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Jamie Friedman

Chicago,IL

Summary

Jamie Friedman has more than 25 years of experience in survey research methodology, data collection, and survey management for postsecondary surveys. As a survey director at RTI International, Ms. Friedman manages large-scale data collection, supervises field and phone interviewers, coordinates institutional contacting, oversees budgets, and performs other management responsibilities. Her expertise lies in recruiting and institution participation to ensure high response rates. For the past 10 years, she has managed several data collection efforts for the National Science Foundation (NSF) including the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS), and the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) for the Doctorate Data Project. In addition, Ms. Friedman has in-country education data collection experience in Ghana, China, and Qatar.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Survey Director

RTI International
01.2005 - Current
  • Manages large-scale data collection, supervises field and phone interviewers, coordinates institutional contacting, oversees budgets, and handles other management responsibilities.

Survey Director II

NORC
01.1989 - 01.2005
  • Managed and administered social science research surveys
  • Developed proposals; worked with clients to define the research problem; coordinated technical staff; oversaw instrument development, budget preparation, and development of interviewer training procedures and materials; monitored all schedules, costs, and production; and supervised data collection, data analysis, quality control, and report writing activities.

Survey Director I

NORC
01.1997 - 01.2002
  • Worked with national field staff, monitored budget, and managed receipt control, data entry, and coding and validation efforts
  • Also developed and wrote project materials, including questionnaires; tested systems; and organized materials distribution for large-scale field studies.

Survey Specialist II

NORC
01.1996 - 01.1997
  • Assisted in developing, managing, and implementing survey projects
  • Developed training materials and other materials for use by field staff, trained interviewers and their supervisors, monitored data collection, and tested questionnaires
  • Also managed the flow of bulk supplies from the Lake Park production facility to project staff in the field.

Telephone Supervisor

Lake Park Telephone Center, NORC at the University of Chicago
01.1989 - 01.1996
  • Tested AutoQuest, SurveyCraft, and CATI systems; developed project and training materials; trained interviewers, locators, refusal converters, retrievers, and supervisors; ordered materials and questionnaires; created weekly production reports; monitored case flow and caseload (with SurveyCraft); and managed interviewers and clerical staff.

Education

BA - Sociology

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Verbal and written communication
  • People Management
  • Operations Management

Presentationsandproceedings

  • Reporting graduate student and postdoctorates survey data using CIP codes, May 2012, Association for Institutional Research (AIR), New Orleans, LA
  • Survey of graduate students and postdoctorates in science and engineering—update, May 2010, Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Chicago, IL
  • Toward a standard typology of disposition codes on establishment surveys, May 2010, Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Chicago, IL
  • Survey of graduate students and postdoctorates in science and engineering (GSS): Demonstration and data uses, 2008, Seattle, WA
  • Redesign of the survey of graduate students and postdoctorates in science and engineering (GSS): Demonstration and data uses, 2007, Kansas City, MO

