Nancy A Mathiowetz
Biographic Data
| ID | 176042 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy A Mathiowetz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mathiowetz |
| SIGNATURE | MATHIOWETZ N A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 145 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Single-phase Mail Survey Design for Rare Population Subgroups
Although using random digit dialing (RDD) telephone samples was the preferred method for conducting surveys of households for many years, declining response and coverage rates have led researchers to explore alternative approaches. The use of address-based sampling (ABS) has been examined for sampling the general population and subgroups, most often using mail or invitations to web surveys. For surveying rare groups, these studies often involve m…
Response Error in Reporting Dental Coverage by Older Americans in the Health and Retirement Study
The aim of this research was to analyze the inconsistency in responses to survey questions within the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) regarding insurance coverage of dental services. Self-reports of dental coverage in the dental services section were compared with those in the insurance section of the 2002 HRS to identify inconsistent responses. Logistic regression identified characteristics of persons reporting discrepancies and assessed the e…
Reflections and Speculations on the 75th Anniversary of Public Opinion Quarterly
Presidential Address: The Quagmire of Reporting Presidential Primary Election Polls
It has been both an honor and a privilege to serve as president of AAPOR for these past 12 months. This year has left me indebted to the efforts of many others: the elected members of the executive council and the volunteers who serve both the national association and the local chapters. Their labors, their willingness to volunteer, whether to help write position papers, to review press releases, to provide wise and sage counsel, in essence, thei…
Recall Error: Sources and Bias Reduction Techniques
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Encoding Process: Knowledge to Answer Survey Questions Comprehension Retrieval of Information Judgment Response Communication Postsurvey Adjustment Procedures to Reduce the Effects of Recall Error Conclusion
Measurement Errors in Surveys
Regression-Based Sampling for Persons with High Health Expenditures: Evaluating Accuracy and Yield with the 1997 Meps
Background. Given the high concentration of health care expenditures among a relatively small percentage of the population, the 1997 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey was designed to learn more about these high expenditure individuals by oversampling them. Objective. Oversampling high expenditure individuals enables more precise estimation of what the nation's health care dollar buys and who pays it. It also enhances the ability to discern the cau…
Measurement Error in Survey Data
A Comparison of Response Error by Adolescents and Adults: Findings From a Health Care Study
OBJECTIVES: Most assessments of response error have focused only on reports by adult respondents; we know little about the propensity to misreport or the magnitude or direction of response error for self-reports by adolescents. To the extent that adults and adolescents differ in the magnitude or direction of response error, comparisons between adults and adolescents will be confounded. This study compares the quality of self-response among adoles…
Respondent Uncertainty as Indicator of Response Quality
Journal Article RESPONDENT UNCERTAINTY AS INDICATOR OF RESPONSE QUALITY Get access Nancy A. Mathiowetz Nancy A. Mathiowetz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 11, Issue 3, FALL 1999, Pages 289–296, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/11.3.289 Published: 01 October 1999
Respondent Expressions of Uncertainty: Data Source for Imputation
Journal Article Respondent Expressions of Uncertainty: Data Source for Imputation Get access NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, May 1998, Pages 47–56, https://doi.org/10.1086/297830 Published: 01 May 1998
Annual Membership Meeting
Journal Article ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Get access NANCY MATHIOWETZ NANCY MATHIOWETZ Secretary-Treasurer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 59, Issue 3, FALL 1995, Pages 489–494, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/59.3.489 Published: 01 January 1995
The Impact of Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns on Survey Participation: The Case of the 1990 U.S. Census
This study investigates the relationship between concerns about confidentiality and privacy, on the one hand, and mail returns to the 1990 census, on the other. Such concerns significantly affect mail returns, even when demographic variables known to be related to both concerns and survey participation are controlled. However, their impact is not very large, and the effects of confidentiality and privacy concerns vary for black and white responde…
Measurement Errors in Surveys
Errors in Reports of Occupation
Journal Article ERRORS IN REPORTS OF OCCUPATION Get access NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ U.S. Bureau of the Census Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 3, FALL 1992, Pages 352–355, https://doi.org/10.1086/269327 Published: 01 January 1992
