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Most freshmen and sophomores registered satisfaction with their freshman and sophomore advising in the College’s mid-year advising survey, the Advising Programs Office reported at a presentation to the Undergraduate Council yesterday. More than 90 percent of sophomores are satisfied with their House advising, and between 80 and 90 percent of freshmen found their Peer Advising Fellows helpful and accessible, according to a statement by Associate Dean of Advising Programs Monique Rinere after yesterday’s meeting. The survey, which solicited student opinion on the freshmen advising program, the Peer Advising Fellows program, and the sophomore...
Students can enter the lottery by filling out a survey by Wednesday, April...
...written several books and dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters on survey methods. Much of his work focuses on boosting response rates to polls and surveys...
...lifelong academic and writer of such decidedly nonscintillating titles as Survey Nonresponse, Robert M. Groves would seem an unlikely political warrior. Yet President Obama's nomination of Groves to head the Census Bureau and oversee next year's national head count has sent Republicans scrambling to the ramparts. "With the nomination of Robert Groves, President Obama has made clear that he intends to employ the political manipulation of census data for partisan gain," North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry cautioned. Other lawmakers called Groves an "incredibly troubling selection" who must be watched for "statistical sleight of hand...
...soft-spoken University of Michigan sociology professor and survey expert, Groves, 60, has stepped straight into the firing line in the decennial battle over the national Census - the tally used to distribute congressional seats and tax dollars. The most contentious issue: whether to rely on mathematical sampling in addition to old-fashioned, one-at-a-time counting to measure the country's population. Many experts say sampling yields more accurate results than an individual count, especially among those hardest to reach, such as the homeless and the poor. As a rule, though, Republicans grow queasy at seeing the words Census...