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Here for the stats, data science, survey methods, AI, health, public opinion research, and more. Opinions are my own.

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This week @aapor.bsky.social, I'm excited for my @norc.org methodology colleagues to present (and debut!) some exciting work at the intersection of #ai and #surveys.

A quick round-up 🧡 ‡️

13.05.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our new review paper on statistical data integration for health policy research is available!

26.03.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ASA Response to the OSTP Request for Information on the Development of an #AI Action Plan

#statsky #episky

www.amstat.org/docs/default...

@amstatnews.bsky.social

26.03.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NORC.org has experts - DM me and I can connect you

13.03.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mathematica
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To our clients, partners, and peers:
We want to let you know that we are reducing our workforce to align with the needs of our clients and ensure the continued, exceptional support we've offered for decades to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. The staff we are letting go are skilled, experienced, and passionate about their work. Any organization would be fortunate to have them. Please don't hesitate to reach out if we can be of assistance.

Mathematica 65,991 followers 1d β€’ β€’ β€’ β€’ To our clients, partners, and peers: We want to let you know that we are reducing our workforce to align with the needs of our clients and ensure the continued, exceptional support we've offered for decades to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. The staff we are letting go are skilled, experienced, and passionate about their work. Any organization would be fortunate to have them. Please don't hesitate to reach out if we can be of assistance.

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Like many of our peer organizations, this week NORC had to reduce our staff to ensure we are operating effectively and have the right mix of skills to align with client needs. The people departing NORC are highly talented and capable professionals, and they have made important contributions to our mission of delivering trustworthy and reliable data and analysis to inform society's most important decisions. They will be valuable employees and colleagues wherever their careers take them next.
To each of you who are leaving, and on behalf of everyone at NORC, I offer our deepest thanks and appreciation for your dedicated service and the lasting impact you've made on our organization.

Dan Gaylin β€’ 2nd President and CEO, NORC 10h β€’ λ„ˆ + Follow Like many of our peer organizations, this week NORC had to reduce our staff to ensure we are operating effectively and have the right mix of skills to align with client needs. The people departing NORC are highly talented and capable professionals, and they have made important contributions to our mission of delivering trustworthy and reliable data and analysis to inform society's most important decisions. They will be valuable employees and colleagues wherever their careers take them next. To each of you who are leaving, and on behalf of everyone at NORC, I offer our deepest thanks and appreciation for your dedicated service and the lasting impact you've made on our organization.

marc
MDRC
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To our collaborators: Like many of our peer organizations, MDRC has had to reduce our staff in recent days, letting go of many talented and highly skilled professionals. Each of these colleagues would be an asset to another organization, and we encourage you to consider them for any career opportunities you may have.
MDRC remains committed to our mission of learning what works to improve policy, practice, and people's well-being.

marc MDRC 15,135 followers 9h β€’ 0 To our collaborators: Like many of our peer organizations, MDRC has had to reduce our staff in recent days, letting go of many talented and highly skilled professionals. Each of these colleagues would be an asset to another organization, and we encourage you to consider them for any career opportunities you may have. MDRC remains committed to our mission of learning what works to improve policy, practice, and people's well-being.

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Westat
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In light of recent industry changes, Westat is making strategic reductions to our workforce to better align with our clients' needs. The talented professionals who are leaving Westat have made significant contributions to our mission and embody our values of uncompromising excellence, client commitment, and innovation. They are current and future leaders in their fields and will undoubtedly be an asset to any organization they join.
We remain committed to our mission to improve lives by delivering exceptional data-driven research and technical assistance, fostering insights and solutions to advance health, education, and social and economic opportunity.

// Westat Westat 35,042 followers 22h β€’ In light of recent industry changes, Westat is making strategic reductions to our workforce to better align with our clients' needs. The talented professionals who are leaving Westat have made significant contributions to our mission and embody our values of uncompromising excellence, client commitment, and innovation. They are current and future leaders in their fields and will undoubtedly be an asset to any organization they join. We remain committed to our mission to improve lives by delivering exceptional data-driven research and technical assistance, fostering insights and solutions to advance health, education, and social and economic opportunity.

Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work.

Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.

08.03.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 445    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 20

We’ve all heard about the promise of Generative AI for research assistance. But just how helpful might it be? My NORC colleagues are examining several use cases. This article summarizes their intriguing findings for one scenario - the effect on data quality and user experience in web surveys

26.11.2024 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who We Are | NORC at the University of Chicago

For all the new folks, welcome to BlueSky! We’ve gained quite a few new followers, so we’d like to take this opportunity to re-introduce ourselves. We’re NORC at the University of Chicago, a nonpartisan research organization. go.norc.org/3CA9Gx8

18.11.2024 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Connect with my colleagues!

18.11.2024 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

18.11.2024 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see so many here. πŸ‘‹ Looking fwd to connecting and learning with you all

17.11.2024 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to share our recent work - using measurement and data quality frameworks to assess college rankings methodologies. With @soubhikbarari.bsky.social and Ji Eun Park

13.11.2024 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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