Publications

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Risk-based visualization of hurricane forecasts

Outwater, John C.; Woodruff, Maria J.; Hill, Aaron R.; Schober, Michael F. (2024). Risk-based visualization of hurricane forecasts. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. [request]

Predictors of willingness to participate in survey interviews conducted by live video

Schober, Michael F.; Okon, Shlomit; Conrad, Frederick G.; Hupp, Andrew L.; Ong, Ai Rene; Larsen, Kallan M. (2023). Technology, Mind, and Behavior 4(2) [LINK]

Video in survey interviews: Effects on data quality and respondent experience

Conrad, Frederick G.; Schober, Michael F.; Hupp, Andrew L.; West, Brady T.; Larsen, Kallan M.; Ong, Ai Rene; Wang, Tianheao (2023). Methods, Data, Analyses17(2), 35 [LINK]

Audience interaction: Approaches to researching the social dynamics of live audiences

Healey, Patrick G. T.; Harris, Matthew T.; Schober, Michael F. (2022). Routledge companion to audiences and the performing arts (pp. 308-325) [LINK] [request]

Interviewer effects in live video and prerecorded video interviewing

West, Brady T; Ong, Ai Rene; Conrad, Frederick G; Schober, Michael F; Larsen, Kallan M; Hupp, Andrew L (2022). Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology10(2), 317-336 [LINK] [request]

The time it takes to reveal embarrassing information in a mobile phone survey

Fail, Stefanie; Schober, Michael F.; Conrad, Frederick G. (2021). International Journal of Social Research Methodology 24(2), 249-264 [LINK] [request]

New data in social and behavioral research

Conrad, Frederick G; Keusch, Florian; Schober, Michael F (2021). Public Opinion Quarterly85(S1), 253–263 [LINK]

Discrepancies and disagreements in classical chamber musicians’ characterisations of a performance

Spiro, Neta; Schober, Michael F. (2021). Music & Science (4) [LINK]

Clarifying question meaning in standardized interviews can improve data quality even though wording may change: A review of the evidence

Conrad, Frederick G.; Schober, Michael F. (2021). InternationalJournal of Social Research Methodology24(2), 203-226 [LINK] [request]

Design considerations for live video survey interviews

Schober, Michael F.; Conrad, Frederick G.; Hupp, Andrew L.; Larsen, Kallan M.; Ong, Ai Rene; West, Brady T. (2020). Survey Practice13(1) [LINK]

Virtual interviewers, social identities, and survey measurement error

Conrad, Frederick G.; Schober, Michael F.; Nielsen, Daniel; Reichert, Heidi (2020). Interviewer effects from a Total Survey Error perspective (pp. 149-164). Chapman & Hall/CRC [LINK] [request]

Interacting with interviewers in text and voice interviews on smartphones

Schober, Michael F; Conrad, Frederick G; Antoun, Christopher; Bowers, Alison W; Hupp, Andrew L; Yan, H Yanna (2020). Interviewer effects from a Total Survey Error perspective (pp. 179-190). Chapman and Hall/CRC [LINK] [request]

Social media as an alternative to surveys of opinions about the economy

Conrad, Frederick G.; Gagnon-Bartsch, Johann A.; Ferg, Robyn A.; Schober, Michael F.; Pasek, Josh; Hou, Elizabeth (2019). Social Science Computer Review, 39(4), 489-508. [LINK] [request]

The future of face-to-face interviewing

Schober, Michael F. (2018). Quality Assurance in Education26(2), 293-302 [LINK] [request]

When do misunderstandings matter? Evidence from survey interviews about smoking

Schober, Michael F.; Suessbrick, Anna L.; Conrad, Frederick G. (2018). Topics in Cognitive Science10(2), 452-482 [LINK] [request]

Seeking new ways to visually represent uncertainty in data: What we can learn from the fine arts

Hill, Aaron; Churchouse, Clare; Schober, Michael F (2018). In 2018 IEEE VIS Arts Program (VISAP), Berlin, Germany, 2018, pp. 1-8 [LINK] [request]

What about their performance do free jazz improvisers agree upon? A case study

Pras, Amandine; Schober, Michael F.; Spiro, Neta (2017). Frontiers in Psychology (8) [LINK]

Respondent mode choice in a smartphone survey

Conrad, Frederick G.; Schober, Michael F.; Antoun, Christopher; Yan, H. Yanna; Hupp, Andrew L.; Johnston, Michael; Ehlen, Patrick; Vickers, Lucas; Zhang, Chan (2017). Public Opinion Quarterly81(S1) 307–337 [LINK]

Text interviews on mobile devices

Conrad, Frederick G.; Schober, Michael F.; Hupp, Andrew L.; Antoun, Christopher; Yan, H. Yanna (2017). Total survey error in practice (pp. 299-318) [LINK] [request]

Listeners' and performers' shared understanding of jazz improvisations

Schober, Michael F.; Spiro, Neta (2016). Frontiers in Psychology (7) [LINK]

Comparisons of online recruitment strategies for convenience samples: Craigslist, Google AdWords, Facebook, and Amazon Mechanical Turk

Antoun, Christopher; Zhang, Chan; Conrad, Frederick G.; Schober, Michael F. (2016). Field Methods28(3), 231-246 [LINK] [request]

Social media analyses for social measurement

Schober, Michael F.; Pasek, Josh; Guggenheim, Lauren; Lampe, Cliff; Conrad, Frederick G. (2016). Public Opinion Quarterly80(1), 180–211 [LINK] [Request]

Comment: Rapport in survey interactions

Schober, Michael F. (2016). Sociological Methodology46(1), 43-46 [LINK] [request]

Improving social measurement by understanding interaction in survey interviews

Schober, Michael F.; Conrad, Frederick G. (2015). Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences2(1), 211-219 [LINK] [request]

Comprehension and engagement in survey interviews with virtual agents

Conrad, Frederick G.; Schober, Michael F.; Jans, Matt; Orlowski, Rachel A.; Nielsen, Daniel; Levenstein, Rachel (2015). Frontiers in Psychology, 6 [LINK]

Reading a blog when empowered to comment: Posting, lurking, and non-interactive reading

Sankaram, Kamala; Schober, Michael F. (2015). Discourse Processes52(5-6), 406-433 [LINK] [request]

Precision and disclosure in text and voice interviews on smartphones

Schober, Michael F.; Conrad, Frederick G.; Antoun, Christopher; Ehlen, Patrick; Fail, Stefanie; Hupp, Andrew L.; Johnston, Michael; Vickers, Lucas; Yan, H. Yanna; Zhang, Chan (2015). PLOS ONE10(6) [LINK]

Jazz improvisers' shared understanding: A case study

Schober, Michael F.; Spiro, Neta (2014). Frontiers in Psychology, 5 [LINK]

Audience

Schober, Michael F. (2014). In Music in the social and behavioral sciences: An encyclopedia (pp. 96-101) [LINK] [request]

Mobile technologies for conducting, augmenting and potentially replacing surveys: Executive summary of the AAPOR Task Force on Emerging Technologies in Public Opinion Research

Link, Michael W.; Murphy, Joe; Schober, Michael F.; Buskirk, Trent D.; Hunter Childs, Jennifer; Langer Tesfaye, Casey (2014). Public Opinion Quarterly78(4), 779-787 [LINK] [request]