Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
The Branded Sociologist: Can We Still Be On Anyone’s Side?
Sociology is a brand. To survive or even thrive in the academic marketplace, sociology needs to take care of its image. But at what cost?
SAGE Begins Publishing Public Personnel Management
We are pleased to announce that SAGE has begun publishing Public Personnel Management, an award-winning quarterly journal for human resource executives and […]
Rethinking the Meaning of Meetings
Editor’s note: We are pleased to welcome Jane Jorgenson and Frederick Steier, both of the University of South Florida, whose article “Frames, […]
Congressional Briefing on social surveys and statistics (American Academy of Political and Social Science)
Last month The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) put together a Congressional Briefing on the impact of falling response rates to social surveys and what can be done about it.
The Nonresponse Challenge to Surveys and Statistics
Survey researchers are increasingly unable to get people to respond to surveys. This is a real worry because nonresponse can lead to biased research and because nonresponse poses a significant threat to the federal statistical system in its entirety.
Building Trust Between Generations
Editor’s note: We are pleased to welcome Isabella R. Hatak and Dietmar Roessl, both of the WU Vienna University of Economics and […]
The Cost of Unethical Behavior
To join in celebrating Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week, we bring you an article from the Journal of Management that examines the […]
Gathering Data for Policy Makers, Business and the Public
Federal surveys have been getting more expensive to administer, in part because the number of people who actually respond to surveys has been progressively declining.
