Wagner,James Robert | Survey Research Center

Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research and Adjunct Lecturer in Quant Methods and Social Science Program, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

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Biography

Dr. Wagner is a survey statistician. His research is in the areas of responsive or adaptive design, nonresponse bias, and data quality measures. He also develops and implements responsive design plans on large surveys.

Projects

Advancing the Science of Responsive Design Using Bayesian Methodology

Advancing the Science of Responsive Design Using Bayesian Methodology

Army Study To Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) Longitudinal Study

Army Study To Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (STARRS) Longitudinal Study

Exploring Design Aspects of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling for Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Exploring Design Aspects of Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling for Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Funded Research

Publications

Shiyu Zhang, Brady Thomas West, James Robert Wagner, Rebecca Gatward. 2024. Incorporating Adaptive Survey Design in a Two-Stage National Web or Mail Mixed-Mode Survey: An Experiment in the American Family Health Study. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 12(3):578-592.
Frances H. Gabbay, Gary H. Wynn, Matthew W. Georg, Sarah M. Gildea, Chris J. Kennedy, Andrew J. King, Nancy A. Sampson, Robert J. Ursano, Murray B. Stein, James Robert Wagner, Ronald C. Kessler, Vincent F. Capaldi II. 2024. Toward personalized care for insomnia in the US Army: a machine learning model to predict response to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 20(6):921-931.
Chris J. Kennedy, Jaclyn C. Kearns, Joseph C. Geraci, Sarah M. Gildea, Irving H. Hwang, Andrew J. King, Howard Liu, Alex Luedtke, Brian P. Marx, Santiago Papini, Maria V. Petukhova, Nancy A. Sampson, Jordan W. Smoller, Charles J. Wolock, Nur Hani Zainal, Murray B. Stein, Robert J. Ursano, James Robert Wagner, Ronald C. Kessler. 2024. Predicting Suicides Among US Army Soldiers After Leaving Active Service. JAMA Psychiatry
James Robert Wagner, Xinyu Zhang, Michael R Elliott, Brady Thomas West, Coffey, Stephanie M. 2023. An experimental evaluation of a stopping rule aimed at maximizing cost-quality trade-offs in surveys. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society
Shiyu Zhang, Brady Thomas West, James Robert Wagner, Rebecca Gatward. 2023. Incorporating Adaptive Survey Design in a Two-Stage National Web or Mail Mixed-Mode Survey: An Experiment in the American Family Health Study. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
James Robert Wagner, Centeno, Lena, Dulaney, Richard, Edwards, Brad, Tuba Suzer Gurtekin, Coffey, Stephanie. 2023. Proxy Survey Cost Indicators in Interviewer-Administered Surveys: Are they Actually Correlated with Costs?. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
Brady Thomas West, Shiyu Zhang, James Robert Wagner, Rebecca Gatward, Saw Htay Wah, William G Axinn. 2023. Methods for improving participation rates in national self-administered web/mail surveys: Evidence from the United States. PLOS ONE 18(8):e0289695.
William G Axinn, James Robert Wagner, Mick P Couper, Scott Crawford. 2023. Applying Responsive Survey Design to Small-Scale Surveys: Campus Surveys of Sexual Misconduct. Sociological Methods & Research 52(4):1916-1946.
Frances H. Gabbay, Gary H. Wynn, Matthew W. Georg, Sarah M. Gildea, Chris J. Kennedy, Andrew J. King, Nancy A. Sampson, Robert J. Ursano, Murray B. Stein, James Robert Wagner, Ronald C. Kessler, Vincent F. Capaldi II. 2023. Toward personalized care for insomnia in the US Army: development of a machine learning model to predict response to pharmacotherapy. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 19(8):1399-1410.
