Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:02 -0500
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      SRMS Webinar:  The Psychology of Survey Response
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> From: Peterson, Rick
> Subject: New SRMS Webinar
>
> Dear Survey Research Methods Section of ASA Member:
>
> The section is proud to announce the next webinar in its new web-based
training
> program.
>
> "The Psychology of Survey Response" will be presented by Roger
Tourangeau on
> Tuesday, February 9, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time.
>
>
> Webinar Description:
>
>
> This two-hour course examines survey questions from a psychological
> perspective. It covers the basics on how respondents answer survey
questions
> and how problems in this response process can produce reporting
errors. The
> class will focus on behavioral questions. The course is intended as on

> introduction for researchers who develop survey questionnaires or who
use the
> data from surveys and want to understand some of the potential
problems with
> survey data. It describes the major psychological components of the
response
> process, including comprehension of the questions, retrieval of
information
> from memory, combining and supplementing information from memory
through
> judgment and inference, and the reporting of an answer.  The course
has no
> specific perquisites, though familiarity with survey methodology or
> questionnaire design would be helpful.
>
>
>
> To register, please visit the SRMS web site at:
> http://www.amstat.org/sections/SRMS/webinar.cfm
> http://www.amstat.org/sections/SRMS/webinar.html
>
>
>
> If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Rick Peterson
at the ASA
> office using the below information.
>
> Rick Peterson
> Education Programs Associate
> American Statistical Association
> 732 North Washington Street
> Alexandria, VA 22153
> (703) 684-1221 ext. 1864
> FAX: (703) 684-3768
> rick at amstat dot org
> www.amstat.org <http://www.amstat.org/>