Joint Program in Survey Methodology
University of Maryland - University of Michigan - Westat
| Student | Year of Graduation | Advisor | Title of Thesis | Current Employment |
| Dan Liao | 2010 | Richard Valliant | Collinearity Diagnostics for Complex Survey Data | RTI International |
| Stephanie Eckman | 2010 | Frauke Kreuter | Errors in Housing Unit Frames and Their Effects on Survey Estimates | Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremburg, Germany |
| Michael Lemay | 2009 | Frauke Kreuter | Understanding the Mechanism of Panel Attrition | Westat |
| Benmei Liu | 2009 | Partha Lahiri | Hierarchical Bayes Estimation and Empirical Best Prediction of Small Area Proportions | National Cancer Institute |
| Santanu Pramanik | 2008 | Partha Lahiri | Bayesian and Approximate Bayesian Methods in Small Area Estimation | National Opinion Research Center (NORC) |
| Jill Dever | 2008 | Richard Valliant | Sampling Weight Calibration with Estimated Control Totals | RTI International |
| Jianzhu Li | 2007 | Richard Valliant | Regression Diagnostics for Complex Survey Data: Identification of Influential Observations | Westat |
| Scott Fricker | 2007 | Roger Tourangeau | The Relationship Between Response Propensity and Data Quality in the Current Population Survey and the American Time Use Survey | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Yan Li | 2006 | Partha Lahiri | Analysis of Complex Survey Data using Robust Model-Based and Model-Assisted Methods | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Ting Yan | 2005 | Roger Tourangeau | Gricean Effects in Self-Administered Surveys | National Opinion Research Center (NORC) |
| Sunghee Lee | 2004 | Richard Valliant | Statistical Estimation Methods in Volunteer Panel Web Surveys | UCLA |
| Kennon Copeland | 2003 | Partha Lahiri | Panel Survey Estimation in the Presence of Late Reporting and Nonresponse | National Opinion Research Center (NORC) |