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Oregon's new guidance for appointment wait-time surveys shakes things up by ditching the secret-shopper method and embracing more flexible reporting options!

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#OR #DataTransparency #ConsumerProtection #SurveyMethodology
Work group allows phone and written appointment wait-time surveys; secret-shopper no longer required
DFR staff told carriers the technical guidance will allow appointment wait-time surveys to be administered by phone, in writing or both and permits non-anonymous responses; carriers must still capture required fields and report results in the specified format to the division.
citizenportal.ai
September 29, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Call for Papers: JSSAM Special Issue on Adaptive Survey Design – Emerging Innovations and Practical Applications. Submit by 28 Feb 2027. Details: academic.oup.com/jssam #SurveyMethodology #AdaptiveSurveyDesign #SurveyStats
September 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
JSSAM invites research articles, reviews & research notes on adaptive survey design (ASD) — subgroup identification, treatment allocation, and evaluation methods

Deadline: Feb 28, 2027
Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jssam
#SurveyMethodology #Adaptive #SurveyDesiogn #SurveyStats #SurveyStatstics
mc.manuscriptcentral.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Can we predict survey question quality before collecting data?

Our new paper introduces the #MachineLearning algorithm behind #SQP 3.0.🌳 Random Forest won out among 4 approaches. An exciting step toward AI-assisted questionnaire evaluation! 🚀

📄 doi.org/10.18148/srm...
#SurveyMethodology #Research
August 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Week 2 of #GESISsummerschool in Survey Methodology 2026 is rolling along nicely!
A lively lunch brought participants & lecturers together, followed by inspiring talks from @lydiarepke.bsky.social & @dielea.bsky.social. Lots of #surveymethodology insights – more to come! 🧠📊

@gesis.org
July 27, 2026 at 2:17 PM
A heated debate is brewing in Connecticut over whether to prioritize family input in a crucial special-education needs study, with opinions split on the best way forward.

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#CT #ParentalInvolvement #CitizenPortal #EducationReform #SurveyMethodology
Panel debates whether to include family input in special‑education needs study
Members agreed parent views matter but were divided on feasibility and scope: some objected to producing a report without family input, while others argued the current charge is focused on administrative program data and recommended targeted follow‑ups or use of existing federal parent survey data.
citizenportal.ai
June 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
remain vital for capturing nuances, such as job-seeking intent, that administrative data cannot track.
Strong data stewardship and reduced respondent burden are necessary to sustain the statistical system.
#surveymethodology #economics #statistics #dataquality #nonresponsebias 2/2 ⚗️
Why did people stop responding to federal economic surveys? What can b
Authors discuss how survey response rates impact the statistics we care about and why response rates are falling in the first place.
www.brookings.edu
April 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Combien y a-t-il eu de morts à Gaza dans la guerre menée par Israël ? Un fil pour faire un bref point sur ce que l'on sait, et comment on le sait, ou pourquoi il ne faut jamais laisser passer l'expression "les chiffres du Hamas".

Ce fil est basé principalement sur 2 publications scientifiques.
February 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Meet @bradytwest.bsky.social of SRC's Survey Methodology Program. His research focuses on methodological advances in #AppliedStatistics, #SurveyMethodology & #PublicHealth. He takes well-deserved pride in his ability to teach complex concepts in #statistics & #methodology myumi.ch/9pzDE
#appliedstatistics #surveymethodology #publichealth | University of Michigan Survey Research Center
Brady West is a research professor in the Survey Methodology Program (which he directs) within SRC, and a research professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the U-M School of Public Health. Orig...
myumi.ch
February 18, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Ever wonder why a survey says the average age is 38? Turns out a tiny sampling bias can flip the numbers. Dive into the data science guide that reveals how random vs population sampling changes everything. #SamplingBias #SurveyMethodology #DataScience

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January 21, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Don't miss out on Anna Hebel's webinar presentation:

The Role of Ad Design: Image Characteristics and Design Formats in Social Media Recruitment

is about to start on MS Teams:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/145a60...

#SurveyMethodology
Learn more about Anna's research: doi.org/10.31219/osf...
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Call for new members of the #GESISPanel scientific advisory board! Help us to shape the future of the #GESISPanel by providing crucial input in the areas of #surveymethodology, #dataquality assurance, and strategic development. More info: www.gesis.org/en/ges...
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Week 3 of #GESISsummerschool is going strong! A lively lunch brought participants & lecturers together, followed by inspiring talks from Dennis Assenmacher & Jasmin Rath. Lots of #surveymethodology insights—more to come! 🧠📊
August 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Week 2 of #GESISsummerschool is rolling along nicely! We invited participants and lecturers to a get-together lunch, followed by inspiring talks: Matthias Roth on investigating the quality of survey responses, and Barbara Felderer on nonresponse bias. Excited for more #surveymethodology insights!
July 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The California Public Utilities Commission is making significant strides in improving customer engagement with the ICE 2 initiative, focusing on updated survey methodologies and achieving comprehensive regional representation across the U.S.

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#CA #CitizenPortal #SurveyMethodology
ISE 2 initiative improves survey methodology and regional representation across the US
ISE 2 enhances survey accuracy and aims for complete US regional representation.
citizenportal.ai
June 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
At the same time, the appointment is made in accordance with the “Jülich Model” (for Joint Professorial Appointments) to a #W3 #professorship for #SurveyMethodology at the School of Social Sciences of the University of Mannheim.
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April 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
On my way back from two very productive days in Hannover, where I had the pleasure of meeting the team of our DFG-funded collaborative project "Dynamic Surveys for Dynamic Life Cycles (DSDLC)" at @LIfBi.bsky.social and DZHW.
#DSDLC #LifeCourseResearch #DFG #SurveyMethodology #NewDataSpaces
April 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you are doing quantitative research on the cultural identification of forced migrants have a look at this recent OA publication coauthored by @methatmig.bsky.social member @stpoetzschke.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#MigrationResearch #SurveyMethodology #SocialMediaResearch
February 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
2/ Additionally, unclear demographic quotas raise questions about the representativeness of certain social or cultural subgroups. #ResearchBias #SurveyMethodology
January 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
2/ Selection Bias: The study's online recruitment method may exclude significant portions of the population, such as the elderly or those in rural areas with limited internet access. #ResearchBias #SurveyMethodology
January 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Just out: New publication using data from our “Experiences of Refugee Youth and Families in Hard-to-Survey Areas” project in Canada (osf.io/e89g3/). Many thanks to D. Maehler, N. Bhaktha & @somardrawoh.bsky.social

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#MigrationResearch #SurveyMethodology
Cultural identity development in adult forced migrants: The psychometrics of a measure in Arabic, Spanish, and Ukrainian
The aim of the present study was to assess the psychometric equivalence of Arabic-, Spanish-, and Ukrainian-language versions of the Multigroup Ethnic…
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January 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM