E Singer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4260795 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Singer |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Singer |
| SIGNATURE | SINGER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 290 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1909 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Support for the Survey Sponsor and Nonresponse Bias
In an experiment designed to examine nonresponse bias, either the March of Dimes or the University of Michigan was identified as the sponsor of a survey mailed to individuals whose level of support for the March of Dimes was known. The response rate was higher to the university survey, but support for the March of Dimes increased survey participation to the same extent in both conditions. As a result of the overrepresentation of supporters of the…
Editing Public Opinion Quarterly, 1972-1986
This article reviews the history of Public Opinion Quarterly from 1972 through 1986, with brief discursions on its prehistory at Princeton and Columbia universities and some reflections on its present and future
The Effect of Question Framing and Response Options on the Relationship between Racial Attitudes and Beliefs about Genes as Causes of Behavior
Prior research suggests that the attribution of individual and group differences to genetic causes is correlated with prejudiced attitudes toward minority groups. Our study suggests that these findings may be due to the wording of the questions and to the choice of response options. Using a series of vignettes in an online survey, we find a relationship between racial attitudes and genetic attributions when respondents are asked to make causal at…
Beliefs about Genes and Environment as Determinants of Behavioral Characteristics
Journal Article Beliefs about Genes and Environment as Determinants of Behavioral Characteristics Get access Eleanor Singer, Eleanor Singer Eleanor Singer is Research Professor Emerita at the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Toni C. Antonucci, Toni C. Antonucci Toni C. Antonucci is Research Professor and Program Director at the S…
Changes in Telephone Survey Nonresponse over the Past Quarter Century
We correct, update, and elaborate Curtin, Presser, and Singer’s (2000) report that the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumer Attitudes (SCA) experienced only a small response rate decline between 1979 and 1996, contrary to the widespread perception of plunging response rates. Our aims are to (1) correct errors in the SCA response rate data that affected Curtin, Presser, and Singer’s (2000) result, (2) examine the trend in SCA response rates…
Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions
An examination of survey pretesting reveals a paradox. On the one hand, pretesting is the only way to evaluate in advance whether a questionnaire causes problems for interviewers or respondents. Consequently, both elementary textbooks and experienced researchers declare pretesting indispensable. On the other hand, most textbooks offer minimal, if any, guidance about pretesting methods, and published survey reports usually provide no information a…
Predicting Test--Retest Reliability From Behavior Coding
Journal Article PREDICTING TEST—RETEST RELIABILITY FROM BEHAVIOR CODING Get access Jennifer Hess, Jennifer Hess Jennifer Hess is a Survey Statistication at the U.S. Census Bureau's Center for Survey Methods Research. She works in the area of questionnaire design and measurement research an demographic household surveys. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Eleanor Singer, Eleanor Singer Eleanor Singer is a Seni…
Public Attitudes Toward Data Sharing by Federal Agencies
Very little information exists concerning public attitudes on the topic of data sharing among Federal agencies. The most extensive information prior to 1995 comes from questions on several IRS surveys of taxpayers, from questions added to a series of Wisconsin surveys carried out in 1993-95, and from scattered other surveys reviewed by Blair (1995) for the National Academy of Sciences panels. From this review it is clear that the public is not we…
Depressive symptoms in blood donors notified of HIV infection
OBJECTIVES. Understanding more about the psychological state of persons notified of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is critical for designing notification and counseling programs that will have the most positive effect. METHODS. The subjects were blood donors who had been notified of HIV infection by the New York Blood Center. A nurse elicited a medical history, performed a limited medical examination, and asked the subjects to compl…
Behavior changes after notification of HIV infection
BACKGROUND. To learn more about how people who did not volunteer for testing react to information about HIV infection, we assessed short-term behavior changes in HIV-positive blood donors. METHODS. Blood donors who were notified at the New York Blood Center that they were HIV positive were asked to participate in a study. A nurse elicited a medical history, performed a limited medical examination, and asked participants to complete a questionnair…
Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of HIV antibody-positive blood donors
This paper describes the sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of 173 blood donors who were confirmed by Western blot tests to have antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Seropositive donors were predominantly young, unmarried, and male, and major risk factors could be identified for almost all donors. However, more than 20 per cent of the study participants w…
Presidential Address
Journal Article PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PUSHING BACK THE LIMITS TO SURVEYS Get access ELEANOR SINGER ELEANOR SINGER Senior Research Scholare Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 52, Issue 3, FALL 1988, Pages 416–426, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/52.3.416 Published: 01 January 1988