Zhang,Shiyu, Brady Thomas West, James Robert Wagner, Mick P Couper, Rebecca Gatward, William G Axinn. 2023. Visible Cash, a Second Incentive, and Priority Mail? An Experimental Evaluation of Mailing Strategies for a Screening Questionnaire in a National Push-To-Web/Mail Survey. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
James Robert Wagner, Brady Thomas West, Mick P Couper, Zhang,Shiyu, Rebecca Gatward, Raphael Nishimura, Saw, Htay-Wah. 2023. An Experimental Evaluation of Two Approaches for Improving Response to Household Screening Efforts in National Mail/Web Surveys. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 11(1):124-140.
Ai Rene Ong, Robert Schultz, Sofi Sinozich, Jennifer Sinibaldi, Brady Thomas West, James Robert Wagner, John Finamore. 2022. A User-Driven Method for Using Research Products to Empirically Assess Item Importance in National Surveys. Journal of Official Statistics 38(4):1235-1251.
Zhang,Shiyu, James Robert Wagner, Elisabeth Gerber, Jeffrey D Morenoff. 2022. What Parcel Tax Records Tell Us About Homeownership Measurement in Surveys. Survey Research Methods 16(2):133-145.
Shiyu Zhang, James Robert Wagner. 2022. The Additional Effects of Adaptive Survey Design Beyond Post-Survey Adjustment: An Experimental Evaluation:. Sociological Methods & Research
Tuba Suzer Gurtekin, James Robert Wagner, Olson, Kristen , Smyth, Jolene D, Horwitz, Rachel , Keeter, Scott , Lesser, Virginia , Marken, Stephanie , Mathiowetz, Nancy A, McCarthy, Jaki S, O'Brien, Eileen , Opsomer, Jean D, Steiger, Darby , Sterrett, David , Su, Jennifer , Turakhia, Chintan . 2021. Transitions From Telephone Surveys to Self-Administered and Mixed-Mode Surveys: Aapor Task Force Report. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 9(3):381-411.
William G Axinn, James Robert Wagner, Mick P Couper, Scott Crawford. 2021. Applying Responsive Survey Design to Small-Scale Surveys: Campus Surveys of Sexual Misconduct. Sociological Methods & Research
Stephanie Coffey, Brady Thomas West, James Robert Wagner, Michael R Elliott. 2020. What Do You Think? Using Expert Opinion to Improve Predictions of Response Propensity Under a Bayesian Framework. methods, data, analyses 14(2)
James Robert Wagner, Brady Thomas West, Michael R Elliott, Stephanie Coffey. 2020. Comparing the Ability of Regression Modeling and Bayesian Additive Regression Trees to Predict Costs in a Responsive Survey Design Context. Journal of Official Statistics 36(4):907-931.
Brady Thomas West, Michael R Elliott, Mneimneh, Zeina Nazih, James Robert Wagner, Peytchev, Andy , Trappmann, Mark . 2020. An Examination of an Interviewer-Respondent Matching Protocol in a Longitudinal CATI Study. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 8(2):304-324.
Olson, Kristen, James Robert Wagner, Anderson, Raeda. 2020. Survey Costs: Where are We and What is The Way Forward?. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 9(5):921-942.
James Robert Wagner, Guyer, Heidi, Evanchek, Chrissy. 2020. Using Time Series Models to Understand Survey Costs. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 9(5):943-960.
Kessler,Ronald C, Steven G Heeringa, James Robert Wagner, Meredith A House, Lisa M Lewandowski-Romps, Gebler, Nancy J., Zuromski, Kelly L, Bernecker, Samantha L, Chu, Carol , Wilks, Chelsey R, Gutierrez, Peter M, Joiner, Thomas E, Liu, Howard , Naifeh, James A, Nock, Matthew K, Sampson, Nancy A, Zaslavsky, Alan M, Stein, Murray B, Ursano, Robert J, Cox, Kenneth , Aliaga, Pablo A, Benedek, David M, Campbell-Sills, Laura , Fullerton, Carol S, Gifford, Robert K, Hurwitz, Paul E, Jain, Sonia , Kao, Tzu-Cheg , Mash, Holly Herberman, McCarroll, James E, Hinz Ng, Tsz Hin, Santiago, Patcho , Wynn, Gary H. 2020. Pre-deployment predictors of suicide attempt during and after combat deployment: Results from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers. Journal of Psychiatric Research 121:214-221.
