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48
Citations
24514
World Ranking
3033
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1467

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Stanley Presser is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with significant contributions in the subfields of sociology and political science, statistics, probability and uncertainty, general health professions, health, and applied psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including survey methodology and nonresponse, social media in health education, digital mental health interventions, data-driven disease surveillance, meta-analysis and systematic reviews, health sciences research and education, as well as scientometrics and bibliometrics research.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • MADOC (University of Mannheim)
  • Annual Review of Sociology
  • Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Public Opinion Quarterly

Key recent papers by Stanley Presser include:

  • "Partnering with a global platform to inform research and public policy making," 2020, published in MADOC (University of Mannheim)
  • "The Role of Doubt in Conceiving Research: Reflections from a Career Shaped by a Dissertation," 2022, Annual Review of Sociology
  • "The Prevalence and Nature of Cognitive Interviewing as a Survey Questionnaire Evaluation Method in the United States," 2024, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
  • "Using Administrative Data to Impute Income Non-Response in Household Surveys," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Open Questions Self-Administered on the Web versus Interviewer-Administered in Person: The 2016 American National Election Study Mode Comparison," 2024, Public Opinion Quarterly

Frequent co-authors collaborating on these works include:

  • Frauke Kreuter
  • Neta Barkay
  • Alyssa Bilinski
  • Adrianne Bradford
  • Samantha Chiu

Stanley Presser received recognition as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context

    Howard Schuman;Stanley Presser

  • Social Desirability Bias in CATI, IVR, and Web Surveys The Effects of Mode and Question Sensitivity

    Frauke Kreuter;Stanley Presser;Roger Tourangeau

  • Handbook of Survey Research.

    Stanley Presser;Peter H. Rossi;James D. Wright;Andy B. Anderson

  • The Effects of Response Rate Changes on the Index of Consumer Sentiment

    Richard Curtin;Stanley Presser;Eleanor Singer

  • Consequences of Reducing Nonresponse in a National Telephone Survey

    Scott Keeter;Carolyn Miller;Andrew Kohut;Robert M. Groves

  • Changes in Telephone Survey Nonresponse over the Past Quarter Century

    Richard Curtin;Stanley Presser;Eleanor Singer

  • Survey Questions: Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire

    Jean M. Converse;Stanley Presser

  • Questions and answers in attitude surveys

    John P. Robinson;Howard Schuman;Stanley Presser

  • Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires

    Stanley Presser;Mick P. Couper;Judith T. Lessler;Elizabeth Martin

  • The Science of Asking Questions

    Nora Cate Schaeffer;Stanley Presser

  • The Role of Topic Interest in Survey Participation Decisions

    Robert M. Groves;Stanley Presser;Sarah Dipko

  • The Impact of "No Opinion" Response Options on Data Quality: Non-Attitude Reduction or an Invitation to Satisfice?

    Jon A. Krosnick;Allyson L. Holbrook;Matthew K. Berent;Richard T. Carson

  • Contingent valuation and lost passive use: Damages from the Exxon Valdez oil spill

    Richard T. Carson;Robert C. Mitchell;Michael Hanemann;Raymond J. Kopp

  • Data collection mode and social desirability bias in self-reported religious attendance : Church attendance in the United States

    Stanley Presser;Linda Stinson

  • A Contingent Valuation Study of Lost Passive Use Values Resulting From the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    R.T. Carson;R.C. Mitchell;W.M. Hanemann;R.J. Kopp

  • SURVEY PRETESTING: DO DIFFERENT METHODS PRODUCE DIFFERENT RESULTS?

    Stanley Presser;Johnny Blair

  • Experiments in Producing Nonresponse Bias

    Robert M. Groves;Mick P. Couper;Stanley Presser;Eleanor Singer

  • Handbook of Survey Research

    James B. Wilcox;Peter H. Rossi;James D. Wright;Andy B. Anderson

  • The Open and Closed Question

    Howard Schuman;Stanley Presser

  • Survey Questions: Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire.

    Diane O'Rourke;Jean M. Converse;Stanley Presser

  • Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys

    Gerald Albaum;Howard Schuman;Stanley Presser

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon A. Krosnick
Jon A. Krosnick Stanford University
Howard Schuman
Howard Schuman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Roger Tourangeau
Roger Tourangeau Westat (United States)
Eleanor Singer
Eleanor Singer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frauke Kreuter
Frauke Kreuter Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert M. Groves
Robert M. Groves University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael J. Welsh
Michael J. Welsh University of Iowa
Mick P. Couper
Mick P. Couper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David S. Chapman
David S. Chapman University of Utah
John P. Robinson
John P. Robinson University of Maryland, College Park

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