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Biography Addition

My biography has been added to the American Society for Quality website. Visit the page here.

Conference Paper:

THE PROBLEM WITH SURVEY RESEARCH AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
to be presented at the
13th Annual Meeting
American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS)
Las Vegas, Nevada
February 4-5, 2010
[click here to download the paper]

Conference Paper:

DEVELOP PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT DON'T RELY ON SURVEYS
to be presented at the
22nd Annual ASQ Quality Management Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana
March 4-5, 2010

Poster Session on the limits of survey research

to be presented at the
68th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
Chicago, Illinois
April 22-25, 2010

I’ve completed a book manuscript, Don’t Ask—If You Want to Find Out What’s Really Going On, and I’m seeking a publisher for this critique of survey research (defined here as any instrument or procedure that asks questions of respondents).

I’m taking notes and collecting up-to-date sources and examples for a second edition of QUALITY Public Management.