In a strong showing this week, 18 NORC researchers facilitated workshops, served on panels, and presented findings at the 40th International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC). The annual conference, held in Montreal this year, provides a forum for government, academic institutions and not-for-profit agencies to have informal communication between field director, field technology, and survey management personnel of a type not usually available in professional conventions or through professional journals. The conference focuses on innovations, work in progress, and recently completed work.

Thirty five staff members represented NORC at the 61st annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), held May 18 through May 21, 2006 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. AAPOR is generally regarded as the public opinion industry’s most prestigious annual gathering. In addition to presenting papers on relevant survey research, methodology, and analysis topics, staff chaired discussions and panels, and presented posters.

Approach the Bench: Reaching the Attorney Population
Kate Dalton

Factors Related to the Collection of Bio-marker Data
Pam Loose

How to Train and Evaluate Supervisors Effectively and Training New Telephone Supervisors.pdf
Suzanne Bard
Patrick Cagney

Impact of Placement of Time Estimate Information on Screener and Interview Completion Rates
Elizabeth Welch

Innovative Techniques for Locating Post-Secondary Students in Longitudinal Studies
Eve Zurawski
Ed Sipulski

Interviewer Incentives: Are We getting Enough Bang for Our Buck?
Christine Carr

Leveraging Multiple Technologies in Creating a Survey Data Center
Robert Montgomery

Locating Efforts in a Study of Foster Youth
Diane Preciado

Managing the Development and Implementation fo a Complex Multi-Mode Survey
Michael Cooke
Michael Colicchia

One, Two, Three, Switch: A Non Traditional Training Approach to In-Person Training of Interviewers
Sara Zuckerbraun

Sampling
Colm O’Muirheartaigh

The Last Monitor Told Me to Do It That Way: Improving Quality on Interviewer Monitoring
Rebecca Jessoe
Patrick Cagney

Timeless Lessons Learned in Field Operations – Passing the Torch
Missy Koppelman

Understanding and Minimizing Barriers Between Field Staff and New Technology
Kelly Gardner