Shiyu Zhang
Research Investigator, Survey Research Center, Institute of Social Research
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BIO
Shiyu Zhang is a Research Investigator at the Institute for Social Research and a member of the d3center. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing missing data in micro-randomized trials, with the goal of improving the design and quality of data used to inform future adaptive interventions. She currently leads a pilot project aimed at developing innovative strategies to reduce missingness in momentary assessments of substance use. She completed her PhD in the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science at the University of Michigan and holds graduate degrees in data science, human migration studies, and sociology from Utrecht University, Tilburg University, and the University of Chicago.
- Shiyu Zhang, John Dziak, Lizbeth 'Libby' Benson, Jamie Roslyn Yap, Jones, Dusti R., Lam, Cho Y., Potter, Lindsey N., Wetter, David W., Billie Nahum-Shani. 2025. Missing data in microrandomized trials: Challenges and opportunities. Behavior Research Methods 57(12):344.
- Shiyu Zhang, Yajuan Si, John Dziak. 2025. How to manage missing covariates in randomized controlled trials: a comparison of strategies. BMC Medical Research Methodology 25(1):264.
- Shiyu Zhang, James Robert Wagner. 2024. The Additional Effects of Adaptive Survey Design Beyond Post-Survey Adjustment: An Experimental Evaluation. Sociological Methods & Research 53(3):1350-1383.
- 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.
- 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.
- Brady Thomas West, Mick P Couper, William G Axinn, James Robert Wagner, Rebecca Gatward, Saw, Htay-Wah, Shiyu Zhang. 2024. Toward a New Approach to Creating Population-Representative Data for Demographic Research. Demography 61(6):1759–1791.
- James Robert Wagner, Brady Thomas West, Mick P Couper, Shiyu Zhang, 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.
- Shiyu Zhang, 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 11(5):1011-1031.
- 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.
- Zhang,Shiyu, Wagner,James Robert, Elisabeth Gerber, Morenoff,Jeffrey D. 2022. What Parcel Tax Records Tell Us About Homeownership Measurement in Surveys. Survey Research Methods 16(2):133-145.
