Ting Yan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3884527 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ting Yan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ting |
| FAMILY NAME | Yan |
| SIGNATURE | YAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Westat, Rockville, MD, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0187-3789 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 338 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Inference in Semiparametric Formation Models for Directed Networks
We propose a semiparametric model for dyadic link formations in directed networks. The model contains a set of degree parameters that measure different effects of popularity or outgoingness across nodes, a regression parameter vector that reflects the homophily effect resulting from the nodal attributes or pairwise covariates associated with edges, and a set of latent random noises with unknown distributions. Our interest lies in inferring the un…
A Practical Guide to Survey Questionnaire Design and Evaluation
A Practical Guide to Survey Questionnaire Design and Evaluation summarizes principles, guidelines, and best practices for developing and testing survey questionnaires driven and supported by theoretical and empirical research. It provides a broad overview of literature on questionnaire design, drawing on both theoretical and empirical research. This book consists of three parts. The first covers the survey response process model, which will serve…
The Impacts of China’s Shadow Banking Regulation Intensity on Bank Risks
The impacts of shadow banking regulation on bank risks remain inadequately understood in existing literature. To address this gap, we develop a comprehensive index of China’s shadow banking regulation intensity through textual analysis and machine learning techniques to empirically examine regulatory effects on banks’ multidimensional risks. Analyzing data of 181 commercial banks from 2007 to 2020 in China, we demonstrate that intensified shadow …
Association between perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate exposure and kidney stones prevalence in US adults: An analysis based on the national health and nutrition examination survey 2007–2018
This study investigates the association between exposure to environmental pollutants-perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate (PNT)-and the prevalence of kidney stone disease (KSD) in US adults, utilizing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2018. With the increasing incidence of KSD, understanding environmental risk factors has become crucial. While PNT compounds are known to be associated with various health…
Inhibition of stemness and PD-L1 expression by Pien Tze Huang enhances T cell-mediated killing of colorectal cancer
Design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (Path) study during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a nationally representative, longitudinal study of the US population on tobacco use and its effects on health, collecting data annually since 2013. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted in-person survey data collections around the world. In the USA, this included a PATH Study data collection focused on youth (13-17) and young adults (18-19) as well as other US surveys on tobacco use. Giv…
Artemisia argyi volatile oil ameliorates allergic contact dermatitis via modulating TRPA1/CGRP signaling
TRPA1 is involved in the inhibitory effect of Ke-teng-zi on allergic contact dermatitis via Mapk and JAK/STAT3 signaling pathways
Research on Clothing Narrative of White-Yarn-Ground Female Coats with Sprinkled Thread Embroidery of Drama Characters: Based on Clothing Representation and Narrative Expression of Clothing Pattern
This paper studies the inherent representation of "white-yarn-ground female coats with sprinkled thread embroidery of drama characters" and the narrative of the clothing pattern. Through the in-depth analysis of its inherent characteristics, the identity of its consumption and the process of production sequence can be inferred, which can provide a basis for the subsequent researchers to refine the study of the figure pattern. Through the narrativ…
Revisiting Chinese Political Culture: The Historical Politics Approach
Is a “Silent Revolution” in the Making in China
Five decades ago, Inglehart for the first time described and explained an unprecedented transformation of political cultures in advanced industrial societies, which he called the “silent revolution.” It was characterized by the emergence in those countries of postmaterialist values as the result of a sustained period of economic growth, and the profound impact of those values on people’s political attitudes and behavior. As China has experienced …
Investigating the impact of violations of the “left and top means first” heuristic on response behavior and data quality
Web surveys are an established data collection mode that use written language to provide information. The written language is accompanied by visual elements, such as presentation formats and shapes. However, research has shown that visual elements influence response behavior because respondents sometimes use interpretive heuristics to make sense of the visual elements. One such heuristic is the ‘left and top means first’ (LTMF) heuristic, which s…
Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (Path) reliability and validity study: Selected reliability and validity estimates
The PATH Study questions were developed using a careful protocol and the results indicate the answers provide reliable and valid information about tobacco use
Web Surveys by Smartphones and Tablets: Effects on Data Quality
