Colm O’muircheartaigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 4454093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colm O’muircheartaigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colm |
| FAMILY NAME | O’muircheartaigh |
| SIGNATURE | O’MUIRCHEARTAIGH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 148 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Disentangling Selection Into Mode From Mode Effects
Objectives We investigate the impact of data collection mode on responses to variables in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) Round 4 and discuss how potential mode differences should (and should not) be addressed in substantive analyses. Methods Among the set of respondents who were eligible to be contacted remotely in Round 4, we randomly selected 398 to be contacted instead for an in-person interview. We compare respons…
Sample Design and Estimation in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Round 3 (2015–2016)
Together C1 and C2 permit inference about the U.S. population of home-dwelling adults born from 1920 to 1965. In addition, three waves of data from C1 are now available, permitting longitudinal analyses of health outcomes and their determinants among older adults
Analyzing Birth Cohorts With the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
We describe features of the NSHAP data of which researchers should be aware when conducting cohort analyses with these data
Religious Influence on Older Americans’ Sexual Lives: A Nationally-Representative Profile
Sample Design, Sample Augmentation, and Estimation for Wave 2 of the NSHAP
The inclusion of coresident partners enhanced the study by allowing the examination of how intimate, household relationships are related to health trajectories and by augmenting the size of the NSHAP sample size for this and future waves. The uncommon strategy of returning to Wave 1 nonrespondents reduced potential bias by ensuring that to the extent possible the whole of the original sample forms the basis for the field effort. NSHAP Wave 2 achi…
Instrument Development, Study Design Implementation, and Survey Conduct for the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
The National Opinion Research Center, led by a team of investigators at the University of Chicago, conducted more than 3,000 in-person interviews with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 57-85 years. Data collection included in-person questionnaire items, an extensive array of biomeasures, and a postinterview self-administered questionnaire. The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) interview included the collectio…
Statistical Design and Estimation for the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
The complex sample design requires that the selection probabilities and the field implementation be accounted for in estimating population parameters. The data set contains weights to compensate for differential probabilities of selection and response rates among demographic groups. Analysts should use weights in constructing estimates from the survey and account for the complex sample design in estimating standard errors for survey estimates
A Study of Sexuality and Health among Older Adults in the United States
BACKGROUND: Despite the aging of the population, little is known about the sexual behaviors and sexual function of older people. METHODS: We report the prevalence of sexual activity, behaviors, and problems in a national probability sample of 3005 U.S. adults (1550 women and 1455 men) 57 to 85 years of age, and we describe the association of these variables with age and health status. RESULTS: The unweighted survey response rate for this probabil…
Simple Response Variance: Estimation and Determinants
Telescoping of Landmark Events
Journal Article Telescoping of Landmark Events: Implications for Survey Research Get access GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar DANIEL B. WRIGHT, DANIEL B. WRIGHT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Qu…
Flashbulb memory assumptions: Using national surveys to explore cognitive phenomena
Implicit in most flashbulb memory research are three assumptions: that major news events will be important for almost everyone in the chosen sample, that people's ratings of memory quality are reliable and that a detailed recollection of personal circumstances implies a vivid memory. Using two general population surveys of Great Britain (total N = 3160), we examine each of these assumptions for two events that have recently been used in flashbulb…
Survey Questions About the Frequency of Vaguely Defined Events: The Effects of Response Alternative
Journal Article SURVEY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FREQUENCY OF VAGUELY DEFINED EVENTS: THE EFFECTS OF RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES Get access GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL GEORGE D. GASKELL is senior lecturer, Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics, COLM A. O'MUKCHEARTAIGH is senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, DANIEL B. WRIGHT is research officer, Department of Social Psychology, London Scho…
Measuring scientific interest: The effect of knowledge questions on interest ratings
Research into the publics' interest in, knowledge of and attitudes towards science has captured the attention of politicians and educators. Sample survey research has been employed to assess the diverse aspects of the public understanding of science. However, surveys are subject to various biases that may affect the findings, calling into question both the reliability and the validity of the measures concerned. In this study we look at one common…
Intensifiers in Behavioral Frequency Questions