The American Association for Public Opinion Research Award
American Association for Public Opinion Research
American Association for Public Opinion Research: Fortieth Annual Conference Public Opinion Research: Challenges of the 80s Get access ELEANOR SINGER ELEANOR SINGER Confernce Chair Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 49, Issue 3, FALL 1985, Page 412, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/49.3.412 Published: 01 January 1985
Experience and Reflection
Experience and Reflection
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas
Kant's First Antinomy
Changes in Telephone Survey Nonresponse over the Past Quarter Century
We correct, update, and elaborate Curtin, Presser, and Singer’s (2000) report that the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumer Attitudes (SCA) experienced only a small response rate decline between 1979 and 1996, contrary to the widespread perception of plunging response rates. Our aims are to (1) correct errors in the SCA response rate data that affected Curtin, Presser, and Singer’s (2000) result, (2) examine the trend in SCA response rates…
Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions
An examination of survey pretesting reveals a paradox. On the one hand, pretesting is the only way to evaluate in advance whether a questionnaire causes problems for interviewers or respondents. Consequently, both elementary textbooks and experienced researchers declare pretesting indispensable. On the other hand, most textbooks offer minimal, if any, guidance about pretesting methods, and published survey reports usually provide no information a…
Support for the Survey Sponsor and Nonresponse Bias
In an experiment designed to examine nonresponse bias, either the March of Dimes or the University of Michigan was identified as the sponsor of a survey mailed to individuals whose level of support for the March of Dimes was known. The response rate was higher to the university survey, but support for the March of Dimes increased survey participation to the same extent in both conditions. As a result of the overrepresentation of supporters of the…
The Effect of Question Framing and Response Options on the Relationship between Racial Attitudes and Beliefs about Genes as Causes of Behavior
Prior research suggests that the attribution of individual and group differences to genetic causes is correlated with prejudiced attitudes toward minority groups. Our study suggests that these findings may be due to the wording of the questions and to the choice of response options. Using a series of vignettes in an online survey, we find a relationship between racial attitudes and genetic attributions when respondents are asked to make causal at…
Predicting Test--Retest Reliability From Behavior Coding
Journal Article PREDICTING TEST—RETEST RELIABILITY FROM BEHAVIOR CODING Get access Jennifer Hess, Jennifer Hess Jennifer Hess is a Survey Statistication at the U.S. Census Bureau's Center for Survey Methods Research. She works in the area of questionnaire design and measurement research an demographic household surveys. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Eleanor Singer, Eleanor Singer Eleanor Singer is a Seni…
Public Attitudes Toward Data Sharing by Federal Agencies
Very little information exists concerning public attitudes on the topic of data sharing among Federal agencies. The most extensive information prior to 1995 comes from questions on several IRS surveys of taxpayers, from questions added to a series of Wisconsin surveys carried out in 1993-95, and from scattered other surveys reviewed by Blair (1995) for the National Academy of Sciences panels. From this review it is clear that the public is not we…
Beliefs about Genes and Environment as Determinants of Behavioral Characteristics
Journal Article Beliefs about Genes and Environment as Determinants of Behavioral Characteristics Get access Eleanor Singer, Eleanor Singer Eleanor Singer is Research Professor Emerita at the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Toni C. Antonucci, Toni C. Antonucci Toni C. Antonucci is Research Professor and Program Director at the S…
Depressive symptoms in blood donors notified of HIV infection
OBJECTIVES. Understanding more about the psychological state of persons notified of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is critical for designing notification and counseling programs that will have the most positive effect. METHODS. The subjects were blood donors who had been notified of HIV infection by the New York Blood Center. A nurse elicited a medical history, performed a limited medical examination, and asked the subjects to compl…
Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of HIV antibody-positive blood donors
This paper describes the sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of 173 blood donors who were confirmed by Western blot tests to have antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Seropositive donors were predominantly young, unmarried, and male, and major risk factors could be identified for almost all donors. However, more than 20 per cent of the study participants w…
Presidential Address
Journal Article PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PUSHING BACK THE LIMITS TO SURVEYS Get access ELEANOR SINGER ELEANOR SINGER Senior Research Scholare Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 52, Issue 3, FALL 1988, Pages 416–426, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/52.3.416 Published: 01 January 1988
Kant's First Antinomy
Experience and Reflection
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas
Experience and Reflection
American Association for Public Opinion Research
American Association for Public Opinion Research: Fortieth Annual Conference Public Opinion Research: Challenges of the 80s Get access ELEANOR SINGER ELEANOR SINGER Confernce Chair Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 49, Issue 3, FALL 1985, Page 412, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/49.3.412 Published: 01 January 1985
Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of HIV antibody-positive blood donors
This paper describes the sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of 173 blood donors who were confirmed by Western blot tests to have antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Seropositive donors were predominantly young, unmarried, and male, and major risk factors could be identified for almost all donors. However, more than 20 per cent of the study participants w…
Presidential Address
Journal Article PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: PUSHING BACK THE LIMITS TO SURVEYS Get access ELEANOR SINGER ELEANOR SINGER Senior Research Scholare Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 52, Issue 3, FALL 1988, Pages 416–426, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/52.3.416 Published: 01 January 1988
The American Association for Public Opinion Research Award
Behavior changes after notification of HIV infection
BACKGROUND. To learn more about how people who did not volunteer for testing react to information about HIV infection, we assessed short-term behavior changes in HIV-positive blood donors. METHODS. Blood donors who were notified at the New York Blood Center that they were HIV positive were asked to participate in a study. A nurse elicited a medical history, performed a limited medical examination, and asked participants to complete a questionnair…
Depressive symptoms in blood donors notified of HIV infection
OBJECTIVES. Understanding more about the psychological state of persons notified of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is critical for designing notification and counseling programs that will have the most positive effect. METHODS. The subjects were blood donors who had been notified of HIV infection by the New York Blood Center. A nurse elicited a medical history, performed a limited medical examination, and asked the subjects to compl…
Public Attitudes Toward Data Sharing by Federal Agencies
Very little information exists concerning public attitudes on the topic of data sharing among Federal agencies. The most extensive information prior to 1995 comes from questions on several IRS surveys of taxpayers, from questions added to a series of Wisconsin surveys carried out in 1993-95, and from scattered other surveys reviewed by Blair (1995) for the National Academy of Sciences panels. From this review it is clear that the public is not we…
Predicting Test--Retest Reliability From Behavior Coding
Journal Article PREDICTING TEST—RETEST RELIABILITY FROM BEHAVIOR CODING Get access Jennifer Hess, Jennifer Hess Jennifer Hess is a Survey Statistication at the U.S. Census Bureau's Center for Survey Methods Research. She works in the area of questionnaire design and measurement research an demographic household surveys. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Eleanor Singer, Eleanor Singer Eleanor Singer is a Seni…
Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions
An examination of survey pretesting reveals a paradox. On the one hand, pretesting is the only way to evaluate in advance whether a questionnaire causes problems for interviewers or respondents. Consequently, both elementary textbooks and experienced researchers declare pretesting indispensable. On the other hand, most textbooks offer minimal, if any, guidance about pretesting methods, and published survey reports usually provide no information a…
Changes in Telephone Survey Nonresponse over the Past Quarter Century
We correct, update, and elaborate Curtin, Presser, and Singer’s (2000) report that the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumer Attitudes (SCA) experienced only a small response rate decline between 1979 and 1996, contrary to the widespread perception of plunging response rates. Our aims are to (1) correct errors in the SCA response rate data that affected Curtin, Presser, and Singer’s (2000) result, (2) examine the trend in SCA response rates…
Beliefs about Genes and Environment as Determinants of Behavioral Characteristics
Journal Article Beliefs about Genes and Environment as Determinants of Behavioral Characteristics Get access Eleanor Singer, Eleanor Singer Eleanor Singer is Research Professor Emerita at the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Toni C. Antonucci, Toni C. Antonucci Toni C. Antonucci is Research Professor and Program Director at the S…
The Effect of Question Framing and Response Options on the Relationship between Racial Attitudes and Beliefs about Genes as Causes of Behavior
Prior research suggests that the attribution of individual and group differences to genetic causes is correlated with prejudiced attitudes toward minority groups. Our study suggests that these findings may be due to the wording of the questions and to the choice of response options. Using a series of vignettes in an online survey, we find a relationship between racial attitudes and genetic attributions when respondents are asked to make causal at…
Editing Public Opinion Quarterly, 1972-1986
This article reviews the history of Public Opinion Quarterly from 1972 through 1986, with brief discursions on its prehistory at Princeton and Columbia universities and some reflections on its present and future
Support for the Survey Sponsor and Nonresponse Bias
In an experiment designed to examine nonresponse bias, either the March of Dimes or the University of Michigan was identified as the sponsor of a survey mailed to individuals whose level of support for the March of Dimes was known. The response rate was higher to the university survey, but support for the March of Dimes increased survey participation to the same extent in both conditions. As a result of the overrepresentation of supporters of the…
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