SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: WERA1010 : Improving Data Quality from Sample Surveys to foster Agricultural, Community and Development in Rural America
- Period Covered: 10/01/2013 to 09/30/2014
- Date of Report: 01/29/2017
- Annual Meeting Dates: 02/27/2014 to 02/28/2014
Participants
Glenn Israel, Chair (Florida) gdisrael@ufl.edu; Lou Swanson, Administrative advisor (Colorado State) Louis.Swanson@ColoState.edu; Virginia Lesser, (Oregon) lesser@stat.orst.edu; Gerard Kyle, Texas A & M, gkyle@tamu.edu; Billy McKim (Texas A & M) brmckim@tamu.edu; Bo/David Willford (Texas A & M) bodavid@hotmail.com; Victoria Pilger, Texas A & M victoriaprlger@tamu.edu; Mallory Mobly, Texas A & M mallerymobly1992@tamu.edu; Karin Farias, Texas A & M kariz-frs@neo.tamu.edu; Rob Robertson (New Hampshire) rob.robertson@unh.edu; Don Dillman (Washington State) dillman@wsu.edu; Fred Lorenz (Secretary: Iowa State) folorenz@iastate.edu; Todd Rockwood (Minnesota) rockw001@umn.edu; Steve Swinford (Montana State) swinford@montana.edu; Courtney Flint (Utah State) Courtney.Flint@usu.edu
Accomplishments
See meeting minutes.
Impacts
- Recipients of the research findings and outreach activities of coordinating committee members have more accurate information for making decisions about conducting surveys and/or assessing the strengths and weaknesses of survey data. This, in turn, can contribute to appropriate project- and policy-level decisions.
Publications
Ackerman, R. A., Kashy, D. A., Donnellan, M. B., Neppl, T., Lorenz, F.O., & Conger, R. D. (2013). “The interpersonal legacy of a positive family climate in adolescence. Psychological Science, 20 (2), 243 – 250 (Tier 1).
Dillman, D. A. and House, C. C, Editors. (2013). Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey. National Research Council Panel on Redesigning the BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys. Washington, D. C.: The National Academies Press.
Hendee, J.T. and C.G. Flint. 2013. Managing Private Forestlands along the Public-Private Interface of Southern Illinois: Landowner Forestry Decisions in a Multi-Jurisdictional Landscape. Journal of Forest Economics and Policy 34: 47-55.
Hildreth*, L. A., Genschel, U., Lorenz, F. O., & Lesser, V. (2013). A permutation test for a first order response structure in surveys. Structural Equation Modeling, 20, 226 - 240 (Tier 1).
Israel, G. D. 2013. Combining Mail and E-mail Contacts to Facilitate Participation in Mixed-Mode Surveys. Social Science Computer Review. 31, 3, 346-358. Published online November 28, 2012. doi: 10.177/0894439312464942. At: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/11/26/0894439312464942
Israel, G. D. 2013. Using Mixed-mode Contacts in Client Surveys: Getting More Bang for Your Buck. Journal of Extension, 51(3), article 3FEA1. At: http://www.joe.org/joe/2013june/a1.php
Klabunde, Carrie N., Willis, Gordon B., McLeod, Caroline C., Dillman, Don A., Johnson, Timothy P., Greene, Sarah M. and Brown, Martin L. (2013). Improving the Quality of Surveys of Physicians and Medical Groups: A Research Agenda. Evaluation & the Health Professions. 35(4) 477-506.
*Lannin, D. G., Bittner, K.E., and Lorenz, F.O. (2013). Longitudinal effect of defensive denial on relationship instability. Journal of Family Psychology, 27, 968 - 977.
Leggette, H. R., McKim, B. R., & Dunsford, D. (2013). A case study of using electronic self-assessment rubrics in a core curriculum writing course. NACTA Journal, 57(2), 2-10.
Masarik, A. S., Conger, R. D., & Lorenz, F. O. (2013). Romantic relationships in early adulthood: Influences of family, personality and relationship cognitions. Personal Relationship,30, 356 – 373 (Tier 2).
McKim, B. R., Latham, L., Treptow, E., & Rayfield, J. (2013). A repeated measures study of the short-term influences of high-impact practices on college students’ learning styles. NACTA Journal, 57(3a), 122-128.
McKim, B. R., Lawver, R. G., Enns, K., Smith, A. R., & Aschenbrener, M. S. (2013). Developing metrics for effective teaching in extension education: A multi-state factor-analytic and psychometric analysis of effective teaching. Journal of Agricultural Education, 54(2), 143-158. doi: 10.5032/jae.2013.02143
McKim, B. R., Rayfield, J. S., Harlin, J. & Adams, A. (2013). Stress levels of agricultural science cooperating teachers and student teachers: A longitudinal analysis. Career and Technical Education Research. 38(1), 3-17. doi: 10.5328/cter38.1.3
McKim, B. R., & Saucier, P. R. (2013). A 20-year comparison of teachers’ self-efficacy of agricultural mechanics laboratory management. Journal of Agricultural Education, 54(1), 153-166. doi: 10.5032/jae.2013.01153
Moore, L., McKim, B. R., & Bruce, J. (2013). Organizational climate of the Association of Leadership Educators. Journal of Leadership Education, 12(2), 88-102.
*Surjadi, F. F., Lorenz, F. O., Conger, R. D., and Wickrama, K. A. S. (2013). Inconsistent parental discipline and relationship quality in young adults: Mediating processes of behavioral problems and attitudinal ambivalence. Journal of Family Psychology, 27, 762-772 (Tier 1).
Stock, M. L., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Houlihan, A. E., Weng, C-Y., Lorenz, F. O. & Simons, R. L. (2013). Racial identification, racial composition, and substance use vulnerability among African American adolescents and young adults. Health Psychology, 32, 237 – 247 (Tier 1).
Wickrama, K. A. S., O., Neal, C. and Lorenz, F. O. (2013). Marital functioning from middle to later years: A life course – stress process framework. Journal of Family Theory & Review,5 15 -34.