Journal Article INTENSIFIERS IN BEHAVIORAL FREQUENCY QUESTIONS Get access COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH, COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH senior lecturer The Department of Statistics, London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL senior lecturer Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Sampling Methods for Censuses and Surveys
The Analysis of Survey Data. Vol. 1. Exploring Data Structures
The Analysis of Survey Data, Volume 1: Exploring Data Structures
Migrant/immigrant labour in Great Britain, France and Germany — 2
Migrant/immigrant labour in Great Britain, France and Germany-1
Statistical Design and Estimation for the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
The complex sample design requires that the selection probabilities and the field implementation be accounted for in estimating population parameters. The data set contains weights to compensate for differential probabilities of selection and response rates among demographic groups. Analysts should use weights in constructing estimates from the survey and account for the complex sample design in estimating standard errors for survey estimates
Sample Design, Sample Augmentation, and Estimation for Wave 2 of the NSHAP
The inclusion of coresident partners enhanced the study by allowing the examination of how intimate, household relationships are related to health trajectories and by augmenting the size of the NSHAP sample size for this and future waves. The uncommon strategy of returning to Wave 1 nonrespondents reduced potential bias by ensuring that to the extent possible the whole of the original sample forms the basis for the field effort. NSHAP Wave 2 achi…
Instrument Development, Study Design Implementation, and Survey Conduct for the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
The National Opinion Research Center, led by a team of investigators at the University of Chicago, conducted more than 3,000 in-person interviews with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 57-85 years. Data collection included in-person questionnaire items, an extensive array of biomeasures, and a postinterview self-administered questionnaire. The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) interview included the collectio…
Telescoping of Landmark Events
Journal Article Telescoping of Landmark Events: Implications for Survey Research Get access GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar DANIEL B. WRIGHT, DANIEL B. WRIGHT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Qu…
Survey Questions About the Frequency of Vaguely Defined Events: The Effects of Response Alternative
Journal Article SURVEY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FREQUENCY OF VAGUELY DEFINED EVENTS: THE EFFECTS OF RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES Get access GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL GEORGE D. GASKELL is senior lecturer, Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics, COLM A. O'MUKCHEARTAIGH is senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, DANIEL B. WRIGHT is research officer, Department of Social Psychology, London Scho…
Sample Design and Estimation in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Round 3 (2015–2016)
Together C1 and C2 permit inference about the U.S. population of home-dwelling adults born from 1920 to 1965. In addition, three waves of data from C1 are now available, permitting longitudinal analyses of health outcomes and their determinants among older adults
Religious Influence on Older Americans’ Sexual Lives: A Nationally-Representative Profile
Analyzing Birth Cohorts With the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
We describe features of the NSHAP data of which researchers should be aware when conducting cohort analyses with these data
Flashbulb memory assumptions: Using national surveys to explore cognitive phenomena
Implicit in most flashbulb memory research are three assumptions: that major news events will be important for almost everyone in the chosen sample, that people's ratings of memory quality are reliable and that a detailed recollection of personal circumstances implies a vivid memory. Using two general population surveys of Great Britain (total N = 3160), we examine each of these assumptions for two events that have recently been used in flashbulb…
Intensifiers in Behavioral Frequency Questions
Journal Article INTENSIFIERS IN BEHAVIORAL FREQUENCY QUESTIONS Get access COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH, COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH senior lecturer The Department of Statistics, London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL senior lecturer Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Disentangling Selection Into Mode From Mode Effects
Objectives We investigate the impact of data collection mode on responses to variables in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) Round 4 and discuss how potential mode differences should (and should not) be addressed in substantive analyses. Methods Among the set of respondents who were eligible to be contacted remotely in Round 4, we randomly selected 398 to be contacted instead for an in-person interview. We compare respons…
Migrant/immigrant labour in Great Britain, France and Germany-1
Migrant/immigrant labour in Great Britain, France and Germany — 2
The Analysis of Survey Data. Vol. 1. Exploring Data Structures
The Analysis of Survey Data, Volume 1: Exploring Data Structures
Sampling Methods for Censuses and Surveys
Measuring scientific interest: The effect of knowledge questions on interest ratings
