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Sample Design and Survey Methodology (SDSM) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Articles and Links Recommended by TAC Members

Cell Phone Use

Global Smartphone Use Continues to Climb, Studies Show http://bit.ly/1wUOlWx

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

IRBs and Incentives

AAPOR IRB FAQ http://www.aapor.org/AAPORKentico/Standards-Ethics/Institutional-Review-Boards/IRB-FAQs-for-Survey-Researchers.aspx

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

PRIMR (Public Responsibility In Medicine & Research) http://www.primr.org/

- 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. http://ann.sagepub.com/content/645/1/112.short (full-text PDF here)

Largent et al. (2013) Misconceptions about coercion and undue influence: reflections on the views of IRB members. Bioethics. 27(9):500-507. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01972.x/full (full-text PDF here)

- 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. http://ann.sagepub.com/content/645/1/112.short (full-text PDF here)

- Good summary of research on incentive effects in surveys

Nonresponse and Nonersponse Bias

Groves and Peytcheva (2008) The Impact of Nonresponse Rates on Nonresponse Bias. A Meta-Analysis. Public Opinion Quarterly. 72(2): 167-189. http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/72/2/167.short (full-text PDF here)

- 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. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3078721?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents (full-text PDF here)

Groves et al (2006) Experiments in Producing Nonresponse Bias. Public Opinion Quarterly. 70(5): 720-736. http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/70/5/720.short (full-text PDF here)

Curtin, Presser, Singer (2005) Public Opinion Quarterly. 69(1): 87-98. 720-736. http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/69/1/87.short (full-text PDF here)

Curtin, Presser, Singer (2000) Public Opinion Quarterly. 64(4): 413-428. http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/64/4/413.short (full-text PDF here)

Lee, et al (2009). Exploring Nonresponse Bias in a Health Survey Using Neighborhood Characteristics. Am. J. of Public Health. 99(10): 1811-1817. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2741510/ (full-text PDF here)

- 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.  http://fmx.sagepub.com/content/26/2/141.abstract (full-text PDF here)

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. http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/78/4/889.abstract?sid=1e96676e-0946-4bda-a640-6d594e25f685 (full-text PDF here)

Meeting Information

Date and Time: December 16, 2014, 9:00am-11:30am PST (12:00pm-2:30pm EST)