Michael W. Traugott

mtrau@umich.edu

Research Professor, ISR; Professor of Communication Studies, LS&A; Adjunct Professor of Political Science, LS&A

Traugott received his PhD in political science from the University of Michigan. His current research interests involve studies of the validity of survey responses, focused primarily on self-reported voting; and evaluations of polls used by journalists, specifically political polls. Traugott is past president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research and has served as a consultant to several media organizations on their election coverage.

Selected Publications:

Traugott, M., Paul J. Lavrakas, (1996, Second edition 2000, Third edition 2004), The Voter's Guide to Election Polls, Rowman & Littlefield, Republished in Spanish as Encuestas: Guia Para Electores (Siglio XXI: Mexico City, 1997).

Traugott, M., Couper, Mick and Lamias, Mark, (Summer 2001),  "Web Survey Design and Administration,"  Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 65, Number 2, pp. 230-253.

Traugott, M., (Fall 2001), "Assessing Poll Performance in the 2000 Campaign," Public Opinion Quarterly,  Volume 65, Number 3, pp. 389-419.

Traugott, M., Mason, Robert, Lesser, Virginia, (2001), "The Effect of Item Nonresponse on Nonresponse Error and Inference," In Robert M. Groves, Don A. Dillman, John L. Eltinge, and Roderick J.A. Little, (Editors), Survey Nonresponse, New York:  John Wiley and Sons.

Traugott, M., Belli, Robert F. , Beckmann, Matthew N., (December 2001), "What Leads to Voting Overreports?  Contrasts of Overreporters to Validated Voters and Admitted Nonvoters in the American National Election Studies,"  Journal of Official Statistics.