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Presser did his doctoral work at the [[University of Michigan]], working with [[Howard Schuman]] on a [[National Science Foundation]] grant studying question wording and attitude surveys.<ref name="doubt">{{cite journal |last1=Presser |first1=Stanley |title=The Role of Doubt in Conceiving Research: Reflections from a Career Shaped by a Dissertation |journal=Annual Review of Sociology |date=29 July 2022 |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=1–21 |doi=10.1146/annurev-soc-080321-073017 |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-soc-080321-073017 |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=en |issn=0360-0572}}</ref>
Presser did his doctoral work at the [[University of Michigan]], working with [[Howard Schuman]] on a [[National Science Foundation]] grant studying question wording and attitude surveys.<ref name="doubt">{{cite journal |last1=Presser |first1=Stanley |title=The Role of Doubt in Conceiving Research: Reflections from a Career Shaped by a Dissertation |journal=Annual Review of Sociology |date=29 July 2022 |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=1–21 |doi=10.1146/annurev-soc-080321-073017 |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-soc-080321-073017 |access-date=1 August 2022 |language=en |issn=0360-0572}}</ref>
Presser has done basic research on various aspects of [[Survey methodology|survey measurement]] and survey nonresponse, as well as applied research using surveys to measure the value of public goods. His research is reported in many journal articles and several books, including ''Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context'' (with H. Schuman);<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/questions-and-answers-in-attitude-surveys/book4010 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=SAGE Publications Inc |language=en}}</ref> ''Survey Questions: Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire'' (with J. M. Converse);<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Survey Questions |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/book/survey-questions |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=SAGE Publications Inc |language=en}}</ref> ''Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires'' (with J. Rothgeb, M. Couper, [[Judith T. Lessler|J. Lessler]], E. Martin, J. Martin, and [[Eleanor Singer|E. Singer]]),<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471654728 |title=Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires |date=2004-06-25 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-471-45841-8 |editor-last=Presser |editor-first=Stanley |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1002/0471654728 |editor-last2=Rothgeb |editor-first2=Jennifer M. |editor-last3=Couper |editor-first3=Mick P. |editor-last4=Lessler |editor-first4=Judith T. |editor-last5=Martin |editor-first5=Elizabeth |editor-last6=Martin |editor-first6=Jean |editor-last7=Singer |editor-first7=Eleanor}}</ref> and ''Valuing Oil Spill Prevention'' (with R. Carson, M. Conaway, M. Hanemann, [[Jon Krosnick|J. Krosnick]], and R. Mitchell).
Presser has done basic research on various aspects of [[Survey methodology|survey measurement]] and survey nonresponse, as well as applied research using surveys to measure the value of public goods. His research is reported in many journal articles and several books, including ''Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context'' (with H. Schuman);<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/questions-and-answers-in-attitude-surveys/book4010 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=SAGE Publications Inc |language=en}}</ref> ''Survey Questions: Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire'' (with J. M. Converse);<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Survey Questions |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/book/survey-questions |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=SAGE Publications Inc |language=en}}</ref> ''Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires'' (with J. Rothgeb, M. Couper, [[Judith T. Lessler|J. Lessler]], E. Martin, J. Martin, and [[Eleanor Singer|E. Singer]]),<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0471654728 |title=Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires |date=2004-06-25 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-471-45841-8 |editor-last=Presser |editor-first=Stanley |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1002/0471654728 |editor-last2=Rothgeb |editor-first2=Jennifer M. |editor-last3=Couper |editor-first3=Mick P. |editor-last4=Lessler |editor-first4=Judith T. |editor-last5=Martin |editor-first5=Elizabeth |editor-last6=Martin |editor-first6=Jean |editor-last7=Singer |editor-first7=Eleanor}}</ref> and ''Valuing Oil Spill Prevention'' (with R. Carson, M. Conaway, M. Hanemann, [[Jon Krosnick|J. Krosnick]], and R. Mitchell).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carson |first=Richard T. |last2=Conaway |first2=Michael B. |last3=Hanemann |first3=W. Michael |last4=Krosnick |first4=Jon A. |last5=Mitchell |first5=Robert C. |last6=Presser |first6=Stanley |date=2004 |title=Valuing Oil Spill Prevention |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4020-2864-9 |journal=The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-2864-9 |issn=1571-487X}}</ref>