Out of Work, Out of Mind: Response Errors in Retrospective Reports of Unemployment
This article examines several aspects of the validity of retrospective reports of unemployment, obtained by a comparison of respondent reports with company records for a sample of workers from a large manufacturing firm. We find that reports of the total amount of unemployment in the calendar year prior to the interview are reasonably accurate, but reports of the timing of spells of unemployment within the year are much less accurate. Estimates o…
The effects of respondent rules on health survey reports
Survey researchers believe that self reports, in general, are more accurate than reports obtained by proxy. This paper focuses on the reassessment of previous self/proxy comparisons and presents findings from a telephone adaptation of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) designed to investigate response error associated with self and proxy reports. Unlike previous studies in which the type of report is confounded with characteristics of th…
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing: Effects on Interviewers and Respondents
Measurement Errors in Surveys
The Impact of Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns on Survey Participation: The Case of the 1990 U.S. Census
This study investigates the relationship between concerns about confidentiality and privacy, on the one hand, and mail returns to the 1990 census, on the other. Such concerns significantly affect mail returns, even when demographic variables known to be related to both concerns and survey participation are controlled. However, their impact is not very large, and the effects of confidentiality and privacy concerns vary for black and white responde…
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing: Effects on Interviewers and Respondents
Errors in Reports of Occupation
Journal Article ERRORS IN REPORTS OF OCCUPATION Get access NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ U.S. Bureau of the Census Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 3, FALL 1992, Pages 352–355, https://doi.org/10.1086/269327 Published: 01 January 1992
Respondent Expressions of Uncertainty: Data Source for Imputation
Journal Article Respondent Expressions of Uncertainty: Data Source for Imputation Get access NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, May 1998, Pages 47–56, https://doi.org/10.1086/297830 Published: 01 May 1998
The effects of respondent rules on health survey reports
Survey researchers believe that self reports, in general, are more accurate than reports obtained by proxy. This paper focuses on the reassessment of previous self/proxy comparisons and presents findings from a telephone adaptation of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) designed to investigate response error associated with self and proxy reports. Unlike previous studies in which the type of report is confounded with characteristics of th…
Respondent Uncertainty as Indicator of Response Quality
Journal Article RESPONDENT UNCERTAINTY AS INDICATOR OF RESPONSE QUALITY Get access Nancy A. Mathiowetz Nancy A. Mathiowetz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 11, Issue 3, FALL 1999, Pages 289–296, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/11.3.289 Published: 01 October 1999
Presidential Address: The Quagmire of Reporting Presidential Primary Election Polls
It has been both an honor and a privilege to serve as president of AAPOR for these past 12 months. This year has left me indebted to the efforts of many others: the elected members of the executive council and the volunteers who serve both the national association and the local chapters. Their labors, their willingness to volunteer, whether to help write position papers, to review press releases, to provide wise and sage counsel, in essence, thei…
Single-phase Mail Survey Design for Rare Population Subgroups
Although using random digit dialing (RDD) telephone samples was the preferred method for conducting surveys of households for many years, declining response and coverage rates have led researchers to explore alternative approaches. The use of address-based sampling (ABS) has been examined for sampling the general population and subgroups, most often using mail or invitations to web surveys. For surveying rare groups, these studies often involve m…
Measurement Errors in Surveys
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing: Effects on Interviewers and Respondents
The effects of respondent rules on health survey reports
Survey researchers believe that self reports, in general, are more accurate than reports obtained by proxy. This paper focuses on the reassessment of previous self/proxy comparisons and presents findings from a telephone adaptation of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) designed to investigate response error associated with self and proxy reports. Unlike previous studies in which the type of report is confounded with characteristics of th…
Out of Work, Out of Mind: Response Errors in Retrospective Reports of Unemployment
This article examines several aspects of the validity of retrospective reports of unemployment, obtained by a comparison of respondent reports with company records for a sample of workers from a large manufacturing firm. We find that reports of the total amount of unemployment in the calendar year prior to the interview are reasonably accurate, but reports of the timing of spells of unemployment within the year are much less accurate. Estimates o…
