Johnny Blair
Biographic Data
| ID | 111341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johnny Blair |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johnny |
| FAMILY NAME | Blair |
| SIGNATURE | BLAIR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 93 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
An Approach to Reducing Problematic Data in an Acasi Sexual Behavior Assessment
Minimizing error in self-reported sexual behavior could reduce investigators' likelihood of rejecting truly successful interventions to decrease HIV and STI transmission risk. Sexual behavior assessments can elicit problematic data. This may manifest in the form of elevated levels of non-response, inaccurate point estimates, or misclassification errors resulting in inappropriately answering or, perhaps more importantly, skipping questions. We pro…
Use of Multiple Sex Venues and Prevalence of HIV Risk Behavior: Identifying High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men
Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures
Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures
Sample Size for Cognitive Interview Pretesting
Every cognitive interview pretest designer must decide how many interviews need to be conducted. With little theory or empirical research to guide the choice of sample size, practitioners generally rely on the examples of other studies and their own experience or preferences. We investigated pretest sample size both theoretically and empirically. Using a model of the relationship of sample size to question problem prevalence, detection power of t…
HIV Transmission Risk at a Gay Bathhouse
Previous research found up to 14% of men who go to bathhouses engage in unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and tend to have multiple sexual partners during their bathhouse visit, thus appearing to support concerns that such venues could foster acute outbreaks of new HIV infections. We conducted a two-stage probability sample of men exiting a gay bathhouse, and focused our analysis on whether the partnering patterns of the men who engaged in UAI p…
Sources of Error in Cognitive Interviews
Journal Article Sources of Error in Cognitive Interviews Get access Frederick G. Conrad, Frederick G. Conrad Address correspondence to Frederick Conrad; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Johnny Blair Johnny Blair Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 1, Spring 2009, Pages 32–55, https://doi.org/10.109…
A Note on Sample Size for Behavior Coding Pretests
Behavior coding is a widely used method for pretesting survey questionnaires. It is based on the idea that certain types of interviewer-respondent interactions indicate question flaws if the number of such interactions exceeds some specified percentage of the pretest interviews. In this article, we examine statistical approaches for assessing the reliability of different observed percentages of problematic interactions
Designing Surveys
"Designing Surveys provides an accurate account of how modern survey research is actually conducted, but with the needs and goals of a novice researcher in mind. The text is aimed at the undergraduate survey research or survey methods courses in the social sciences, including Sociology, Social Work, Anthropology, and Political Science."--Jacket
Measurement Effects in Self vs. Proxy Response to Survey Questions: An Information‐Processing Perspective
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Literature Review Overview of Methods and Design Results Summary
A probability sample of gay urban males: The use of two‐phase adaptive sampling
If a target population, such as gay males, is relatively rare and not easily identifiable, it can be expensive and technically difficult to survey. Often, the population data available for planning such a survey is of suspect reliability. These obstacles often lead to the abandonment of careful probability sampling, relying instead on convenience samples such as organization membership lists or patrons of gay bars. The use of such haphazard sampl…
Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research
The Use of Anchoring Strategies in the Construction of Proxy-Reports of Attitudes
Journal Article THE USE OF ANCHORING STRATEGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROXY-REPORTS OF ATTITUDES Get access Barbara Bickart, Barbara Bickart Barbara Bickart is Assistant Professor of Marketing at Rutgers University, School of Business-Camden. Her research examines context effects on consumer judgments, household decision-making processes, and the cognitive aspects of the survey response process. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Survey Pretesting: Do Different Methods Produce Different Results
Pretesting is generally agreed to be an indispensable stage in survey questionnaire development, yet we know little about how well different pretesting methods identify particular types of problems. This study compared four pretesting methods using a single questionnaire in repeated trials of each. The four methods were conventional pretests, behavior coding, cognitive interviews, and expert panels. We developed a model-based coding scheme that c…
Locating a Special Population Using Random Digit Dialing
Frequently, researchers are only interested in specific subgroups of the total population. Waksberg (1978) has designed a two-stage method of selecting equal-probability samples of the general population using random digit dialing. The present research proposes and illustrates a modification of Waksberg's procedure to locate special populations which cluster geographically. Situations arising from the proposed modifications are discussed and alte…
Sources of Error in Cognitive Interviews
Journal Article Sources of Error in Cognitive Interviews Get access Frederick G. Conrad, Frederick G. Conrad Address correspondence to Frederick Conrad; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Johnny Blair Johnny Blair Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 1, Spring 2009, Pages 32–55, https://doi.org/10.109…
Sample Size for Cognitive Interview Pretesting
Every cognitive interview pretest designer must decide how many interviews need to be conducted. With little theory or empirical research to guide the choice of sample size, practitioners generally rely on the examples of other studies and their own experience or preferences. We investigated pretest sample size both theoretically and empirically. Using a model of the relationship of sample size to question problem prevalence, detection power of t…
A probability sample of gay urban males: The use of two‐phase adaptive sampling
If a target population, such as gay males, is relatively rare and not easily identifiable, it can be expensive and technically difficult to survey. Often, the population data available for planning such a survey is of suspect reliability. These obstacles often lead to the abandonment of careful probability sampling, relying instead on convenience samples such as organization membership lists or patrons of gay bars. The use of such haphazard sampl…
Survey Pretesting: Do Different Methods Produce Different Results
