T W Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4259635 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T W Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | T W |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH T W |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Opinion Research Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 116 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Resources for Conducting Cross-National Survey Research
Cross-national survey research is a complex and challenging endeavor. Designing a reliable and valid comparative study is notably more difficult than constructing a single monolingual/monocultural survey. Besides the whole array of components that encompass total-survey error in one survey, there is a parallel set of comparison errors that apply in cross-national surveys. Likewise, comparative analysis is complicated by these comparison errors, a…
Survey-Research Paradigms Old and New
Information gathering underwent a dramatic transformation in the 1930s with the rise of survey research. Now, a growing number of critics are arguing that survey research's time has passed and it should and will be replaced by a combination of data mining from the Internet and the use of various administrative records. The promise and reliability of the new techniques are assessed, and although they show promise, they are not at present scientifi…
Refining the Total Survey Error Perspective
Journal Article Refining the Total Survey Error Perspective Get access Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith NORC, University of Chicago, IL, USA Tom W. Smith is Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Society at NORC/University of Chicago and Principal Investigator of the General Social Survey. He is also co-founder of the International Social Survey Program. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International…
The Polls--Trends
Journal Article The Polls—Trends: Trends In Surveys On Surveys Get access Jibum Kim, Jibum Kim * *Address correspondence to Jibum Kim, NORC, 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Carl Gershenson, Carl Gershenson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patrick Glaser, Patrick Glaser Search for other works by thi…
The Perception of Corruption
Corruption and corruption perception can be considered as cultural phenomena because they depend on how a society understands the rules and what constitutes a deviation. Indeed, it does not depend only on societies but also on personal values and moral vies. While a person would never pay a bribe someone else may pay it due to consider this action as justifiable. This disposition to pay is likely to be positively correlated by people’s perception…
The Polls--Trends
Journal Article The Polls—Trends: How Americans Think about North Korea: 2000–2007 Get access Jibum Kim, Jibum Kim Address correspondence to Jibum Kim; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Carl Gershenson, Carl Gershenson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jaeki Jeong, Jaeki Jeong Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Social Identity and Socio-Demographic Structure
Journal Article Social Identity and Socio-Demographic Structure Get access Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith is Director of the General Social Survey at the University of Chicago. He served in the past on WAPOR Executive Council, most recently as Standards Chair. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 19, Issue 3, Autumn 2007, Pages 380–390, https://do…
Symposium Synopsis
s of Papers for 1999 Annual Meeting: Symposium: Social Interactions, Relationships, and Cardiovascular Response
The gender gap in reporting household gun ownership
OBJECTIVES: This study examined errors in estimating household gun ownership that result from interviewing only 1 adult per household. METHODS: Data from 2 recent telephone surveys and a series of in-person surveys were used to compare reports of household gun ownership by husbands and wives. RESULTS: In the telephone surveys, the rate of household gun ownership reported by husbands exceeded wives' reports by an average of 12 percentage points; h…
The Impact of the Presence of Others on a Respondent's Answers to Questions
Although interviewers in survey research are usually instructed to interview the respondent alone, third parties are a common enough occurrence to have a potentially serious impact on responses. This article examines the effect of third parties present (spouses, children, and in general) on a respondent's answers. Data from the 1994 General Social Survey were used. Results show that, for married respondents, answers on 15 questions about marriage…
Computer-assisted distance learning. I. Audiographic teleconferencing, interactive satellite broadcasts, and technical Japanese instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
The primary mission of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Technical Japanese Program is to train English-speaking scientists and engineers to read technical documents written in Japanese. Semester-long courses in technical Japanese at the basic, intermediate, and advanced levels are now being offered live and interactively to students and professionals throughout the United States. Audiographic teleconferencing employs standard microcomputer har…
The Relationship of Age to Education across Time
Annual Membership Meeting
Journal Article ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Get access TOM W. SMITH TOM W. SMITH Secretary-Treasurer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 51, Issue 3, FALL 1987, Pages 455–457, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/51.3.455 Published: 01 January 1987
Social Indicators
Journal Article Social Indicators: A Review Essay Get access Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith National Opinion Research Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 14, Issue 4, Summer 1981, Pages 739–747, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/14.4.739 Published: 01 July 1981
The Perception of Corruption
Corruption and corruption perception can be considered as cultural phenomena because they depend on how a society understands the rules and what constitutes a deviation. Indeed, it does not depend only on societies but also on personal values and moral vies. While a person would never pay a bribe someone else may pay it due to consider this action as justifiable. This disposition to pay is likely to be positively correlated by people’s perception…
The Polls--Trends
Journal Article The Polls—Trends: Trends In Surveys On Surveys Get access Jibum Kim, Jibum Kim * *Address correspondence to Jibum Kim, NORC, 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Carl Gershenson, Carl Gershenson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patrick Glaser, Patrick Glaser Search for other works by thi…
The gender gap in reporting household gun ownership
OBJECTIVES: This study examined errors in estimating household gun ownership that result from interviewing only 1 adult per household. METHODS: Data from 2 recent telephone surveys and a series of in-person surveys were used to compare reports of household gun ownership by husbands and wives. RESULTS: In the telephone surveys, the rate of household gun ownership reported by husbands exceeded wives' reports by an average of 12 percentage points; h…
Survey-Research Paradigms Old and New
Information gathering underwent a dramatic transformation in the 1930s with the rise of survey research. Now, a growing number of critics are arguing that survey research's time has passed and it should and will be replaced by a combination of data mining from the Internet and the use of various administrative records. The promise and reliability of the new techniques are assessed, and although they show promise, they are not at present scientifi…
