New book co-edited by Beth-Ellen Pennell: Advances in Comparative Survey Methods: Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC)
October 4, 2018
Advances in Comparative Survey Methodology examines the most recent advances in methodology and operations as well as the technical developments in international survey research. With contributions from a panel of international experts, the text includes information on the use of Big Data in...
SRC Researchers at DEVSEC18
October 3, 2018
Pamela Davis-Kean and Colter Mitchell (along with Justin Jager and Adriene Beltz) are co-chairing the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting: Conference on the Use of Secondary and Open Source Data in Developmental Science. Many SRC researchers are chairing symposiums,...
SCIP survey finds students more concerned about climate change
September 28, 2018
Preliminary data from the 2017-2018 Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program survey indicate 75% of University of Michigan students are “extremely sure” that climate change is happening, an increase of 10% since 2015. Robert Marans, one of the principle investigators of the survey,...
Richard Miech discusses new study finding 1 in 11 students have vaped cannabis
September 18, 2018
In a story on CNN about a new study in JAMA Pediatrics, Richard Miech (who was not an author of the study) discusses the acceleration of e-cigarette use among teens and its connection to marijuana use: “…I would expect to see a very big increase in vaping in the coming years. As...
Pfeffer quoted in New York Times
September 17, 2018
In a New York Times article, The Recovery Threw the Middle-Class Dream Under a Benz, discussing the uneven recovery from the Great Recession, Fabian Pfeffer explains the role family wealth plays: 'Over and over, you see that family wealth is an important determinant of opportunity for the next...
2017 Monitoring the Future Study finds college students use marijuana more often than previous generations
September 5, 2018
In a story on Michigan Radio, John Schulenberg said that while college students are using more marijuana than previous generations, most of the marijuana use reported is from non-college students: 'We're at a point now where one in eight non-college youths are using marijuana on a daily, or near...
Miech cited in Forbes piece on e-cigarettes
August 13, 2018
Richard Miech’s research on teen and young adult e-cigarette use was cited in a Forbes.com piece examining the vaping trend. Miech says, “vaping can provide a physical pathway to smoking by creating an addiction to nicotine. Among adolescents, vaping strongly predicts future cigarette...
SRC Researchers at the American Sociological Association 113th Annual Meeting
August 10, 2018
SRC faculty and student mentees at the 2018 ASA Annual Meeting: Sunday, August 128:30-10:10, Christina Cross, Extended Family Households among U.S. Children: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and SES, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Level 4, Franklin Hall 2 8:30-10:10, Asta Breinholt, Does Education...
Miech comments on a new study showing teens who vape are more likely to use marijuana later
August 6, 2018
A new study in Pediatrics finds an association between teen e-cigarette and hookah use and later marijuana use. Richard Miech, who was not one of the study’s authors, comments, “Once you start vaping, I think you become known as the person who vapes, who’s cool. You get invited to...
New Book by Raghunathan, Berglund & Solenberger: Multiple Imputation in Practice
July 26, 2018
Multiple Imputation in Practice: With Examples Using IVEware by Trivellore Raghuathan, Patricia Berglund, and Peter Solenberger provides practical guidance on multiple imputation analysis, from simple to complex problems using real and simulated data sets.The book provides: Detailed examples of...