He is a fellow of the [[American Statistical Association]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/ASA-Fellows-list.aspx|title=ASA Fellows}}</ref> and of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/elected-fellows|title=AASA Fellows List}}</ref> and has received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award for a career of outstanding contributions to methodology in sociology (from the [[American Sociological Association]]'s Methodology Section),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asanet.org/asa-communities/asa-sections/current-sections/methodology/past-section-methodology-award-recipients|title=Past Section on Methodology Award Recipients|date=2011-10-03|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> the AAPOR Award for exceptionally distinguished achievement (from the American Association for Public Opinion Research),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aapor.org/Awards/AAPOR-Nomination-Process/AAPOR-Award-Winners.aspx|title=AAPOR Award Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> and – with Howard Schuman—the Philip E. Converse Award for outstanding book published at least 5 years before (from the [[American Political Science Association]]'s Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Section).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apsanet.org/MEMBERSHIP/Organized-Sections-by-Title/Organized-Section-Awards/Section-32|title=American Political Science Association > MEMBERSHIP > Organized Sections by Title > Organized Section Awards > Section 32|website=www.apsanet.org|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref>
He is a fellow of the [[American Statistical Association]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/ASA-Fellows-list.aspx|title=ASA Fellows}}</ref> and of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaas.org/elected-fellows|title=AASA Fellows List}}</ref> and has received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award for a career of outstanding contributions to methodology in sociology (from the [[American Sociological Association]]'s Methodology Section),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asanet.org/asa-communities/asa-sections/current-sections/methodology/past-section-methodology-award-recipients|title=Past Section on Methodology Award Recipients|date=2011-10-03|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> the AAPOR Award for exceptionally distinguished achievement (from the American Association for Public Opinion Research),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aapor.org/Awards/AAPOR-Nomination-Process/AAPOR-Award-Winners.aspx|title=AAPOR Award Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> and – with Howard Schuman—the Philip E. Converse Award for outstanding book published at least 5 years before (from the [[American Political Science Association]]'s Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Section).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apsanet.org/MEMBERSHIP/Organized-Sections-by-Title/Organized-Section-Awards/Section-32|title=American Political Science Association > MEMBERSHIP > Organized Sections by Title > Organized Section Awards > Section 32|website=www.apsanet.org|access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref>

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Stanley Presser
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Doctoral advisorHoward Schuman

Stanley Presser, a social scientist, is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, where he teaches in the Sociology Department and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM). He co-founded JPSM with colleagues at the University of Michigan and Westat, Inc., and served as its first director. He has also been editor of Public Opinion Quarterly and president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.

Presser did his doctoral work at the University of Michigan, working with Howard Schuman on a National Science Foundation grant studying question wording and attitude surveys.[1] Presser has done basic research on various aspects of survey measurement and survey nonresponse, as well as applied research using surveys to measure the value of public goods. His research is reported in many journal articles and several books, including Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context (with H. Schuman);[2] Survey Questions: Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire (with J. M. Converse);[3] Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires (with J. Rothgeb, M. Couper, J. Lessler, E. Martin, J. Martin, and E. Singer),[4] and Valuing Oil Spill Prevention (with R. Carson, M. Conaway, M. Hanemann, J. Krosnick, and R. Mitchell).[5]

He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association,[6] and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[7] and has received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award for a career of outstanding contributions to methodology in sociology (from the American Sociological Association's Methodology Section),[8] the AAPOR Award for exceptionally distinguished achievement (from the American Association for Public Opinion Research),[9] and – with Howard Schuman—the Philip E. Converse Award for outstanding book published at least 5 years before (from the American Political Science Association's Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Section).[10]

References

  1. ^ Presser, Stanley (29 July 2022). "The Role of Doubt in Conceiving Research: Reflections from a Career Shaped by a Dissertation". Annual Review of Sociology. 48 (1): 1–21. doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-080321-073017. ISSN 0360-0572. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys". SAGE Publications Inc. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  3. ^ "Survey Questions". SAGE Publications Inc. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  4. ^ Presser, Stanley; Rothgeb, Jennifer M.; Couper, Mick P.; Lessler, Judith T.; Martin, Elizabeth; Martin, Jean; Singer, Eleanor, eds. (2004-06-25). Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/0471654728. ISBN 978-0-471-45841-8.
  5. ^ Carson, Richard T.; Conaway, Michael B.; Hanemann, W. Michael; Krosnick, Jon A.; Mitchell, Robert C.; Presser, Stanley (2004). "Valuing Oil Spill Prevention". The Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-2864-9. ISSN 1571-487X.
  6. ^ "ASA Fellows".
  7. ^ "AASA Fellows List".
  8. ^ "Past Section on Methodology Award Recipients". 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  9. ^ "AAPOR Award Winners".
  10. ^ "American Political Science Association > MEMBERSHIP > Organized Sections by Title > Organized Section Awards > Section 32". www.apsanet.org. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
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