Does completing a web survey on a smartphone or tablet computer reduce the quality of the data obtained compared to completing the survey on a laptop computer? This is an important question, since a growing proportion of web surveys are done on smartphones and tablets. Several earlier studies have attempted to gauge the effects of the switch from personal computers to mobile devices on data quality. We carried out a field experiment in eight coun…
Web Surveys by Smartphone and Tablets
With respondents increasingly completing web surveys on tablet computers and smartphones, several studies have examined the potential effects of the switch from PCs to mobile devices. The studies have looked at a range of outcomes, including completion rates, breakoffs, and item nonresponse. We carried out a field experiment that compared responses obtained by smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers, focusing on the potential effects of the di…
Web Versus Mobile Web: An Experimental Study of Device Effects and Self-Selection Effects
Due to a rising mobile device penetration, Web surveys are increasingly accessed and completed on smartphones or tablets instead of desktop computers or laptops. Mobile Web surveys are also gaining popularity as an alternative self-administered data collection mode among survey researchers. We conducted a methodological experiment among iPhone owners and compared the participation and response behavior of three groups of respondents: iPhone owner…
The Impact of Weather on Mobility and Participation in Older US Adults
Objectives. We examined the impact of weather on the daily lives of US adults to understand which populations are most vulnerable to various weather conditions. Methods. Data came from a 2013 supplement to the University of Michigan–Thomson Reuters Surveys of Consumers, a nationally representative telephone survey of 502 adults in the contiguous United States. We used logistic regressions to assess the odds of mobility difficulty and participatio…
The Effects of the Direction of Rating Scales on Survey Responses in a Telephone Survey
Rating scales are used extensively in surveys. One design feature of a rating scale that remains understudied is its direction. A rating scale can run from zero to 10, or from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.” It can also run from 10 to zero, or “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree.” For rating scales with the same number of scale points, the same numerical and verbal labels, the key research question is whether varying the direction of …
Latent class analysis of response inconsistencies across modes of data collection
Should I Stay or Should I go: The Effects of Progress Feedback, Promised Task Duration, and Length of Questionnaire on Completing Web Surveys
Many researchers include ‘‘progress indicators’ ’ in web questionnaires. The rationale is that if respondents know how much remains they will be more likely to complete the task. Previous research has shown that progress indicators often do not increase and sometimes even hurt completion rates, but in some circumstances they do help. Our hypothesis in the current experiment is that the effect of progress indicators depends on how long respondents…
The Relation Between Unit Nonresponse and Item Nonresponse: A Response Continuum Perspective
Nonresponse is a significant problem for survey research. The phenomena encompass nonresponse at both the unit and the item level. Unit nonresponse refers to the complete absence of an interview from a sampled household whereas item nonresponse refers to the absence of answers to specific questions in the interview after the sampled household agrees to participate in the survey. Traditionally, survey research has treated unit and item nonresponse…
Nonresponse Error, Measurement Error, And Mode Of Data Collection: Tradeoffs in a Multi-mode Survey of Sensitive and Non-sensitive Items
Although some researchers have suggested that a tradeoff exists between nonresponse and measurement error, to date, the evidence for this connection has been relatively sparse. We examine data from an alumni survey to explore potential links between nonresponse and measurement error. Records data were available for some of the survey items, allowing us to check the accuracy of the answers. The survey included relatively sensitive questions about …
Political Sophistication Among the Mass Publics of Confucian Asia
The concept of “Confucian Asia” is often used without a validity check. But are Asian societies homogeneous in Confucian orientations as the term suggests? If not, how can one explain the variation? By examining the East Asia Barometer survey data, this article challenges the homogeneity of Confucian Asia and finds that Confucian orientations are unevenly distributed even among commonly accepted Confucian societies. In exploring the possible expl…
Fast times and easy questions: The effects of age, experience and question complexity on web survey response times
This paper examines response times (RT) to survey questions. Cognitive psychologists have long relied on response times to study cognitive processes but response time data have only recently received attention from survey researchers. To date, most of the studies on response times in surveys have treated response times either as a predictor or as a proxy measure for some other variable (e.g. attitude accessibility) of greater interest. As a resul…
Sensitive questions in surveys
Psychologists have worried about the distortions introduced into standardized personality measures by social desirability bias. Survey researchers have had similar concerns about the accuracy of survey reports about such topics as illicit drug use, abortion, and sexual behavior. The article reviews the research done by survey methodologists on reporting errors in surveys on sensitive topics, noting parallels and differences from the psychological…