Errors in Reports of Occupation
Journal Article ERRORS IN REPORTS OF OCCUPATION Get access NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ U.S. Bureau of the Census Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 3, FALL 1992, Pages 352–355, https://doi.org/10.1086/269327 Published: 01 January 1992
The Impact of Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns on Survey Participation: The Case of the 1990 U.S. Census
This study investigates the relationship between concerns about confidentiality and privacy, on the one hand, and mail returns to the 1990 census, on the other. Such concerns significantly affect mail returns, even when demographic variables known to be related to both concerns and survey participation are controlled. However, their impact is not very large, and the effects of confidentiality and privacy concerns vary for black and white responde…
Measurement Errors in Surveys
Annual Membership Meeting
Journal Article ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Get access NANCY MATHIOWETZ NANCY MATHIOWETZ Secretary-Treasurer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 59, Issue 3, FALL 1995, Pages 489–494, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/59.3.489 Published: 01 January 1995
Respondent Expressions of Uncertainty: Data Source for Imputation
Journal Article Respondent Expressions of Uncertainty: Data Source for Imputation Get access NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, May 1998, Pages 47–56, https://doi.org/10.1086/297830 Published: 01 May 1998
Respondent Uncertainty as Indicator of Response Quality
Journal Article RESPONDENT UNCERTAINTY AS INDICATOR OF RESPONSE QUALITY Get access Nancy A. Mathiowetz Nancy A. Mathiowetz Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 11, Issue 3, FALL 1999, Pages 289–296, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/11.3.289 Published: 01 October 1999
A Comparison of Response Error by Adolescents and Adults: Findings From a Health Care Study
OBJECTIVES: Most assessments of response error have focused only on reports by adult respondents; we know little about the propensity to misreport or the magnitude or direction of response error for self-reports by adolescents. To the extent that adults and adolescents differ in the magnitude or direction of response error, comparisons between adults and adolescents will be confounded. This study compares the quality of self-response among adoles…
Measurement Error in Survey Data
Regression-Based Sampling for Persons with High Health Expenditures: Evaluating Accuracy and Yield with the 1997 Meps
Background. Given the high concentration of health care expenditures among a relatively small percentage of the population, the 1997 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey was designed to learn more about these high expenditure individuals by oversampling them. Objective. Oversampling high expenditure individuals enables more precise estimation of what the nation's health care dollar buys and who pays it. It also enhances the ability to discern the cau…
Recall Error: Sources and Bias Reduction Techniques
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Encoding Process: Knowledge to Answer Survey Questions Comprehension Retrieval of Information Judgment Response Communication Postsurvey Adjustment Procedures to Reduce the Effects of Recall Error Conclusion
Measurement Errors in Surveys
Presidential Address: The Quagmire of Reporting Presidential Primary Election Polls
It has been both an honor and a privilege to serve as president of AAPOR for these past 12 months. This year has left me indebted to the efforts of many others: the elected members of the executive council and the volunteers who serve both the national association and the local chapters. Their labors, their willingness to volunteer, whether to help write position papers, to review press releases, to provide wise and sage counsel, in essence, thei…
Reflections and Speculations on the 75th Anniversary of Public Opinion Quarterly
Response Error in Reporting Dental Coverage by Older Americans in the Health and Retirement Study
The aim of this research was to analyze the inconsistency in responses to survey questions within the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) regarding insurance coverage of dental services. Self-reports of dental coverage in the dental services section were compared with those in the insurance section of the 2002 HRS to identify inconsistent responses. Logistic regression identified characteristics of persons reporting discrepancies and assessed the e…
Single-phase Mail Survey Design for Rare Population Subgroups
Although using random digit dialing (RDD) telephone samples was the preferred method for conducting surveys of households for many years, declining response and coverage rates have led researchers to explore alternative approaches. The use of address-based sampling (ABS) has been examined for sampling the general population and subgroups, most often using mail or invitations to web surveys. For surveying rare groups, these studies often involve m…
Computer Science (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Mathematics (8 works) · Statistics (8 works) · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)