Westat’s J Michael Brick, PhD, presented on May 31, 2023, at the 2023 Statistical Society of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. The Statistical Society of Canada encourages the development and use of statistics and probability.
Brick’s talk titled, “À la Mode: Multimode Household Surveys” was the Survey Methods Section Presidential Address and discussed efficient sample designs for multimode surveys. It featured research Brick and Jill M DeMatteis, PhD undertook to find ways to increase response rates and reduce costs for conducting surveys using Web and face-to-face modes of data collection.