Sensitive questions in surveys
Psychologists have worried about the distortions introduced into standardized personality measures by social desirability bias. Survey researchers have had similar concerns about the accuracy of survey reports about such topics as illicit drug use, abortion, and sexual behavior. The article reviews the research done by survey methodologists on reporting errors in surveys on sensitive topics, noting parallels and differences from the psychological…
Nonresponse Error, Measurement Error, And Mode Of Data Collection: Tradeoffs in a Multi-mode Survey of Sensitive and Non-sensitive Items
Although some researchers have suggested that a tradeoff exists between nonresponse and measurement error, to date, the evidence for this connection has been relatively sparse. We examine data from an alumni survey to explore potential links between nonresponse and measurement error. Records data were available for some of the survey items, allowing us to check the accuracy of the answers. The survey included relatively sensitive questions about …
The Relation Between Unit Nonresponse and Item Nonresponse: A Response Continuum Perspective
Nonresponse is a significant problem for survey research. The phenomena encompass nonresponse at both the unit and the item level. Unit nonresponse refers to the complete absence of an interview from a sampled household whereas item nonresponse refers to the absence of answers to specific questions in the interview after the sampled household agrees to participate in the survey. Traditionally, survey research has treated unit and item nonresponse…
The Effects of the Direction of Rating Scales on Survey Responses in a Telephone Survey
Rating scales are used extensively in surveys. One design feature of a rating scale that remains understudied is its direction. A rating scale can run from zero to 10, or from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.” It can also run from 10 to zero, or “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree.” For rating scales with the same number of scale points, the same numerical and verbal labels, the key research question is whether varying the direction of …
Web Versus Mobile Web: An Experimental Study of Device Effects and Self-Selection Effects
Due to a rising mobile device penetration, Web surveys are increasingly accessed and completed on smartphones or tablets instead of desktop computers or laptops. Mobile Web surveys are also gaining popularity as an alternative self-administered data collection mode among survey researchers. We conducted a methodological experiment among iPhone owners and compared the participation and response behavior of three groups of respondents: iPhone owner…
The Impact of Weather on Mobility and Participation in Older US Adults
Objectives. We examined the impact of weather on the daily lives of US adults to understand which populations are most vulnerable to various weather conditions. Methods. Data came from a 2013 supplement to the University of Michigan–Thomson Reuters Surveys of Consumers, a nationally representative telephone survey of 502 adults in the contiguous United States. We used logistic regressions to assess the odds of mobility difficulty and participatio…
Web Surveys by Smartphone and Tablets
With respondents increasingly completing web surveys on tablet computers and smartphones, several studies have examined the potential effects of the switch from PCs to mobile devices. The studies have looked at a range of outcomes, including completion rates, breakoffs, and item nonresponse. We carried out a field experiment that compared responses obtained by smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers, focusing on the potential effects of the di…
Should I Stay or Should I go: The Effects of Progress Feedback, Promised Task Duration, and Length of Questionnaire on Completing Web Surveys
Many researchers include ‘‘progress indicators’ ’ in web questionnaires. The rationale is that if respondents know how much remains they will be more likely to complete the task. Previous research has shown that progress indicators often do not increase and sometimes even hurt completion rates, but in some circumstances they do help. Our hypothesis in the current experiment is that the effect of progress indicators depends on how long respondents…
Web Surveys by Smartphones and Tablets: Effects on Data Quality
Does completing a web survey on a smartphone or tablet computer reduce the quality of the data obtained compared to completing the survey on a laptop computer? This is an important question, since a growing proportion of web surveys are done on smartphones and tablets. Several earlier studies have attempted to gauge the effects of the switch from personal computers to mobile devices on data quality. We carried out a field experiment in eight coun…
Latent class analysis of response inconsistencies across modes of data collection
Revisiting Chinese Political Culture: The Historical Politics Approach
Is a “Silent Revolution” in the Making in China
Five decades ago, Inglehart for the first time described and explained an unprecedented transformation of political cultures in advanced industrial societies, which he called the “silent revolution.” It was characterized by the emergence in those countries of postmaterialist values as the result of a sustained period of economic growth, and the profound impact of those values on people’s political attitudes and behavior. As China has experienced …
Investigating the impact of violations of the “left and top means first” heuristic on response behavior and data quality
