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Singer, Eleanor was born on March 4, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1938. Daughter of Alfons and Anna (Troedl) Schwarzbart.
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After acts of airline terrorism, air travel tends to drop dramatically—yet Americans routinely pursue the far riskier business of driving cards, where accidents resulting in death or injury are much more likely to occur. Reporting on Risk argues that this selective concern with danger is powerfully shaped by the media, whose coverage of potentially hazardous events is governed more by a need to excite the public than to inform it. Singer and Endreny survey a wide range of print and electronic media to provide an unprecedented look at how hundreds of different hazards are presented to the public—from toxic waste and food poisoning to cigarette smoking, from transportation accidents to famine, and from experimental surgery to communicable diseases. Their investigations raise thought-provoking questions about what the media tell us about modern risks, which hazards are covered and which ignored, and how the media determine when hazards should be considered risky. Are natural hazards reported differently than man-made hazards? Is greater emphasis placed on the potential benefits or the potential drawbacks of complex new technologies? Are journalists more concerned with reporting on unproven cures or informing the public about preventative measures? Do newspapers differ from magazines and television in their risk reporting practices? Reporting on Risk investigates how the media place blame for disasters, and looks at how the reporting of risks has changed in the past twenty-five years as such hazards as nuclear power, birth control methods, and industrial by-products have grown in national prominence. The authors demonstrate that the media often fail to report on risks until energized by the occurrence of some disastrous or dramatic event—the Union Carbide pesticide leak in Bhopal, the Challenger explosion, the outbreak of famine in Somalia, or the failed transplant of a baboon heart to "Baby Fae." Sustained attention to these hazards depends less on whether the underlying issues have been resolved than on whether they continue to unfold in newsworthy events. Reporting on Risk examines the accuracy and the amount of information we receive about our environment. It offers a critical perspective on how our perceptions of risk, as shaped by the media, may contribute to misguided individual and public choices for action and prevention in an increasingly complex world. The authors' probing assessment of how the media report a vast array of risks offers insights useful to journalists, policy analysts, risk specialists, legislators, and concerned citizens.
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The definitive resource for survey questionnaire testing and evaluation Over the past two decades, methods for the development, evaluation, and testing of survey questionnaires have undergone radical change. Research has now begun to identify the strengths and weaknesses of various testing and evaluation methods, as well as to estimate the methods' reliability and validity. Expanding and adding to the research presented at the International Conference on Questionnaire Development, Evaluation and Testing Methods, this title presents the most up-to-date knowledge in this burgeoning field. The only book dedicated to the evaluation and testing of survey questionnaires, this practical reference work brings together the expertise of over fifty leading, international researchers from a broad range of fields. The volume is divided into seven sections:* Cognitive interviews* Mode of administration* Supplements to conventional pretests* Special populations* Experiments* Multi-method applications* Statistical modeling Comprehensive and carefully edited, this groundbreaking text offers researchers a solid foundation in the latest developments in testing and evaluating survey questionnaires, as well as a thorough introduction to emerging techniques and technologies.
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Singer, Eleanor was born on March 4, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. Arrived in the United States, 1938. Daughter of Alfons and Anna (Troedl) Schwarzbart.
Bachelor, Queens College, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1966.
Assistant editor American Scholar, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1951-1952. Editor Teachers College Press, New York City, 1952-1956, Dryden-Holt, New York City, 1956-1957. Research associate, senior research associate, senior research scholar Columbia University, 1966-1994.
Senior research scientist Institute for Social Research University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994—2003, acting associate director, 1998-1999, associate director, 1999—2002, research professor, 2004—2006, professor emeritus, since 2006. Editor Public Opinion Quarterly, New York City, 1975-1986.
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(The definitive resource for survey questionnaire testing ...)
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Member American Association Public Opinion Research (president New York City chapter 1983-1984, president 1987-1988, Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement award 1996), American Sociological Association, American Statistical Association.
Married Alan Gerard Singer, September 8, 1949. Children: Emily Ann, Lawrence Alexander.