Frederick Conrad

Email: fconrad@umich.edu
Website: Personal website

Research Associate Professor, ISR and JPSM, University of Maryland

Conrad received a PhD in psychology from the University of Chicago. His research generally involves identifying and reducing survey measurement error by applying ideas and methods from cognitive science. His current research is focused on adaptive user interfaces in web surveys, understanding and misunderstanding survey questions, estimation processes, evaluation of questionnaire pretesting methods, and interviewer-respondent interaction.

Selected Publications:

Conrad, F.G., Brown, N.R. and Dashen, M. (2003). Estimating the frequency of events from unnatural categories. Memory and Cognition, 31, 552-562.

Rips. L. J., Conrad, F.G. & Fricker, S. S. (2004). Straightening out the seam effect in panel surveys. Public Opinion Quarterly, 67, 522-554.

Schober, M.F., Conrad, F.G. and Fricker, S.S. (2004). Misunderstanding standardized language. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 169-188.