Research into the publics' interest in, knowledge of and attitudes towards science has captured the attention of politicians and educators. Sample survey research has been employed to assess the diverse aspects of the public understanding of science. However, surveys are subject to various biases that may affect the findings, calling into question both the reliability and the validity of the measures concerned. In this study we look at one common…
Intensifiers in Behavioral Frequency Questions
Journal Article INTENSIFIERS IN BEHAVIORAL FREQUENCY QUESTIONS Get access COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH, COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH senior lecturer The Department of Statistics, London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL senior lecturer Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Survey Questions About the Frequency of Vaguely Defined Events: The Effects of Response Alternative
Journal Article SURVEY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FREQUENCY OF VAGUELY DEFINED EVENTS: THE EFFECTS OF RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES Get access GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL GEORGE D. GASKELL is senior lecturer, Department of Social Psychology, London School of Economics, COLM A. O'MUKCHEARTAIGH is senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics, DANIEL B. WRIGHT is research officer, Department of Social Psychology, London Scho…
Flashbulb memory assumptions: Using national surveys to explore cognitive phenomena
Implicit in most flashbulb memory research are three assumptions: that major news events will be important for almost everyone in the chosen sample, that people's ratings of memory quality are reliable and that a detailed recollection of personal circumstances implies a vivid memory. Using two general population surveys of Great Britain (total N = 3160), we examine each of these assumptions for two events that have recently been used in flashbulb…
Telescoping of Landmark Events
Journal Article Telescoping of Landmark Events: Implications for Survey Research Get access GEORGE D. GASKELL, GEORGE D. GASKELL Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar DANIEL B. WRIGHT, DANIEL B. WRIGHT Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH COLM A. O'MUIRCHEARTAIGH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Qu…
Simple Response Variance: Estimation and Determinants
A Study of Sexuality and Health among Older Adults in the United States
BACKGROUND: Despite the aging of the population, little is known about the sexual behaviors and sexual function of older people. METHODS: We report the prevalence of sexual activity, behaviors, and problems in a national probability sample of 3005 U.S. adults (1550 women and 1455 men) 57 to 85 years of age, and we describe the association of these variables with age and health status. RESULTS: The unweighted survey response rate for this probabil…
Instrument Development, Study Design Implementation, and Survey Conduct for the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
The National Opinion Research Center, led by a team of investigators at the University of Chicago, conducted more than 3,000 in-person interviews with a nationally representative sample of adults aged 57-85 years. Data collection included in-person questionnaire items, an extensive array of biomeasures, and a postinterview self-administered questionnaire. The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) interview included the collectio…
Statistical Design and Estimation for the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
The complex sample design requires that the selection probabilities and the field implementation be accounted for in estimating population parameters. The data set contains weights to compensate for differential probabilities of selection and response rates among demographic groups. Analysts should use weights in constructing estimates from the survey and account for the complex sample design in estimating standard errors for survey estimates
Sample Design, Sample Augmentation, and Estimation for Wave 2 of the NSHAP
The inclusion of coresident partners enhanced the study by allowing the examination of how intimate, household relationships are related to health trajectories and by augmenting the size of the NSHAP sample size for this and future waves. The uncommon strategy of returning to Wave 1 nonrespondents reduced potential bias by ensuring that to the extent possible the whole of the original sample forms the basis for the field effort. NSHAP Wave 2 achi…
Religious Influence on Older Americans’ Sexual Lives: A Nationally-Representative Profile
Sample Design and Estimation in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project: Round 3 (2015–2016)
Together C1 and C2 permit inference about the U.S. population of home-dwelling adults born from 1920 to 1965. In addition, three waves of data from C1 are now available, permitting longitudinal analyses of health outcomes and their determinants among older adults
Analyzing Birth Cohorts With the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project
We describe features of the NSHAP data of which researchers should be aware when conducting cohort analyses with these data
Disentangling Selection Into Mode From Mode Effects
Objectives We investigate the impact of data collection mode on responses to variables in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) Round 4 and discuss how potential mode differences should (and should not) be addressed in substantive analyses. Methods Among the set of respondents who were eligible to be contacted remotely in Round 4, we randomly selected 398 to be contacted instead for an in-person interview. We compare respons…
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Statistics (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Law (5 works)