The Impact of the Presence of Others on a Respondent's Answers to Questions
Although interviewers in survey research are usually instructed to interview the respondent alone, third parties are a common enough occurrence to have a potentially serious impact on responses. This article examines the effect of third parties present (spouses, children, and in general) on a respondent's answers. Data from the 1994 General Social Survey were used. Results show that, for married respondents, answers on 15 questions about marriage…
Social Identity and Socio-Demographic Structure
Journal Article Social Identity and Socio-Demographic Structure Get access Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith is Director of the General Social Survey at the University of Chicago. He served in the past on WAPOR Executive Council, most recently as Standards Chair. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 19, Issue 3, Autumn 2007, Pages 380–390, https://do…
Refining the Total Survey Error Perspective
Journal Article Refining the Total Survey Error Perspective Get access Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith NORC, University of Chicago, IL, USA Tom W. Smith is Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Society at NORC/University of Chicago and Principal Investigator of the General Social Survey. He is also co-founder of the International Social Survey Program. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International…
Resources for Conducting Cross-National Survey Research
Cross-national survey research is a complex and challenging endeavor. Designing a reliable and valid comparative study is notably more difficult than constructing a single monolingual/monocultural survey. Besides the whole array of components that encompass total-survey error in one survey, there is a parallel set of comparison errors that apply in cross-national surveys. Likewise, comparative analysis is complicated by these comparison errors, a…
The Relationship of Age to Education across Time
Social Indicators
Journal Article Social Indicators: A Review Essay Get access Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith National Opinion Research Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Social History, Volume 14, Issue 4, Summer 1981, Pages 739–747, https://doi.org/10.1353/jsh/14.4.739 Published: 01 July 1981
Annual Membership Meeting
Journal Article ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Get access TOM W. SMITH TOM W. SMITH Secretary-Treasurer Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 51, Issue 3, FALL 1987, Pages 455–457, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/51.3.455 Published: 01 January 1987
The Relationship of Age to Education across Time
Computer-assisted distance learning. I. Audiographic teleconferencing, interactive satellite broadcasts, and technical Japanese instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
The primary mission of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Technical Japanese Program is to train English-speaking scientists and engineers to read technical documents written in Japanese. Semester-long courses in technical Japanese at the basic, intermediate, and advanced levels are now being offered live and interactively to students and professionals throughout the United States. Audiographic teleconferencing employs standard microcomputer har…
The Impact of the Presence of Others on a Respondent's Answers to Questions
Although interviewers in survey research are usually instructed to interview the respondent alone, third parties are a common enough occurrence to have a potentially serious impact on responses. This article examines the effect of third parties present (spouses, children, and in general) on a respondent's answers. Data from the 1994 General Social Survey were used. Results show that, for married respondents, answers on 15 questions about marriage…
The gender gap in reporting household gun ownership
OBJECTIVES: This study examined errors in estimating household gun ownership that result from interviewing only 1 adult per household. METHODS: Data from 2 recent telephone surveys and a series of in-person surveys were used to compare reports of household gun ownership by husbands and wives. RESULTS: In the telephone surveys, the rate of household gun ownership reported by husbands exceeded wives' reports by an average of 12 percentage points; h…
Symposium Synopsis
s of Papers for 1999 Annual Meeting: Symposium: Social Interactions, Relationships, and Cardiovascular Response
Social Identity and Socio-Demographic Structure
Journal Article Social Identity and Socio-Demographic Structure Get access Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith is Director of the General Social Survey at the University of Chicago. He served in the past on WAPOR Executive Council, most recently as Standards Chair. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 19, Issue 3, Autumn 2007, Pages 380–390, https://do…
The Polls--Trends
Journal Article The Polls—Trends: How Americans Think about North Korea: 2000–2007 Get access Jibum Kim, Jibum Kim Address correspondence to Jibum Kim; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Carl Gershenson, Carl Gershenson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jaeki Jeong, Jaeki Jeong Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
The Perception of Corruption
Corruption and corruption perception can be considered as cultural phenomena because they depend on how a society understands the rules and what constitutes a deviation. Indeed, it does not depend only on societies but also on personal values and moral vies. While a person would never pay a bribe someone else may pay it due to consider this action as justifiable. This disposition to pay is likely to be positively correlated by people’s perception…
Refining the Total Survey Error Perspective
Journal Article Refining the Total Survey Error Perspective Get access Tom W. Smith Tom W. Smith NORC, University of Chicago, IL, USA Tom W. Smith is Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Society at NORC/University of Chicago and Principal Investigator of the General Social Survey. He is also co-founder of the International Social Survey Program. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International…
The Polls--Trends
Journal Article The Polls—Trends: Trends In Surveys On Surveys Get access Jibum Kim, Jibum Kim * *Address correspondence to Jibum Kim, NORC, 1155 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Carl Gershenson, Carl Gershenson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Patrick Glaser, Patrick Glaser Search for other works by thi…
Survey-Research Paradigms Old and New
Information gathering underwent a dramatic transformation in the 1930s with the rise of survey research. Now, a growing number of critics are arguing that survey research's time has passed and it should and will be replaced by a combination of data mining from the Internet and the use of various administrative records. The promise and reliability of the new techniques are assessed, and although they show promise, they are not at present scientifi…
Resources for Conducting Cross-National Survey Research
Cross-national survey research is a complex and challenging endeavor. Designing a reliable and valid comparative study is notably more difficult than constructing a single monolingual/monocultural survey. Besides the whole array of components that encompass total-survey error in one survey, there is a parallel set of comparison errors that apply in cross-national surveys. Likewise, comparative analysis is complicated by these comparison errors, a…
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