James Robert Wagner, Mick P Couper, William G Axinn, Heather Gatny. 2019. The utility of a follow-up interview for respondents to a longitudinal survey with frequent measurement. Social Science Research 82:113-125.
James Robert Wagner, Olson, Kristen . 2018. An Analysis of Interviewer Travel and Field Outcomes in Two Field Surveys. Journal of Official Statistics 34(1):211-237.
Mick P Couper, William G Axinn, James Robert Wagner, Brady Thomas West, Guyer, Heidi Marie, Gremel, Garret . 2018. New options for national population surveys: The implications of internet and smartphone coverage. Social Science Research 73:221-235.
James Robert Wagner, Walejko, Gina . 2018. A Study of Interviewer Compliance in 2013 and 2014 Census Test Adaptive Designs. Journal of Official Statistics 34(3):649-670.
James Robert Wagner, Schouten, Barry , Mushkudiani, Nino , Shlomo, Natalie , Durrant, Gabi , Lundquist, Peter . 2018. A Bayesian Analysis of Design Parameters in Survey Data Collection. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 6(4):431-464.
James Robert Wagner, Stoop, Ineke A. L.. 2018. Comparing Nonresponse and Nonresponse Biases in Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts. Advances in Comparative Survey Methods: Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Contexts (3MC) :807-833.
James Robert Wagner, Minako Kimura Edgar, Olson, Kristen . 2017. The Utility of GPS data in Assessing Interviewer Travel Behavior and Errors in Level-of-Effort Paradata. Survey Research Methods 11(3)
James Robert Wagner, Schouten, Barry , Peytchev, Andy . 2017. Adaptive Survey Design.
James Robert Wagner, Heather Marie Schroeder, Andrew Piskorowski, Robert J. Ursano, Murray B. Stein, Steven G Heeringa, Lisa J. Colpe. 2017. Timing the Mode Switch in a Sequential Mixed-Mode Survey: An Experimental Evaluation of the Impact on Final Response Rates, Key Estimates, and Costs. Social Science Computer Review 35(2):262-276.
James Robert Wagner, McCarthy, Jaki , Sanders, Herschel Lisette. 2017. The Impact of Targeted Data Collection on Nonresponse Bias in an Establishment Survey: A Simulation Study of Adaptive Survey Design. Journal of Official Statistics 33(3):857-871.
James Robert Wagner, Brady Thomas West, Paul Burton, Guyer, Heidi Marie, Kelley, Jennifer , Mosher, William D. 2017. The Effects of a Mid-Data Collection Change in Financial Incentives on Total Survey Error in the National Survey of Family Growth. Total Survey Error in Practice :155-178.
Sunghee Lee, James Robert Wagner, Valliant, Richard L. 2017. Total Survey Error and Respondent Driven Sampling: Focus on Nonresponse and Measurement Errors in the Recruitment Process and the Network Size Reports and Implications for Inferences. Journal of Official Statistics 33(2):335-366.
James Robert Wagner, Laflamme, Francois . 2016. Responsive and Adaptive Designs. Sage Handbook of Survey Methodology :397.
James Robert Wagner, Heather Marie Schroeder, Andrew Piskorowski, Steven G Heeringa, Ursano, Robert J, Stein, Murray B, Colpe, Lisa J. 2016. Timing the Mode Switch in a Sequential Mixed-Mode Survey: An Experimental Evaluation of the Impact on Final Response Rates, Key Estimates, and Costs. Social Science Computer Review
James Robert Wagner, Schouten, Barry , Cobben, Fannie , Lundquist, Peter . 2016. Does more balanced survey response imply less non-response bias?. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) 179(3):727-748.
James Robert Wagner, Michael R Elliott. 2016. Alternative Indicators for the Risk of Non-response Bias: A Simulation Study. International Statistical Review 84(1):43-62.
William G Axinn, Heather Gatny, James Robert Wagner. 2015. Maximizing Data Quality using Mode Switching in Mixed-Device Survey Design: Nonresponse Bias and Models of Demographic Behavior. Methoden, Daten, Analysen 9(2):163-184.
Brady Thomas West, James Robert Wagner, Hubbard, Frost , Gu, Haoyu , Welch, K B, Galecki, A T. 2015. The Utility Of Alternative Commercial Data Sources for Survey Operations and Estimation: Evidence from the National Survey of Family Growth. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 3(2):240-264.