Web surveys are an established data collection mode that use written language to provide information. The written language is accompanied by visual elements, such as presentation formats and shapes. However, research has shown that visual elements influence response behavior because respondents sometimes use interpretive heuristics to make sense of the visual elements. One such heuristic is the ‘left and top means first’ (LTMF) heuristic, which s…
Sensitive questions in surveys
Psychologists have worried about the distortions introduced into standardized personality measures by social desirability bias. Survey researchers have had similar concerns about the accuracy of survey reports about such topics as illicit drug use, abortion, and sexual behavior. The article reviews the research done by survey methodologists on reporting errors in surveys on sensitive topics, noting parallels and differences from the psychological…
Fast times and easy questions: The effects of age, experience and question complexity on web survey response times
This paper examines response times (RT) to survey questions. Cognitive psychologists have long relied on response times to study cognitive processes but response time data have only recently received attention from survey researchers. To date, most of the studies on response times in surveys have treated response times either as a predictor or as a proxy measure for some other variable (e.g. attitude accessibility) of greater interest. As a resul…
Political Sophistication Among the Mass Publics of Confucian Asia
The concept of “Confucian Asia” is often used without a validity check. But are Asian societies homogeneous in Confucian orientations as the term suggests? If not, how can one explain the variation? By examining the East Asia Barometer survey data, this article challenges the homogeneity of Confucian Asia and finds that Confucian orientations are unevenly distributed even among commonly accepted Confucian societies. In exploring the possible expl…
Should I Stay or Should I go: The Effects of Progress Feedback, Promised Task Duration, and Length of Questionnaire on Completing Web Surveys
Many researchers include ‘‘progress indicators’ ’ in web questionnaires. The rationale is that if respondents know how much remains they will be more likely to complete the task. Previous research has shown that progress indicators often do not increase and sometimes even hurt completion rates, but in some circumstances they do help. Our hypothesis in the current experiment is that the effect of progress indicators depends on how long respondents…
The Relation Between Unit Nonresponse and Item Nonresponse: A Response Continuum Perspective
Nonresponse is a significant problem for survey research. The phenomena encompass nonresponse at both the unit and the item level. Unit nonresponse refers to the complete absence of an interview from a sampled household whereas item nonresponse refers to the absence of answers to specific questions in the interview after the sampled household agrees to participate in the survey. Traditionally, survey research has treated unit and item nonresponse…
Nonresponse Error, Measurement Error, And Mode Of Data Collection: Tradeoffs in a Multi-mode Survey of Sensitive and Non-sensitive Items
Although some researchers have suggested that a tradeoff exists between nonresponse and measurement error, to date, the evidence for this connection has been relatively sparse. We examine data from an alumni survey to explore potential links between nonresponse and measurement error. Records data were available for some of the survey items, allowing us to check the accuracy of the answers. The survey included relatively sensitive questions about …
Latent class analysis of response inconsistencies across modes of data collection
The Impact of Weather on Mobility and Participation in Older US Adults
Objectives. We examined the impact of weather on the daily lives of US adults to understand which populations are most vulnerable to various weather conditions. Methods. Data came from a 2013 supplement to the University of Michigan–Thomson Reuters Surveys of Consumers, a nationally representative telephone survey of 502 adults in the contiguous United States. We used logistic regressions to assess the odds of mobility difficulty and participatio…
The Effects of the Direction of Rating Scales on Survey Responses in a Telephone Survey
Rating scales are used extensively in surveys. One design feature of a rating scale that remains understudied is its direction. A rating scale can run from zero to 10, or from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree.” It can also run from 10 to zero, or “strongly disagree” to “strongly agree.” For rating scales with the same number of scale points, the same numerical and verbal labels, the key research question is whether varying the direction of …
Web Versus Mobile Web: An Experimental Study of Device Effects and Self-Selection Effects
Due to a rising mobile device penetration, Web surveys are increasingly accessed and completed on smartphones or tablets instead of desktop computers or laptops. Mobile Web surveys are also gaining popularity as an alternative self-administered data collection mode among survey researchers. We conducted a methodological experiment among iPhone owners and compared the participation and response behavior of three groups of respondents: iPhone owner…
Web Surveys by Smartphones and Tablets: Effects on Data Quality
Does completing a web survey on a smartphone or tablet computer reduce the quality of the data obtained compared to completing the survey on a laptop computer? This is an important question, since a growing proportion of web surveys are done on smartphones and tablets. Several earlier studies have attempted to gauge the effects of the switch from personal computers to mobile devices on data quality. We carried out a field experiment in eight coun…
