NORC staff members will participate in a dozen sessions at the upcoming International Field Directors and Technologies Conference, May 18-20 in Delray Beach, FL.   NORC presenters include:

Panel Discussion:  "Mixed-mode interviewing: the challenges and tradeoffs of using best-of-breed interviewing systems."

NORC Panelist: Chris Samp

Panel Discussion: Is This Job For You?:  Interviewer Recruitment and Hiring”

How to Find High-Quality Interviewers in Defined Geographical Areas in a Site-Based National Study: Results of Interviewer Recruiting Outreach Techniques” by Shari Godiwalla

Panel Discussion:  “You Can Run but You Can’t Hide:  Respondent Locating” Lekha Venkatamaran, facilitator

NORC Panelists: Erin Rasch and Gretchen Caspary

Session: "Does Size Matter? Prenotification, Incentives and Demographic Effects"

NORC Presenter: “Follow-up Letters and their Potential Impact on Gaining Respondent Cooperation” by Mark Clausen

Panel Discussion:  “Multi-Mode:  The Way to Go?”

NORC Panelist: Lauren McNamara

Session: “Tech Tackles Multi-Mode”

NORC Presenter:  “System Design and Integration: The Flexibility of ABS in a Multi-Mode Survey” by Ashley Amaya and Chris Samp.

Session:  “What Are We Delivering to Our Clients: Issues in Data Quality”

NORC Presenter:  “Coverage Rates and Coverage Bias: When Interviewers Make Frames” by Stephanie Eckman

Panel Discussion: “Is it Possible to Maintain High Response Rates?”

NORC Panelists:  Enyinnaya Adighibe, Shannon TenBroeck

Panel Discussion: “Spitting in Public: Collecting Biomarkers”

NORC Panelists:  Katie Lundeen

Panel Discussion: “Does Mixed Mode Help Us Increase Response Rates?”

NORC Panelist:  Sharnia Lashley

Session: “Digital Recording of Interviews”

NORC Presenter:  Barb Watt

Session: “Who’s There:  Adventures in Sampling”

NORC Presenter:  Katie Dekker, Julie Gasparac, Ned English