Technicalreports

  • Survey of graduate students and posdoctorates in science and engineering 2014: Methodology report, Ault, K., Bennett, C., Close, K., DeRoche, J., Einaudi, P., Friedman, J., Green, P., Rogers, J., Sevakula, S., Steele, R.
  • Survey of graduate students and posdoctorates in science and engineering 2013: Methodology report, Ault, K., Bennett, C., DeRoche, J., Einaudi, P., Friedman, J., Green, P., Harter, R., Hendrick, D., Rogers, J., Sevakula, S., Steele, R., Wang, Jiantong (Jean)
  • Survey of graduate students and posdoctorates in science and engineering 2011: Methodology report, Bennett, C., Close, K., DeRoche, J., Einaudi, P., Friedman, J., Green, P., Harter, R., Rogers, J., Sevakula, S., Steele, R.
  • Survey of graduate students and posdoctorates in science and engineering 2010: Methodology report, Burns, L., Bennett, C., Close, K., Einaudi, P., Friedman, J., Green, P., Rogers, J., Steele, R.
  • Survey of graduate students and posdoctorates in science and engineering 2009: Methodology report, Burns, L., Bennett, C., Einaudi, P., Friedman, J., Green, P., Rogers, J., Steele, R., Wu, S., Zweig, E.
  • Survey of graduate students and postdoctorates in science and engineering 2008: Methodology report, Burns, L., Bennett, C., Einaudi, P., Friedman, J., Geisen, E., Green, P., Pratt, D., Rogers, J., Steele, R., Wu, S.
  • Survey of graduate students and postdoctorates in science and engineering 2007: Methodology report, Burns, L., Einaudi, P., Friedman, J., Hudson, J., Lauff, E., McFarlane, E., Pratt, D., Rogers, J., Steele, R., Want, J., Wu, S., Zweig, E.
  • Methodology report for the survey of earned doctorates, 2002-03, Hoffer, T. B., Hess, M., Williams, K., Welch, V., Lashley, S., Friedman, J., Ahsan, S.

Otherprofessionalexperience

  • Member of AIR
  • Attended annual Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) meetings for the SED
  • Member of the NORC Training Committee and Team, 1998 to 2005
  • Elected to Employee Action Committee at NORC, 1991 to 1993
  • Collected and analyzed data on racial issues in employment practices in Waterloo, Iowa, for the city's Human Rights Commission, 1983 to 1984

