May 23, 2011

Abt SRBI AAPOR 2011 Conference Presentations

Abt SRBI and Abt staff presented thirteen research papers and posters at the just concluded Annual Conference of the American Association of Public Opinion Research in Phoenix, May 12-15, 2011.

A highlight of the conference was the presentation of the coveted Warren J. Mitofsky Innovators Award to two groups of investigators, including an Abt survey methods group led by Mike Battaglia and Martin Frankel. Their seminal papers explored the application of address-based sampling for mail, telephone and face-to-face surveys. The award citation read:

"The research conducted by these investigators has clearly demonstrated the value of address-based sampling and will have lasting impact on the conduct of surveys for many years to come. Their work has also inspired additional research on coverage errors in area probability samples, a topic that has been too long neglected by the field."

Abt SRBI conference papers and posters focused on the uses of address-based sample versus dual frame landline/cell-samples, optimal weighting techniques for dual frame RDD samples, collection of biological specimens, and factors underlying public reaction to the so-called World Trade Center mosque.

Here is a listing of Abt SRBI papers and posters:

Papers and Posters by Abt SRBI and Abt Associates Staff 66th Annual AAPOR Conference

Phoenix, Arizona May 12-15, 2011

Title	Abt SRBI/Abt Associates Author(s)	Session Title	Time	Room
New Techniques for Weight Trimming	Benjamin Phillips Seth Brohinsky Chintan Turakhia	Poster Session 1	Thursday, 5/12 3:00-4:30 PM	Exhibit Hall Park Pavilion
Evaluation Strategies for Reducing Non-response among Under-represented Groups	Jason Minser Courtney Kennedy	Poster Session 1	Thursday, 5/12 3:00-4:30 PM	Exhibit Hall Park Pavilion
Identifying Efficiencies in Completing a Complex Telephone Interview	Julie Pacer Suzanne Bogue Cathy Joseph	Poster Session 1	Thursday, 5/12 3:00-4:30 PM	Exhibit Hall Park Pavilion
Using a Probability-based Online Panel to Survey American Jews	Benjamin Phillips	Poster Session 1	Thursday, 5/12 3:00-4:30 PM	Exhibit Hall Park Pavilion
Using "Sufficiently Knowledgeable Adult" as an Alternate Respondent Selection Rule for Child Health	Tara Merry Andy Weiss	Poster Session 1	Thursday, 5/12 3:00-4:30 PM	Exhibit Hall Park Pavilion
A Comparison of Address Based Sampling and Dual Frame Sampling for National Telephone Surveys	John Boyle Anna Fleeman Courtney Kennedy Faith Lewis Charles Shuttles Andy Weiss	Comparative Analyses: When Does ABS Matter?	Friday, 5/13 10:00-11:30 AM	Kaibab Level 2
Improving Landline RDD Coverage and Dialing Efficiency through the Selective Use of 100 Banks with No Listings	Andy Weiss Make Battaglia John Boyle Tara Merry	The Full Monty on RDD Samples	Friday, 5/13 1:45-3:15 PM	Bougainvillea Level 1
Collection of Biological Specimens in a Three-year Survey of Detroit Residents	Christine Cowles Mark Morgan	Poster Session 2	Friday, 5/13 3:15-4:15 PM	Exhibit Hall Park Pavilion
Studying Broadband Access: Consider the Non-adopters	Chintan Turakhia David Ciemnecki	Poster Session 2	Friday, 5/13 3:15-4:15 PM	Exhibit Hall Park Pavilion
An Evaluation of Popular Weighting Approaches in Dual Frame RDD Surveys	Courtney Kennedy	Cell Phone Sampling and Weighting	Saturday, 5/14 10:00-11:30 AM	Bougainvillea Level 1
Using VoIP and a Local Cell Phone to Contact Hard-to-Reach Respondents for the National Birth Defects Prevention Study	Rebecca Devlin	Poster Session 3	Saturday, 5/14 1:15-2:15 PM	Exhibit Hall Park Pavilion
The Use of Web Panels to Characterize Rare Conditions	John Boyle	Comparing Probability and Non-probability Samples	Saturday, 5/14 2:15-3:45 PM	Kaibab Level 2
Political, Social and Demographic Factors Underlying Public Reaction to the "Ground Zero" Muslim Community Center and Mosque	Mark Schulman Benjamin Phillips Seth Brohinsky	Assessing Public Attitudes toward Minorities	Sunday, 5/15 10:15-11:45	Acacia Level 1

Abt SRBI, a leading public policy and market research organization, is the survey research arm of Abt Associates, the international public policy and technical assistance firm. Abt SRBI is headquartered in New York City, with offices in the Washington, D.C. area, Chicago, IL, Cambridge, MA, Fort Myers, FL, Durham, NC and other cities.