Listening to the same songs on a loop
February 19, 2018
In a study published in Psychology of Music, Fred Conrad, et al. explored why and how participants in a survey listen to the same songs over and over. Approximately 86% of the participants listened to their favorite song daily or a few times a week and 60% listened to it...
Social scientist and historian of survey research Jean Converse dies at 90
February 16, 2018
Jean McDonnell Converse, a social scientist, historian of survey research, and expert in interview techniques, died on January 25, 2018, in Park Ridge, Ill.Converse’s work served two very important roles in the field of survey research, according to research professor Michael Traugott of the...
Howard Schuman accepts the 2017 Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research
February 8, 2018
Howard Schuman, former SRC director and Research Scientist Emeritus, has been selected by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research as this year's recipient of the Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research.The Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research is...
2018 IRIS Researcher Awards
January 29, 2018
ANN ARBOR, MI – The Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 IRIS Researcher Awards:The 2018 Dissertation Award recipients are Douglas Guilbeault, a PhD student in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of...
Marans says despite increased awareness of sustainability on UM campus, behavior changes have been slower
January 22, 2018
The 5th annual survey for the Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program has been launched. The survey tracks sustainability culture at the University of Michigan. The survey has found increases in awareness around sustainable food, but decreases in awareness of sustainable travel and...
Special Issue of Work, Aging, and Retirement devoted to Health and Retirement Study
January 16, 2018
In December, Gwenith G. Fisher (Colorado State University) and Lindsay H. Ryan (SRC) published 'Overview of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Introduction to the Special Issue' in the Oxford journal Work, Aging and Retirement. This introduction article describes the HRS and highlights...
James Morgan, ISR Founding Member and Creator of Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Passed Away at 99
January 10, 2018
James N. Morgan, an economist who created the longest-running intergenerational household survey in the world, died on January 8, 2018 at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 99 and lived in Ann Arbor.
Morgan was a great believer in new ideas and worked with other economists,...
Michigan Daily Finds the Monitoring the Future Results Resonate with UM Students
January 9, 2018
An article in the Michigan Daily, Monitoring the Future results show vapes replacing cigarettes, finds parallels in current students’ lives. Richard Miech says in the report, 'Historically marijuana use has gone up as adolescents see less risk of harm in using it. We've found that the risk...
Langa comments on links between Alzheimer’s disease and education attainment
January 3, 2018
Ken Langa comments in a question about the link between Alzheimer’s disease and education for HealthSmart in the Crookston Times: “…our study shows that people with more schooling have a better chance of fending off the disease. That's because they typically have more 'cognitive...
U.S. Adolescent Drug Trends
December 15, 2017
Monitoring the Future’s 2017 press release (PDF) was posted on December 14. This long running study of American adolescents and young adults reports on the first-ever U.S. standard estimates for vaping of nicotine, marijuana, and flavoring, as well as marijuana use, the decline in use of...