Projects

Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), 2016 to date, Associate Project Director, The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) is an annual census conducted since 1957 of all individuals receiving a research doctorate from an accredited U.S. institution in a given academic year. The SED is sponsored by six federal agencies: the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Endowment for the Humanities, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The SED collects information on the doctoral recipient’s educational history, demographic characteristics, and postgraduation plans. Results are used to assess characteristics of the doctoral population and trends in doctoral education and degrees. Oversees all data collection operations including Help Desk activities, university notification (via e-mail, mail, and phone), developing and managing budgets, providing monthly progress to client, and handling all client requests related to data collection. Assists in managing the overall project operations, schedule, and budget. Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS), 2006 to 2016, Data Collection Manager, The Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (also known as the Graduate Student Survey or GSS), an annual survey of academic institutions in the United States, provides data on the number and characteristics of graduate students, postdoctoral appointees, and doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in science and engineering (S&E) and health fields. NSF uses the results of this survey to assess shifts in graduate enrollment and postdoctoral appointments and trends in financial support. The data collected for the GSS represent national estimates of graduate student enrollment and postdoctoral employment. The GSS is a census of all known academic institutions in the United States that grant master’s degrees or research doctorates, appoint postdoctorates, and employ doctorate-holding nonfaculty researchers in S&E and health fields. Oversaw the daily data collection tasks on the project; supervised data collection staff, worked directly with the client as well as university respondents. Hired and supervised Greene Resources staff in the Chicago office. EdData II, Technical Assistance for the Administration of the 2010 National Education Assessment Test in Ghana, 2011, 2013, and 2016, Survey Specialist, Developed training materials, trained trainers, and oversaw packing of training and test materials for this 2-year task order to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ghana Education Service’s Assessment Support Unit (ASU) in overseeing student assessment activities at the primary school level. Evaluation of the Open-Language Learning Initiative for English (OLLI English), 2009, In-Country Teacher Training Monitor, The survey of the Evaluation of OLLI English is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, as part of a collaboration project with China’s Ministry of Education. The purpose of the study is to examine the effectiveness of English language learning software called The Forgotten World on students’ English proficiency. The survey is interested in how students speak, listen, read, and write in English. Supported teacher training activities in China. Program for International Student Assessment 2006 (PISA), 2005 to 2007, Task Leader for School Recruitment, PISA is an effort by member nations of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to evaluate the knowledge and skills earned by 15-year-olds throughout 32 countries. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) participates in this effort to assess the literacy level of U.S. students in reading, mathematics, and science so that these skill levels can be benchmarked relative to those of their peers in other countries. Questionnaire items are also used to evaluate the extent to which students have acquired strategies for learning that will allow them to become life-long learners. The data provide policymakers a context for judging the knowledge of young people as they near the end of compulsory education. The assessments are not the typical “curriculum sensitive” measures used in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) or state-level assessment programs. Rather, the tests are specifically designed to include complex, multi-step problems that closely mirror the complexity of real-world problems. The study also includes questionnaires for students and school administrators. Coordinators in each country work to ensure that comparable procedures are used throughout participating countries, and provide data to the PISA consortium for scaling, quality control, and public release. RTI completed the field test in May 2005, recruiting the required number of schools (36) and students (1,200+) for the field test. Data were delivered to the international consortium in the format required and on the date scheduled. Responsible for recruiting schools to participate in the survey. Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2006 (PIRLS), 2005 to 2007, School Recruitment Consultant, PIRLS is part of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement’s (IEA’s) cycle of regular assessments. The assessment is designed to gauge fourth-grade students’ comprehension when reading to learn and when reading for enjoyment. Reading processes are examined by including multiple-choice and constructed-response items that measure the students’ ability to (1) focus on and retrieve explicitly stated information; (2) make straightforward inferences; (3) interpret and integrate ideas and information; and (4) examine and evaluate content, language, and contextual elements. Reading passages and items are assigned to a series of test booklets. Using guidelines established by IEA, test administrators work with the school coordinators to obtain sampling information, determine exclusions, and schedule the testing sessions. In-school assessments are supplemented with questionnaire data gathered from teachers and schools. RTI successfully completed the field test, recruiting the targeted number of schools (25) and students (1,200+) and delivering the data on time and error-free to the IEA data processing center. Responsible for recruiting schools to participate in the survey. Doctorate Data Project: SED, 1999 to 2005, Task Leader for Institutional Contacting and Data Collection, The SED, a component of the Doctorate Data Project, is sponsored by NSF in collaboration with several other federal agencies. The SED is