The Importance of Common Metrics for Advancing Social Science Theory and Research: A Workshop Summary (2011)
Chapter: Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participants
Appendix A
Workshop Agenda and Participants
Workshop on Advancing Social Science Theory:
The Importance of Common Metrics
February 25-26, 2010
National Academies Keck Building
500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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8:30 a.m. |
Working breakfast |
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Participants arriving early are encouraged to discuss workshop issues over breakfast served in the meeting room. |
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9:00 |
Introduction and goals for the workshop |
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Miron L. Straf, Workshop Director George W. Bohrnstedt, Workshop Chair |
Overview
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Chair: Harris Cooper, Duke University |
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9:15 |
An overview of measurement in the social sciences |
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George W. Bohrnstedt, American Institutes for Research |
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9:45 |
Comparable metrics: Some examples |
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Robert M. Hauser, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Washington, DC, and University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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10:15 |
Discussion |
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Christine A. Bachrach |
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10:40 |
Break |
Examples
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11:05 |
What can we learn from the economic sciences? |
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Robert J. Willis, University of Michigan |
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11:35 |
Measuring health-related quality of life |
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Dennis Fryback, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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12:05 p.m. |
Discussion |
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Jack E. Triplett, Brookings Institution Kathleen A. Cagney, University of Chicago |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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Lunch is available in the Academies’ atrium cafeteria on the third floor. |
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1:30 |
Open discussion |
Indicators
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Chair: Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University |
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2:10 |
Advantages and disadvantages of the standardization of indicators used in policy |
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Geoff Mulgan, The Young Foundation |
Examples
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2:40 |
Standardized measurement |
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Robert A. Pollak, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri |
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3:35 |
High school completion rates |
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John Robert Warren, University of Minnesota |
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4:05 |
Measuring race (and ethnicity) |
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C. Matthew Snipp, Stanford University |
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4:35 |
Discussion |
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Kenneth Prewitt, Columbia University |
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5:00 |
Open discussion |
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5:40 |
Reception (first floor foyer) |
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6:45 |
Dinner (participants and invited guests) |
Friday, February 26
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8:30 a.m. |
Working breakfast |
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Participants arriving early are encouraged to discuss workshop issues over breakfast served in the meeting room. |
Social-science constructs
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Chair: Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University |
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9:00 |
The theory of measurement |
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Nancy D. Cartwright, University of California, San Diego, and London School of Economics and Political Science and Norman M. Bradburn, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago |
Examples
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9:30 |
Measuring poverty: The question of standardization |
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Robert T. Michael, University of Chicago |
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10:00 |
A national protocol for measuring intergenerational mobility? |
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David B. Grusky, Stanford University |
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10:30 |
Break |
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10:50 |
Measuring and modeling of self-regulation: Is standardization a reasonable goal? |
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Rick Hoyle, Duke University |
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11:20 a.m. |
Discussion |
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Rebecca A. Maynard, University of Pennsylvania |
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11:45 |
Open discussion |
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12:15 p.m. |
Common themes and lessons |
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Planning committee for the workshop |
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12:45 |
Final comments from participants and guests |
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1:15 |
Adjourn |
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Lunch is available in the atrium cafeteria on the third floor. |
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
Ana Aizcorbe
Chief Economist
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Christine A. Bachrach
Visiting Scholar, Social Science Research Institute
Duke University
Research Professor, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of Maryland
George W. Bohrnstedt
Senior Vice President for Research Emeritus
American Institutes for Research
John Bowers
Reporter
Caset Associates, Inc.
Norman M. Bradburn
Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
University of Chicago
Senior Fellow, National Opinion Research Center
Kathleen A. Cagney
Director, Population Research Center
Associate Professor, Department of Health Studies
The University of Chicago
Nancy D. Cartwright
Professor of Philosophy and Director, Center for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences
London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor of Philosophy
University of California, San Diego
Constance Citro
Director, Committee on National Statistics
The National Academies
Harris Cooper
Professor and Chair
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University
Paul Courtney
Biomedical Informatics Coordinator
National Cancer Institute
Pamela Flattau
Science and Technology Policy Institute
Institute for Defense Analyses
Mary Frase
Deputy Assistant Director
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
National Science Foundation
Dennis Fryback
Professor Emeritus
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Robert Geelar
David B. Grusky
Professor, Department of Sociology Stanford University
Charles Hatcher
Robert M. Hauser
Vilas Research Professor of Sociology
Center for Demography of Health and Aging
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Taissa Hauser
Senior Scientist Emeritus
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lee Herring
Director of Public Affairs & Public Information
American Sociological Association
Rick Hoyle
Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University
Sheila Jasanoff
Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
David S. Johnson
Chief, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
U.S. Census Bureau
Karen Jones
Training, Research, and Evaluation Specialist/Statistician
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Toshiko Kaneda
Senior Research Associate
Population Reference Bureau
Arthur J. Kendall
Retired, U.S. General Accounting Office
James Kirby
Rose Maria Li
President and CEO
Rose Li and Associates, Inc.
Mark Mather
Associate Vice President, Domestic Programs
Population Reference Bureau
Rebecca A. Maynard
University Trustee Professor of Education and Social Policy
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Olga Mayorova
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Geography and Regional Development
University of Arizona
Robert T. Michael
Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
University of Chicago
Wilhelmine Miller
Associate Research Professor
Department of Health Policy
George Washington University
Richard Moser
Research Psychologist
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Geoff Mulgan
Director
The Young Foundation
London, England
Natalia Pane
Managing Analyst
American Institutes of Research
Robert A. Pollak
Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics
John M. Olin School of Business
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Kenneth Prewitt
Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs
Vice President for Global Centers
Columbia University
Barbara Schneider
John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor
College of Education and Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
C. Matthew Snipp
Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor
Department of Sociology
Stanford University
Jack E. Triplett
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Brookings Institution
John Robert Warren
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Sociology
Minnesota Population Center
University of Minnesota
Robert J. Willis
Professor of Economics and Research Professor
Survey Research Center and the Population Studies Center
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
National Research Council Staff
Michael Feuer (until August 31, 2010)
Executive Director
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE)
Miron L. Straf
Deputy Director
DBASSE
Kirsten Sampson Snyder
Senior Report Review Officer
DBASSE
