Workshop Meetings

Meetings will usually be on Fridays from 11 am-12 pm in Room 4036 at ISR.

Upcoming Meetings Winter 2023

Meeting DateMeeting TopicDetails
01/13/2023Introduction
01/27/2022Discussion led by Mao LiIntroduction to Information Retrieval: implementation of text analysis in the field of survey methodology
02/10/2022Presentation by James WagnerQuestions and challenges in adaptive survey designs
02/17/2022Fifth Annual Likert Workshop
02/24/2023Presentation of the proposal by first-year
students (Nia&Chendi)		Questionnaire Design Use of incentives in longitudinal studies
03/03/2023Michigan Spring break
03/17/2023Visiting guest: Robert Groves
03/25/2023Maryland Spring break
03/31/2023Presentation of proposal by first-year students (Yongchao&Kaidar)Non-response adjustment Split questionnaire design
04/14/2023AAPOR presentation dry-run
By Stephanie Morales and Nia Holland		Assessing Cross-Cultural Comparability of Self-Rated Health and Its Conceptualization through Web Probing

Previous Meetings Fall 2022

Meeting DateMeeting TopicDetails
09/09/2022Introduction
09/16/2022Presentation by Ai Rene OngMeasuring Network Size and Recruitment Productivity in Respondent Driven Sampling
09/23/2022Discussion lead by Curtiss EngstromQuestionnaire design: “The science of asking questions.” 
09/30/2022Presentation by Wenshan YuTBD
10/07/2022Presentation by Brady WestState-of-the-art in adaptive survey designs
10/14/2022Presentation by Trivellore Raghunathan Combining Data from Multiple Sources
10/21/2022Presentation by
Stephanie Morales and Fred Conrad		Probing in Cognitive Interviews can Promote Acquiescence
10/28/2022Presentation by Hannah Bucher TBD

Previous Meetings Winter 2022

Meeting DateMeeting Topic Details
01/14/2022
 
PhD Student Workgroup:
Planning meeting
 
01/21/2022
 
PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Mao Li
 
Network 
analysis and 
clustering 
method
01/28/2022
 
PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Wenshan Yu
 
Mixed mode 
inference
02/04/2022
 
PhD Studnet Workgroup: 
Presentation by First-year PhD students
 
Research idea
and proposal
02/11/2022
 
PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Curtiss Engstorm
 
Interviewer 
effect
02/18/2022
 
PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Xinyu Zhang
 
02/25/2022
 
MSSISS presentations dry-run
 
03/04/2022
 
Michigan Spring break
 
03/11/2022
 
TBD(MSSISS)
 
03/18/2022
 
TBD
 
03/25/2022
 
TBD
 
04/01/2022
 
PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Ai Rene Ong
 
04/08/2022
 
TBD
 
04/15/2022
 
PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Htay-Wah Saw
 

Previous Meetings Winter 2020

Meeting DateMeeting Topic Details
09/17/2021PhD Student Workgroup: Planning meeting 
09/24/2021PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Fernanda Alvarado Leiton 
10/01/2021PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Micha Fischer 
10/08/2021PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Curttiss Engstorm 
10/15/2021PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Ai Rene Ong 
10/22/2021TBD 
10/29/2021TBD 
11/05/2021TBD 
11/12/2021No meeting – MAPOR Dry Runs 
11/19/2021No meeting – MAPOR 
11/26/2021No meeting – Thanksgiving 
12/03/2021PhD Studnet Workgroup: Presentation by Xinyu Zhang 
12/10/2021TBD 
12/17/2021TBD 

Previous Meetings Fall 2019

Meeting DateMeeting Topic Details
09/20/2019Planning Meeting:
– Organizational discussion		 
09/27/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Jan Karem Höhne		Title: Re-examining the left and top means first heuristic using eye-tracking methodology
10/04/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Brainstorming for AAPOR’s Got Talent Competition		 
10/11/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Tawfiq Ammari		 
10/18/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Philip Brenner		Title: Faith and Skepticism in Data: Interpreting Trends
10/25/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Colleen McClain		 
11/01/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Ali Rafei		 
11/08/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Micha Fischer		 
11/15/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by James Wagner		 
11/22/2019MAPOR Conferenceno meeting
11/29/2019Thanksgivingno meeting
12/06/2019PhD Student Workgroup: 
12/13/2019PhD Student Workgroup: 

Previous Meetings Winter 2019

Meeting DateMeeting Topic Details
01/17/2019Planning Meeting:
– Organizational discussion		 
01/24/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Discussion of journal articles		 
01/30/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– canceled		 
02/07/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Phuong Linh Nguyen		 
02/14/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Data visualization workshop by Abigail Azari		 
02/21/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Colleen McClain		 
02/26/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Talk by Trivellore Raghunathan		 
03/07/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Talk by Phuong Linh Nguyen		 
03/14/2019PhD Student Workgroup:no meeting
03/21/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– MSSISS preperation + Talk by Colleen McClain		 
03/28/2019MSSISSno meeting
04/04/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Lorenzo Garcia-Amaya		 
04/11/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Discussion of journal articles		 
04/18/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Ai Rene Ong		 
04/25/2019PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Maria Fernanda Alvarado Leiton		 