an annual census of all recipients of research and applied-research doctorates from all U.S. doctorate-granting institutions. NORC relies on the institutions to identify the universe and distribute/collect the self-administered paper-and-pencil instrument (PAPI) to eligible students as they prepare to graduate. The universe includes over 40,000 doctorate recipients; the annual response rate is above 90 percent. Eligibility periods run consecutively and the complete work cycle for each round overlaps with both the preceding and the following rounds, requiring careful management of resources and priorities. Qatar National Education Database Study, December 2004 to April 2005, Survey Director for Social Worker Questionnaire Design and Computer-Assisted Self Interview (CASI) Implementation, Monitored in-school teacher pilot survey in Qatar. NORC contracted with the Government of the State of Qatar in 2002 to conduct an ongoing evaluation of the nation’s comprehensive reform of elementary, middle, and high school education. NORC administered assessments in math, science, Arabic, and English to more than 90,000 Qatar students with the number of assessments totaling more than 500,000. In addition, students, parents, teachers, principals, and social workers in the schools were all administered surveys. NORC developed the surveys and worked closely with the Directors of the Supreme Education Council (SEC) of Qatar and other organizations to develop, administer, receipt, enter, and deliver the data to be used in evaluating and adjusting the reform. In 2005, the second year of administration, NORC, together with the SEC, achieved completion rates of nearly 95 percent on assessments and more than 80 percent on surveys. National Longitudinal Study of No Child Left Behind (NLS-NCLB), March to October 2004, Task Leader for Data Collection, The NLS-NCLB examines the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in school districts and elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the country. NCLB is based on several principles, including stronger accountability; greater flexibility in use of federal funds for states, school districts, and schools; more educational alternatives for parents of children from disadvantaged backgrounds; and greater emphasis on teaching methods that have been proven effective. NORC was a subcontractor to the RAND Corporation and the American Institutes for Research (AIR); secured the cooperation of the districts, schools, and respondents; and performed the overall data collection. The NLS-NCLB gathered data via PAPI surveys to district administrators, principals, teachers, parents, school paraprofessionals, and supplemental educational services. This study was the main source of information for the U.S. Department of Education on how districts and schools addressed provisions of the NCLB. Success for All Randomized Evaluation (SFA-RE) Study, Fall 2001, Lead Trainer, Trained field staff to administer assessments to students. SFA-RE is a study funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the Success for All Foundation (SFAF). SFA-RE is a randomized evaluation of 42 schools, assessing one of the most used school reform models currently in place in the United States: the Success for All program. SFA-RE is a longitudinal study of approximately 14,000 children in grades K, 1, 3, 4, and 5 over 2 years with three data collection periods (baseline in fall 2002 and fall 2003, and subsequent follow-up in spring 2003). NORC field staff administered individual-level tests to grades K and 1 (including Spanish language testing) and group level tests to grades 3, 4, and 5 during four data collection periods. NORC gathered child and school demographic data and administered questionnaires annually to all staff. NORC collected and entered all data. Census Public Opinion Survey, 1999, Task Leader for Data Collection, Under a task order contract, NORC provided services and support to the U.S. Bureau of the Census in planning and development efforts for Census 2000 and other Bureau surveys. In this particular task order, a public opinion survey was developed and executed to gather public perceptions about the Bureau, its data collection activities, and its data dissemination policies. Recommendations were developed to facilitate the Bureau’s strategic planning process in the areas of public outreach, community partnership, targeted promotions, and other programs aimed at increasing public acceptance of the Bureau’s data collection and data dissemination activities. This was a 10-minute, random-digit-dial survey conducted by CATI. The response rate obtained was 71 percent. HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS), 1995 to 2000, Task Leader for Small Provider Screener Pretest and Questionnaire; Training Task Leader for Baseline Patient Survey; Training Task Leader for Short-Form Proxy Questionnaire; Training Task Leader for Spanish Baseline Questionnaire, The primary purpose of this research study was to collect data on a national probability sample of persons receiving medical care for HIV to analyze the services provided and their consequences for the individual and society. The study design was complex, involving interviews with physicians; multiple waves of interviews with two samples of patients; and a supplemental survey on patients’ mental health. NORC also conducted a computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) survey of a sample of the formal and informal caregivers reported by the patients in the baseline interview. Responded to field staff’s procedural questions, prepared a newsletter for field staff, oversaw the field supply operation, and managed receipt control for materials mailed to the central office by field interviewers. This study was conducted for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), with supplemental funding from the Health Research Services Administration and the National Institute of Mental Health, under a subcontract with the RAND Corporation. The Prospective Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Wave 1, 1995, Lead Trainer, This longitudinal study examined adolescents and their health behaviors and attitudes, including sexual, reproductive, and contraceptive behaviors. The first wave of the study began in 1994, when in-school survey sessions were held with over 90,000 seventh through twelfth graders. School administrators were interviewed by mail. In 1995, approximately 26,600 students who were enrolled in one of the sample schools or who participated in the in-school study