AAPOR 2022

Join RTI International at the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)'s 77th annual conference being held in Chicago, IL, May 13-15. The AAPOR Annual Conference is the premier forum for the exchange of advances in public opinion and survey research.

RTI experts will be presenting on a wide range of topics involving innovation and equity in survey science and research. Join us at Booth 100 to speak with our experts who are excited to discuss our findings regarding these questions and more!

RTI has held its membership in AAPOR for over 60 years, and many of our experts proudly serve on AAPOR committees. View the schedule of RTI scientists' presentations below to plan your attendance at the AAPOR conference.

Wednesday, May 11

12:45 PM to 2:15 PM EDT
Are You For Real? Detecting Fraudulent and Poor Quality Respondents
Presenter: Gabriel Madson

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Surveying Hard-to-Reach and Rare Populations
Presenter: Patricia LeBaron

Thursday, May 12

8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Don’t Use the UWE to Evaluate a Poststratified or Raked Estimator (Use Something Else Instead)
Presenter: Phillip Kott

8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Adopting Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) for Health Surveys in Latin America and the Caribbean
Presenters: Alexander Nisetich, Luis Sevilla, Charles Lau, Victoria Dounoucos, and Raquel Ovalle Romero

8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Moving Away From RDD: Shifting to ABS While in the Field
Presenters: Marcus Berzofsky, Caroline Scruggs, and Tom Duffy

10:15 AM to 11:45 AM EDT
Efforts to Improve Inclusion of the Spanish-Speaking Population in the 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey
Presenters: Kristine Wiant, Joe Murphy, and Joe McMichael

10:15 AM to 11:45 AM EDT
Modeling Mode Effects for a Panel Survey in Transition from In-Person to Web-Main Mixed Mode
Presenters: Dan Liao, Brian J. Burke, and Paul P. Biemer

1:15 PM to 2:45 PM EDT
Time-Trend Analysis With Cross-Sectional Survey Data
Presenters: Dan Liao and Rachel Harter

2:45 PM to 3:45 PM EDT
Developing and Implementing a Web Scheduler for Clinical Interview Respondents
Presenters: Christine Carr, Paul Geiger, Curry Spain, R. Suresh, and Heidi Guyer

3:45 PM to 5:15 PM EDT
Transporting Recurrent Neural Networks for Coding Interviewer Question-Asking Behaviors Across Surveys
Presenter: Jerry Timbrook

Friday, May 13

8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EDT
Using Text Messages to Invite Web Survey Participation: Experiments to Identify the Most Effective Message Content
Presenters: Brenna Muldavin, Stephanie Eckman, Naomi Freedner, Burton Levine, and Joe Murphy

10:15 AM to 11:45 AM EDT
Methods and Improvements for Yield Rate Estimation in Survey Planning
Presenters: Joseph McMichael, Joe Murphy, Patrick Chen, Rachel Harter, and Paul Biemer

10:15 AM to 11:45 AM EDT
Care Experience Surveys: What Motivates Response?
Presenters: Rachel Allen and Lisa M. Lines, PhD, MPH

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Is it Worth It? Cost-Effectiveness and Quality Implications of a Final Mailing to Survey Nonrespondents
Presenters: Joe Murphy and Saki Kinney

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Data Science Informed by Survey Science: Collecting More Accurate Labels
Presenters: Stephanie Eckman and Rob Chew

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Evaluating Coverage Error in Nonprobability Surveys Using Propensity Modeling
Presenters: Burton Levine and Michelle Cavazos

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Longitudinal Weighting Strategy for the Ohio COVID-19 Survey
Presenters: Caroline Scruggs, Marcus Berzofsky, and Naomi Freedner

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Results of a Text Message Experiment on the Ohio COVID-19 Survey and Ohio Medicaid COVID-19 Survey
Presenters: Naomi Freedner, T.J. Nesius, Padraic Burns, Dain Palmer, and David Schultz

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Quickly Fielding a Study During the Early Days of a Pandemic While Transitioning to a Virtual Call Center: Ohio COVID-19 Survey
Presenters: Dain Palmer, T.J. Nesius, Meagan Brackin, Naomi Freedner, David Schultz, Caroline Scruggs, Padraic Burns, and Kurt Johnson

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Developing and Maintaining a COVID-19 Survey Panel During a Pandemic
Presenters: Naomi Freedner-Maguire, Caroline Scruggs, Dain Palmer, Timothy Nesius, and Padraic Burns

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Electronic Gift Card Incentive in the Ohio COVID-19 Survey and the Ohio Medicaid COVID Survey
Presenters: Padraic Burns, Caroline Scruggs, Naomi Freedner, and Dain Palmer

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Fielding COVID-19 Surveys During a Pandemic Using an Innovative Operational Approach
Presenters: Timothy Nesius, Naomi Freedner, Caroline Scruggs, Dain Palmer, Meagan Brackin, Padraic Burns, and David Schultz