Previous Meetings Fall 2018

Meeting DateMeeting Topic Details
09/20/18Intro Meeting:
– Organizational discussion		 
09/27/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– General discussion, further planning		 
10/04/18PhD Student Workgroup:
Presentation by Ali Rafei		 
10/11/18PhD Student Workgroup: 
10/18/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Micha Fischer		 
10/25/18PhD Student Workgroup: 
11/01/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Tawfiq Ammari		 
11/08/18PhD Student Workgroup: MAPOR practice talks 
11/15/18MAPORNo meeting
11/22/18ThanksgivingNo meeting
11/29/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentations by Felicitas Mittereder and  Anna Pöhlmann		 
 12/06/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Phuong Linh Nguyen		 
12/13/18PhD Student Workgroup: 

Previous Meetings Winter 2017

Meeting DateMeeting Topic Details
01/12/18Intro Meeting:
– Discussion about potential invited speakers		 
01/19/18MIDAS Seminar Series:
– Dr. Robert Goldstone		 
01/26/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Mengyao Hu		 
02/02/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Colleen McClain		 
02/09/18Workshop Meeting:
– Presentation by Dr. Fred Conrad		 
02/16/18 Workshop Meeting:
– Presentation by Dr. Brady West		 
02/23/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Felicitas Mittereder		 
03/02/18Spring Break 
03/09/18Maryland visitNo meeting
03/16/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Tawfiq Ammari		 
03/23/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Research ideas		 
 03/30/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– MSSISS Dry-runs		 
04/06/18PhD Student Workgroup No meeting
04/13/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Sharan Sharma		 
04/20/18PhD Student Workgroup No meeting
4/27/18PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Micha Fischer		 

Previous Meetings Fall 2017

Meeting DateMeeting Topic Details
09/15/17Intro Meeting:
– Discussion about potential invited speakers
– Discussion about research ideas and collaboration options		Room 1040
09/22/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Ruben Bach		 
09/29/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Tawfiq Ammari		 
10/06/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Micha Fischer		 
10/13/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Felicitas Mittereder		 
10/20/17MIDAS Seminar Series:
Kevin Xu
Statistical Models for Analyzing Dynamic Social Network Data		Weiser Hall
10th Floor
10/27/17 Workshop Meeting:
– Presentation by Ozan Kuru		 
11/03/17 Workshop Meeting:
– Presentation by Brady West		 
11/10/17Workshop Meeting:
– Presentation by Yajuan Si		 
11/17/17MAPORNo meeting
11/24/17Thanksgiving weekNo meeting
 12/01/17 MIDAS Conference 
12/08/17 PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Colleen McClain		 
12/15/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Yanna Yan		 

Previous Meetings Winter 2017

Meeting DateMeeting Topic 
01/13/17Intro Meeting:
– Assigning time slots
– Paper/Research presentation
– Collaboration ideas, MIDAS, MSSISS etc.		Sign up
01/20/17PhD Student Workgroup:
Paper Review		 
01/27/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Micha Fischer		 
02/03/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Alex Wenz
– MIDAS Seminar Series		 
02/10/17Statistics and Political Science Workshop: Andrew Gelman
(Michigan Union)		 
02/17/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Logistics: MSSISS Data Challenge and MPSM Student-Faculty meeting
– Presentation by Felicitas Mittereder		 
02/24/17MPSM Student-Faculty meeting
PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Tawfiq Ammari		Start at 4:30pm
03/03/17Spring Break
PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Sharan Sharma		 
03/10/17MPSM Student-Faculty meetingNo Meeting
03/17/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Colleen McClain		 
03/24/17MSSISSNo Meeting
03/31/17PhD Student Workgroup:
– Presentation by Tawfiq Ammari		 
04/07/17PhD Student Workgroup 
04/14/17 MPSM Student-Faculty meeting
PhD Student Workgroup		Start at 4:30pm
04/21/17PhD Student Workgroup
– Presentation by Curtis Cobb		Room: ISR 1460
 4/28/17 No Meeting
5/5/17 PhD Student Workgroup
– Presentation by Brian Wells		 
5/12/17 No Meeting
5/19/17 AAPORNo Meeting
5/26/17 PhD Student Workgroup
– Presentation by Susan Murphy		 
June 2017Room: ISR 4131 

Previous Meetings Fall 2016

Meeting DateMeeting Topic 
10/7/16MIDAS Seminar Series (Location: Gerald Ford Library)Sign up
10/14/16Intro Meeting + discussion of MIDAS interestSign up
10/21/16Collaboration ideas, MIDAS, MSSISS etc.Sign up
10/28/16PhD Student Workgroup:
– Feedback for Yioryos Nardis paper
– Discussion about NY Times article 		Sign up
11/4/16U.S. Election and Polling
* Analytic issues in polling
* Measurement issues in polling
* “Saving” polling???		Sign up
11/11/16PhD Student Workgroup:
Feedback for Kristen Cibelli		Sign up
11/18/16PhD Student Workgroup:
Informal Discussion with Mengyao Hu
Room: ISR 4036		Sign up
11/25/16No meeting – Thanksgiving week 
12/2/16PhD Student Workgroup:
Potentials and Limitations of Using Twitter Geospatial Data
Room: ISR 4036
Sign up
12/9/16End-of-semester meeting/social (Room 6080)Sign up
12/16/16MIDAS Seminar Series (RACKHAM AMPHITHEATRE)Sign up