:30PM Panel 1: Analysis, Design, & Sampling Methods
Chair: Dean Bonner, PPIC

Contracting the Application of Simple Random Sampling Method vs. the Convenient Sampling Method with Extremely Rare Populations: The Case Study of Former Yugoslavs in Boston, Nikola Novacevic

Enhancing the use of Qualitative Research to Understand Public Opinion, Paul J. Lavrakas, Independent Consultant; Margaret R. Roller, Roller Research, Paper

Comparisons of Fully Balanced, Minimally Balanced, and Unbalanced Rating Scales, Mingnan Liu, Sarah Cho, and Noble Kuriakose, SurveyMonkey

Conflicting Thoughts: The Effect of Information on Support for an Increase in the Federal Minimum Wage Level, Joshua Cooper & Alejandra Gimenez, Brigham Young University, First Place Student Paper Competition Winner. Presentation, Paper
4:00PM – 5:30PM Panel 2: Uses of Survey & Polling Data Collection: Practical & Ethical
Chair: Sonja Petek, UC BerkeleyAre California’s Registered Independents Shy Partisans?, David Kordus, Public Policy Institute of California. Presentation, Paper

Exploring the Financial Landscape Facing Veterans in Nevada: Financial Literacy, Decision-making, and Payday Loans, Justin S. Gardner & Christopher Stream, UNLV, Runner-Up Student Paper Competition Winner. Presentation, Paper

What Constitutes Informed Consent? Understanding Respondents’ Need for Transparency, Nicole Buttermore, Randall Thomas, Frances M. Barlas, & Mansour Fahimi, GfK. Presentation

Recent Changes to the Telecommunications Consumer Protection Act, Bob Davis, Davis Research. Presentation
 6:15PM – 8:45PM Plenary event :The Uses of Big Data in Public Opinion and Polling Research 
Featuring:Annie Pettit, Peanut Labs

David Latterman, Fall Line Analytics,

Curtis Cobb of Facebook
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015
8:30am – 10:00am Panel 3: Improvements to Survey Modes
Chair: Sarah Cho, SurveyMonkey

What Are They Thinking? How IVR Captures Public Opinion for a Democracy, Mary McDougall, Survox, presentation (PPT)

The Promising Role of Fax in Surveys of Clinical Establishments: Observations from a Multi-mode Survey of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Natalie Teixeira, Anne Herleth, and Vasudha Narayanan, Weststat; Kelsey O’Yong, Los Angeles Department of Public Health, presentation

The Pros and Cons of Persistence During Telephone Recruitment for an Establishment Survey, Paul Weinfurter and Vasudha Narayanan, Westat, presentation
10:00am – 10:15am AAPOR Presentation – Mollyann Brodie, AAPOR Vice President/President-Elect
10:15am – 10:45am Poster Session and Break
Correlates of Response Latency in Web Surveys, Benjamin Phillips, Stainslav Kolenikov, Elaine Howard Ecklund (Rice University), Allison Ackermann, & Ho Won Cheng, Abt SRB

ISyria Rising: Has the Syrian Refugee Crisis Shifted U.S. Public Opinion? Gina Jannone & Chelsea Bartholomew, University of Denver

Sustainable Transportation at the Ballot Box: A Disaggregate Analysis of the Relative Importance of User Travel Mode, Values, & Self Interest, Matthew Palm, University of California, Davis
10:30am – 12:15pm Panel 4: 2016: The Year of the Outsider
Chair: Floyd Ciruli, Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research

The Summer of Our Discontent, Stuart Elway, Elway Research, presentation

Californian’s Opinion of Political Outsiders, Mark Baldassare, PPIC

Colorado’s History of Outsider Preference, Floyd Ciruli, Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research, Presentation

Trump’s Beguiling Ascent: What 50-State Polling Says About the Surprise GOP Frontrunner, Jon Cohen & Kevin Stay, SurveyMonkey
1:30pm – 3:00pm Panel 5: Mobile Survey Response and Design
Chair: Benn Messer, Research Into Action

15 Things We Know About Mobile Surveys, Tom Wells, Nielsen, Presentation

The Changing Landscape of Technology and Its Effects on Online Survey Data Quality, Nicole Mitchell, SSI, Presentation

Measuring Survey Behavior of Smart Phone Users, Rebecca Phillips and Samantha Luks, YouGov, Presentation
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