Michael F Weeks
Biographic Data
| ID | 4402392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael F Weeks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael F |
| FAMILY NAME | Weeks |
| SIGNATURE | WEEKS M F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Optimal Call Scheduling for a Telephone Survey
Contacting a suitable respondent at home and securing the interview is a significant component of the typical household telephone survey. An optimal calling schedule minimizes the number of callbacks required and thus conserves resources. This article presents an analysis of time-of-day and day-of-week effects on the probabilities of obtaining an answered outcome and an interviewed outcome in a large national telephone survey of adult males. The …
Effects of an Advance Telephone Call in a Personal Interview Survey
Journal Article Effects of an Advance Telephone Call in a Personal Interview Survey Get access JANE WILLIAMS BERGSTEN, JANE WILLIAMS BERGSTEN The authors are staff members of the Research Triangle Institute. Jane Williams Bergsten is a Senior Research Statistician, Michael F. Weeks is a Senior Survey Research Specialist, and Fred A. Bryan is a Senior Health Systems Analyst. This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the Departme…
Personal versus telephone surveys for collecting household health data at the local level
Personal and telephone interview surveys were conducted simultaneously during 1981 in the same area (four counties in the area of Tampa Bay, Florida) and utilizing the same interview schedule. Following completion of the surveys, validity checks were made with the medical providers reported by a subsample of respondents to each mode. The telephone survey yielded a lower response rate but cost less than half the personal interview. There was some …
Ethnicity-of-Interviewer Effects on Ethnic Respondents
Considerable research has been reported on race-of-interviewer effects in white/black dichotomies. Little is known, however, about interviewer effects on respondents representing other ethnic groups. This article reports on a 1975 study of ethnicity-of-interviewer effects among four ethnic minorities (Cubans, Chicanos, Native Americans, and Chinese) and suggests that the findings for blacks and whites are generalizable to other ethnic groups as w…
Optimal Times to Contact Sample Households
Journal Article Optimal Times to Contact Sample Households Get access M. F. WEEKS, M. F. WEEKS The authors are staff members of the Research Triangle Institute P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. M. F. Weeks is a survey specialist in the Survey Operations Center; B. L. Jones, R. E. Folsom, Jr., and C. H. Benrud are statisticians in the Sampling Research and Design Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Ethnicity-of-Interviewer Effects on Ethnic Respondents
Considerable research has been reported on race-of-interviewer effects in white/black dichotomies. Little is known, however, about interviewer effects on respondents representing other ethnic groups. This article reports on a 1975 study of ethnicity-of-interviewer effects among four ethnic minorities (Cubans, Chicanos, Native Americans, and Chinese) and suggests that the findings for blacks and whites are generalizable to other ethnic groups as w…
Personal versus telephone surveys for collecting household health data at the local level
Personal and telephone interview surveys were conducted simultaneously during 1981 in the same area (four counties in the area of Tampa Bay, Florida) and utilizing the same interview schedule. Following completion of the surveys, validity checks were made with the medical providers reported by a subsample of respondents to each mode. The telephone survey yielded a lower response rate but cost less than half the personal interview. There was some …
Optimal Call Scheduling for a Telephone Survey
Contacting a suitable respondent at home and securing the interview is a significant component of the typical household telephone survey. An optimal calling schedule minimizes the number of callbacks required and thus conserves resources. This article presents an analysis of time-of-day and day-of-week effects on the probabilities of obtaining an answered outcome and an interviewed outcome in a large national telephone survey of adult males. The …
Optimal Times to Contact Sample Households
Journal Article Optimal Times to Contact Sample Households Get access M. F. WEEKS, M. F. WEEKS The authors are staff members of the Research Triangle Institute P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. M. F. Weeks is a survey specialist in the Survey Operations Center; B. L. Jones, R. E. Folsom, Jr., and C. H. Benrud are statisticians in the Sampling Research and Design Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Optimal Times to Contact Sample Households
Journal Article Optimal Times to Contact Sample Households Get access M. F. WEEKS, M. F. WEEKS The authors are staff members of the Research Triangle Institute P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. M. F. Weeks is a survey specialist in the Survey Operations Center; B. L. Jones, R. E. Folsom, Jr., and C. H. Benrud are statisticians in the Sampling Research and Design Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford A…
Ethnicity-of-Interviewer Effects on Ethnic Respondents
Considerable research has been reported on race-of-interviewer effects in white/black dichotomies. Little is known, however, about interviewer effects on respondents representing other ethnic groups. This article reports on a 1975 study of ethnicity-of-interviewer effects among four ethnic minorities (Cubans, Chicanos, Native Americans, and Chinese) and suggests that the findings for blacks and whites are generalizable to other ethnic groups as w…
Personal versus telephone surveys for collecting household health data at the local level
Personal and telephone interview surveys were conducted simultaneously during 1981 in the same area (four counties in the area of Tampa Bay, Florida) and utilizing the same interview schedule. Following completion of the surveys, validity checks were made with the medical providers reported by a subsample of respondents to each mode. The telephone survey yielded a lower response rate but cost less than half the personal interview. There was some …
Effects of an Advance Telephone Call in a Personal Interview Survey
Journal Article Effects of an Advance Telephone Call in a Personal Interview Survey Get access JANE WILLIAMS BERGSTEN, JANE WILLIAMS BERGSTEN The authors are staff members of the Research Triangle Institute. Jane Williams Bergsten is a Senior Research Statistician, Michael F. Weeks is a Senior Survey Research Specialist, and Fred A. Bryan is a Senior Health Systems Analyst. This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the Departme…
Optimal Call Scheduling for a Telephone Survey
Contacting a suitable respondent at home and securing the interview is a significant component of the typical household telephone survey. An optimal calling schedule minimizes the number of callbacks required and thus conserves resources. This article presents an analysis of time-of-day and day-of-week effects on the probabilities of obtaining an answered outcome and an interviewed outcome in a large national telephone survey of adult males. The …
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (4 works) · Advertising (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Interview (3 works) · Telephone interview (3 works) · Telephone survey (3 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (2 works)