James Robert Wagner, Olson, Kristin . 2015. A feasibility test of using smartphones to collect GPS information in face-to-face surveys. Survey Research Methods 9
Sunghee Lee, James Robert Wagner, Steven G Heeringa, Valliant, Richard L. 2014. Recent developments of sampling hard-to-reach populuations: An assessment. Hard-to-survey populations :424-444.
James Robert Wagner, Valliant, Richard L, Hubbard, Frost , Jiang, Li . 2014. Level-Of-Effort Paradata and Nonresponse Adjustment Models for a National Face-To-Face Survey. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 2(4):410-432.
Sunghee Lee, James Robert Wagner, Steven G Heeringa, Valliant, Richard L. 2014. Recent developments of sampling hard-to-reach populuations: An assessment. Hard-to-survey populations :424-444.
James Robert Wagner, Sunghee Lee. 2014. Sampling Rare Populations. Handbook of Health Survey Methods :77-104.
James Robert Wagner, Hubbard, Frost . 2014. Producing Unbiased Estimates of Propensity Models During Data Collection. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 2(3):323-342.
James Robert Wagner, Jennifer Arrieta, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Guyer, Heidi Marie. 2014. Does Sequence Matter in Multimode Surveys: Results from an Experiment. Field Methods 26(2):141-155.
James Robert Wagner, Tomlin, Daniel, Pennell, Beth-Ellen, Deshmukh, Y , Kelley, P , Maher, Mary P. 2014. Diaster Research: Surveying displaced populations. Hard-to-survey populations :111-133.
Beth-Ellen Pennell, Y. Deshmukh, P. Kelley, Mary P. Maher, James Robert Wagner, D. Tomlin. 2014. Diaster Research: Surveying displaced populations. Hard-to-survey populations :111-133.
James Robert Wagner, Theodore Iwashyna, Kahn, Joan Rae. 2013. Reasons underlying interhospital transfers to an academic medical intensive care unit. Journal of Critical Care 28(2):202-208. PMCID: PMC3554843.
James M Lepkowski, Brady Thomas West, James Robert Wagner, Groves, Robert M., Mosher, William D, Gu, Haley . 2013. Responsive Design, Weighting, and Variance Estimation in the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth. Vital and health statistics. Series 2: Data evaluation and methods research 2(158)
James Robert Wagner. 2013. Using Paradata-Driven Models to Improve Contact Rates in Telephone and Face-to-Face Surveys. Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Use of Process Information :145-170.
James Robert Wagner. 2013. Adaptive Contact Strategies in Telephone and Face-to-Face Surveys. Survey Research Methods 7(1):45-55.
James Robert Wagner, Brady Thomas West, Nicole G Kirgis, James M Lepkowski, William G Axinn, Kruger Ndiaye, Shonda . 2012. Use of Paradata in a Responsive Design Framework to Manage a Field Data Collection. Journal of Official Statistics 28(4):477-499.
James Robert Wagner. 2012. A Comparison of Alternative Indicators for the Risk of Nonresponse Bias. Public opinion quarterly 76(3):555-575.
Frauke Kreuter, James Robert Wagner, Yan,Ting, Trivellore E Raghunathan, Peytchev, Andrey A., Groves, Robert M., Olson, K , Ezzati-Rice, T M, Casas-Cordero, C , Lemay, M . 2010. Using proxy measures and other correlates of survey outcomes to adjust for non-response: examples from multiple surveys. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society 173(2):389-407.
James Robert Wagner, Trivellore E Raghunathan. 2010. A new stopping rule for surveys. Statistics in medicine 29(9):1014-1024.
James Robert Wagner. 2010. The fraction of missing information as a tool for monitoring the quality of survey data. Public opinion quarterly 74(2):223-243.
Steven G Heeringa, James Robert Wagner, Berglund, Patricia A., Torres, Myriam , Duan, Naihua , Adams, Terry . 2004. Sample Designs and Sampling Methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (Cpes). International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 13(4):221-240.