Pretesting is generally agreed to be an indispensable stage in survey questionnaire development, yet we know little about how well different pretesting methods identify particular types of problems. This study compared four pretesting methods using a single questionnaire in repeated trials of each. The four methods were conventional pretests, behavior coding, cognitive interviews, and expert panels. We developed a model-based coding scheme that c…
HIV Transmission Risk at a Gay Bathhouse
Previous research found up to 14% of men who go to bathhouses engage in unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and tend to have multiple sexual partners during their bathhouse visit, thus appearing to support concerns that such venues could foster acute outbreaks of new HIV infections. We conducted a two-stage probability sample of men exiting a gay bathhouse, and focused our analysis on whether the partnering patterns of the men who engaged in UAI p…
Locating a Special Population Using Random Digit Dialing
Frequently, researchers are only interested in specific subgroups of the total population. Waksberg (1978) has designed a two-stage method of selecting equal-probability samples of the general population using random digit dialing. The present research proposes and illustrates a modification of Waksberg's procedure to locate special populations which cluster geographically. Situations arising from the proposed modifications are discussed and alte…
Use of Multiple Sex Venues and Prevalence of HIV Risk Behavior: Identifying High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men
Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research
Locating a Special Population Using Random Digit Dialing
Frequently, researchers are only interested in specific subgroups of the total population. Waksberg (1978) has designed a two-stage method of selecting equal-probability samples of the general population using random digit dialing. The present research proposes and illustrates a modification of Waksberg's procedure to locate special populations which cluster geographically. Situations arising from the proposed modifications are discussed and alte…
The Use of Anchoring Strategies in the Construction of Proxy-Reports of Attitudes
Journal Article THE USE OF ANCHORING STRATEGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROXY-REPORTS OF ATTITUDES Get access Barbara Bickart, Barbara Bickart Barbara Bickart is Assistant Professor of Marketing at Rutgers University, School of Business-Camden. Her research examines context effects on consumer judgments, household decision-making processes, and the cognitive aspects of the survey response process. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Survey Pretesting: Do Different Methods Produce Different Results
Pretesting is generally agreed to be an indispensable stage in survey questionnaire development, yet we know little about how well different pretesting methods identify particular types of problems. This study compared four pretesting methods using a single questionnaire in repeated trials of each. The four methods were conventional pretests, behavior coding, cognitive interviews, and expert panels. We developed a model-based coding scheme that c…
Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research
A probability sample of gay urban males: The use of two‐phase adaptive sampling
If a target population, such as gay males, is relatively rare and not easily identifiable, it can be expensive and technically difficult to survey. Often, the population data available for planning such a survey is of suspect reliability. These obstacles often lead to the abandonment of careful probability sampling, relying instead on convenience samples such as organization membership lists or patrons of gay bars. The use of such haphazard sampl…
Measurement Effects in Self vs. Proxy Response to Survey Questions: An Information‐Processing Perspective
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Literature Review Overview of Methods and Design Results Summary
Designing Surveys
"Designing Surveys provides an accurate account of how modern survey research is actually conducted, but with the needs and goals of a novice researcher in mind. The text is aimed at the undergraduate survey research or survey methods courses in the social sciences, including Sociology, Social Work, Anthropology, and Political Science."--Jacket
A Note on Sample Size for Behavior Coding Pretests
Behavior coding is a widely used method for pretesting survey questionnaires. It is based on the idea that certain types of interviewer-respondent interactions indicate question flaws if the number of such interactions exceeds some specified percentage of the pretest interviews. In this article, we examine statistical approaches for assessing the reliability of different observed percentages of problematic interactions
HIV Transmission Risk at a Gay Bathhouse
Previous research found up to 14% of men who go to bathhouses engage in unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and tend to have multiple sexual partners during their bathhouse visit, thus appearing to support concerns that such venues could foster acute outbreaks of new HIV infections. We conducted a two-stage probability sample of men exiting a gay bathhouse, and focused our analysis on whether the partnering patterns of the men who engaged in UAI p…
Sources of Error in Cognitive Interviews
Journal Article Sources of Error in Cognitive Interviews Get access Frederick G. Conrad, Frederick G. Conrad Address correspondence to Frederick Conrad; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Johnny Blair Johnny Blair Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 1, Spring 2009, Pages 32–55, https://doi.org/10.109…
Sample Size for Cognitive Interview Pretesting
Every cognitive interview pretest designer must decide how many interviews need to be conducted. With little theory or empirical research to guide the choice of sample size, practitioners generally rely on the examples of other studies and their own experience or preferences. We investigated pretest sample size both theoretically and empirically. Using a model of the relationship of sample size to question problem prevalence, detection power of t…
Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures
Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures
Use of Multiple Sex Venues and Prevalence of HIV Risk Behavior: Identifying High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men
An Approach to Reducing Problematic Data in an Acasi Sexual Behavior Assessment
Minimizing error in self-reported sexual behavior could reduce investigators' likelihood of rejecting truly successful interventions to decrease HIV and STI transmission risk. Sexual behavior assessments can elicit problematic data. This may manifest in the form of elevated levels of non-response, inaccurate point estimates, or misclassification errors resulting in inappropriately answering or, perhaps more importantly, skipping questions. We pro…
Computer Science (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Statistics (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Datenerhebung (3 works) · Demography (3 works)