DC-AAPOR STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION RESULTS
See the Student Paper Competition Overview for more information about criteria, due dates, and sponsorship for the current year.2008 Results
The Washington-Baltimore Chapter of AAPOR is pleased to announce the winner of the 2008 Student Paper Competition, sponsored by SRBI.
Magdalena Wojcieszak (University of Pennsylvania) is recognized for the outstanding quality of her paper:
Two papers were recognized as honorable mentions:
- Ward Kay (George Mason University), "The Role of Salience on the Relationship between Public Policy and Public Opinion"
- Jocelyn Landau (University of Pennsylvania), "Framing the Debate about Genetics, Race, and Health: Effects of Racial Priming on Public Opinion about Personalized Medicine"
2008 Review Committee
Dr. Eugene Burns, Energy Information Administration
Dr. Michael P. Cohen, Statistics Consultant
Eileen O'Brien, Energy Information Administration (Chair)
Carl Ramirez, Government Accountability Office
Adam Safir, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
2007 Results
The Washington-Baltimore Chapter of AAPOR is pleased to announce the winner of the 2007 Student Paper Competition, sponsored by SRBI.
Carl Gershenson (University of Chicago) is recognized for the outstanding quality of his paper:
2007 Review Committee
Paul Beatty, National Center for Health Statistics
Carl Ramirez, Government Accountability Office
Adam Safir, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Michael P. Cohen, consultant, retired Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Jennifer L Beck, U.S. Census Bureau
Eileen O'Brien, Energy Information Administration
Danna Basson, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc (Chair)
2006 Results
The Washington-Baltimore Chapter of AAPOR is pleased to announce the winner of the 2006 Student Paper Competition, sponsored by SRBI.
Amy Corning (Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan) is recognized for the outstanding quality of her paper:
Two papers were recognized as honorable mentions:
- Danna Basson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), "The Impact of Accessible Political Knowledge on Voters' Candidate Evaluations, Issue Positions, and Issue Consistency"
- Magdalena Wojcieszak (University of Pennsylvania), "Where the differences lie: Assessing Exposure to Dissimilar Political View from Discussants, News Media and Online Groups"
2006 Review Committee
Paul Beatty, National Center for Health Statistics
Carl Ramirez, Government Accountability Office
Barbara O'Hare, Arbitron
Adam Safir, RTI International
Eugene Burns, Bureau of Transportation Statistics/Energy Information Administration
Michael P. Cohen, consultant, retired Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Eileen O'Brien (Chair), Energy Information Administration
2005 Results
The Washington-Baltimore Chapter of AAPOR is pleased to announce the winner of the 2005 Student Paper Competition.
Hyunjoo Park, a recent graduate of the Survey Methodology Program at the University of Michigan, is recognized for the outstanding quality of her paper:
Two papers were recognized as honorable mentions:
- Tarek al-Baghal (JSPM), "Bias in Telephone Samples"
- Magdalena Wojcieszak (University of Pennsylvania), "Computer-Mediated Public Opinion: Impact of Ideologically Homogeneous Groups on Pluralistic Ignorance"
2005 Review Committee
Paul Beatty, National Center for Health Statistics
John Boyle, Schulman, Ronca, Bucuvalas, Inc.
Mike Cohen, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Sarah Dipko, Westat
Laura Flicker, RTI International
Jennifer Hunter, Bureau of the Census
Dawn Nelson, Bureau of the Census
Carl Ramirez, Government Accountability Office
Adam Safir (Chair), RTI International
Rob Santos, NuStats
2004 Results
The Washington-Baltimore Chapter of AAPOR is pleased to announce the winner of the 2004 Student Paper Competition.
Rachel Dinkes, a recent graduate of The London School of Economics and Political Science, is recognized for the outstanding quality of her paper:
Two papers were recognized as honorable mentions:
- Tarek al-Baghal (JSPM), "Can You Hear Me Now?: Differences in Vote Report Between Cellular and Landline Telephone Respondents"
- Carl Setzer (JPSM), "Replicate Measures: A latent class analysis of measurement error"
2004 Review Committee
Paul Beatty, National Center for Health Statistics
Mike Cohen, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Mike Donatello, Consultant
Dawn Nelson, Bureau of the Census
Carl Ramirez, Government Accountability Office
Adam Safir (Chair), RTI International