were interviewed in depth, in their homes, using different types of computer-assisted interviewing. NORC also interviewed 18,000 of their parents in person (without computer assistance). The study’s second wave a year later reinterviewed a subsample of the children and parents. The survey’s complex sample included a core sample, oversamples of twins and other genetic family groupings, high socioeconomic status African Americans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and the physically disabled. Conducted training sessions for field interviewers and field managers at locations throughout the United States. This project was sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and conducted under subcontract to the University of North Carolina Population Center. National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience/1979 Youth Cohort (NLSY79), 1998, Task Leader for Data Collection, Round 18, This project was a longitudinal study of the labor force behavior of a cohort of Americans who were 14 to 21 years old in 1979. The original sample consisted of 12,686 youths, with oversamples of African American, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged white youth. Round 18 was conducted by computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), including the Child Supplement and the Young Adult Survey. The response rate for Round 18 was 86 percent. Duties included oversight for all aspects of data collection, from prefield planning to final data deliveries, including coordination of field recruiting and training, system design, testing and implementation, data collection cost and production management, reconciliation, and quality control. This project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor and conducted in collaboration with the Center for Human Resource Research at The Ohio State University. Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B), 1997 to 1998, Task Leader for Data Collection; Telephone Supervisor, Sponsored by the NCES of the U.S. Department of Education, B&B was one part of the Postsecondary Longitudinal Studies Program, which provided a comprehensive national database to address major policy issues related to postsecondary education. The B&B component followed students with baccalaureate degrees as they moved beyond college/university to graduate/professional education or into the world of work. B&B provided data that illuminate questions about the aspirations, career plans, and achievements of recent graduates; access to and progress through graduate/professional programs; how experiences with undergraduate and postgraduate education affected students’ career histories; and the returns both to individuals and to society on the investment in postsecondary education. B&B was a mixed-mode CATI-CAPI survey; self-administered questionnaires were provided on request. National Education Longitudinal Study: 1988 (NELS: 88), 1994 Follow-Up, 1993 to 1994, Telephone Supervisor, NELS: 88 is a longitudinal national probability sample survey of young persons who were eighth graders in the 1988 base year; in the 1994 follow-up survey, these young people had been out of high school for about 2 years. The survey was concerned with the relationships among family background, educational preparation, and subsequent career development. Over 60,000 respondents were surveyed in the base year, and 16,000 were followed in this round. The survey used a CATI instrument and a Paradox-based locating system. Served as one of several supervisors with particular responsibility for the locating effort; also helped train interviewers. 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF: 93), 1992 to 1993, Telephone Supervisor, The NSOPF: 93 was designed to provide a national profile of faculty in 4-year, doctoral-granting, and other 4-year and 2-year higher education institutions. Data were collected on the backgrounds, responsibilities, workloads, salaries, benefits, and attitudes of both full-time and part-time faculty. The surveys were conducted for the 1992 fall term and included 974 institutions and 31,354 faculty members. For the institution survey, supervised refusal conversion efforts and thereby helped the survey exceed its target response rate. Also wrote training materials and trained telephone interviewers. For the survey of faculty, trained CATI interviewers, tested the CATI instrument, supervised the interviewers, and monitored production. The faculty component of NSOPF also exceeded its target response rate. 1990 Longitudinal Follow-Up to the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey, 1990, Telephone Supervisor, Conducted for the National Center for Health Statistics, this survey was designed to provide the comprehensive data needed by federal, state, and private researchers to study factors related to early childhood morbidity and mortality. NORC reinterviewed the nationally representative sample of 10,000 women who participated in the 1988 survey. Topics covered in the interview included child health and development, use of Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program foods, child nutrition, child care, and access to and use of medical care. Medical records information was also collected from such medical care providers as physicians and hospitals. The survey included a sample of 2,000 women who experienced either an infant or fetal death in 1988; data were collected about their current health, subsequent fertility, and adoption experiences. Supervised clerical staff and telephone interviewers and monitored their production against established goals. National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES), 1989, Telephone Supervisor, This study was designed to measure utilization of and expenditures for medical care in 1987. The core survey consisted of five rounds of data collection from 14,000 households, representing the civilian non-institutionalized population. Supervised clerical staff and telephone interviewers and monitored their production against established goals. The project was conducted for the AHCPR and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Timeline

Senior Survey Director

RTI International
01.2005 - Current

Survey Director I

NORC
01.1997 - 01.2002

Survey Specialist II

NORC
01.1996 - 01.1997

Survey Director II

NORC
01.1989 - 01.2005

Telephone Supervisor

Lake Park Telephone Center, NORC at the University of Chicago
01.1989 - 01.1996

BA - Sociology

University of Northern Iowa

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Jamie Friedman