Sampling Operations Director
Biography
Raphael Nishimura is the Director of Sampling Operations in Survey Research Operations. He has been working with sampling and survey statistics for over ten years. He holds a PhD in survey methodology from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in statistics from the University of São Paulo. His main research interest includes sampling methods, survey nonresponse and adaptive/responsive designs. He is also the director of the Sampling Program for Survey Statisticians of the SRC Summer Institute for Survey Research Techniques.
Publications
- 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.
- Mneimneh, Zeina Nazih, Steven G Heeringa, Yu-Chieh Lin, Yasmin A. Altwaijri, Raphael Nishimura. 2020. The Saudi National Mental Health Survey: Sample design and weight development. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 29(3):e1829.