Web Surveys by Smartphone and Tablets
With respondents increasingly completing web surveys on tablet computers and smartphones, several studies have examined the potential effects of the switch from PCs to mobile devices. The studies have looked at a range of outcomes, including completion rates, breakoffs, and item nonresponse. We carried out a field experiment that compared responses obtained by smartphones, tablets, and laptop computers, focusing on the potential effects of the di…
Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (Path) reliability and validity study: Selected reliability and validity estimates
The PATH Study questions were developed using a careful protocol and the results indicate the answers provide reliable and valid information about tobacco use
Investigating the impact of violations of the “left and top means first” heuristic on response behavior and data quality
Web surveys are an established data collection mode that use written language to provide information. The written language is accompanied by visual elements, such as presentation formats and shapes. However, research has shown that visual elements influence response behavior because respondents sometimes use interpretive heuristics to make sense of the visual elements. One such heuristic is the ‘left and top means first’ (LTMF) heuristic, which s…
Research on Clothing Narrative of White-Yarn-Ground Female Coats with Sprinkled Thread Embroidery of Drama Characters: Based on Clothing Representation and Narrative Expression of Clothing Pattern
This paper studies the inherent representation of "white-yarn-ground female coats with sprinkled thread embroidery of drama characters" and the narrative of the clothing pattern. Through the in-depth analysis of its inherent characteristics, the identity of its consumption and the process of production sequence can be inferred, which can provide a basis for the subsequent researchers to refine the study of the figure pattern. Through the narrativ…
Revisiting Chinese Political Culture: The Historical Politics Approach
Is a “Silent Revolution” in the Making in China
Five decades ago, Inglehart for the first time described and explained an unprecedented transformation of political cultures in advanced industrial societies, which he called the “silent revolution.” It was characterized by the emergence in those countries of postmaterialist values as the result of a sustained period of economic growth, and the profound impact of those values on people’s political attitudes and behavior. As China has experienced …
TRPA1 is involved in the inhibitory effect of Ke-teng-zi on allergic contact dermatitis via Mapk and JAK/STAT3 signaling pathways
Design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (Path) study during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a nationally representative, longitudinal study of the US population on tobacco use and its effects on health, collecting data annually since 2013. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted in-person survey data collections around the world. In the USA, this included a PATH Study data collection focused on youth (13-17) and young adults (18-19) as well as other US surveys on tobacco use. Giv…
Artemisia argyi volatile oil ameliorates allergic contact dermatitis via modulating TRPA1/CGRP signaling
A Practical Guide to Survey Questionnaire Design and Evaluation
A Practical Guide to Survey Questionnaire Design and Evaluation summarizes principles, guidelines, and best practices for developing and testing survey questionnaires driven and supported by theoretical and empirical research. It provides a broad overview of literature on questionnaire design, drawing on both theoretical and empirical research. This book consists of three parts. The first covers the survey response process model, which will serve…
The Impacts of China’s Shadow Banking Regulation Intensity on Bank Risks
The impacts of shadow banking regulation on bank risks remain inadequately understood in existing literature. To address this gap, we develop a comprehensive index of China’s shadow banking regulation intensity through textual analysis and machine learning techniques to empirically examine regulatory effects on banks’ multidimensional risks. Analyzing data of 181 commercial banks from 2007 to 2020 in China, we demonstrate that intensified shadow …
Association between perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate exposure and kidney stones prevalence in US adults: An analysis based on the national health and nutrition examination survey 2007–2018
This study investigates the association between exposure to environmental pollutants-perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate (PNT)-and the prevalence of kidney stone disease (KSD) in US adults, utilizing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2018. With the increasing incidence of KSD, understanding environmental risk factors has become crucial. While PNT compounds are known to be associated with various health…
Inhibition of stemness and PD-L1 expression by Pien Tze Huang enhances T cell-mediated killing of colorectal cancer
Inference in Semiparametric Formation Models for Directed Networks
We propose a semiparametric model for dyadic link formations in directed networks. The model contains a set of degree parameters that measure different effects of popularity or outgoingness across nodes, a regression parameter vector that reflects the homophily effect resulting from the nodal attributes or pairwise covariates associated with edges, and a set of latent random noises with unknown distributions. Our interest lies in inferring the un…
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