![Brady West](https://hrs.isr.umich.edu/sites/default/files/coinv-photos/westb400.png)
Co-Investigator, Health and Retirement Study
Contact Information
4118 Institute for Social Research
426 Thompson St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone: (734) 647-4615
Email: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2011
M.A., University of Michigan, 2002
B.S., University of Michigan, 2001
Research and Projects
Interviewer Effects, Total Survey Error, Uses of Survey Paradata and Auxiliary Variables for Survey Estimation and Operations, Multilevel Modeling, Methods for Repairing Nonresponse Error, Adaptive / Responsive Survey Designs, Applications of Linear Modeling, Statistical Software, Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data, Applications of Statistics to Sports, Analysis of Clustered and Longitudinal Data Sets
Selected Recent Publications
Representativeness of the oversamples of Blacks and Hispanics in the Health and Retirement Study: A geographic analysis of 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; 2023.
User guide Black and Hispanic Representation v3_dw.pdf (350 KB) .
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An experimental evaluation of a stopping rule aimed at maximizing cost-quality trade-offs in surveys. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society. 2023. doi:10.1093/jrsssa/qnad059. .
The mode effect of web-based surveying on the 2018 HRS measure of cognitive functioning. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2023. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbad068. .
MODE EFFECTS ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING ASSESSMENTS IN THE HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY. Innovation in Aging. 2022;6(Suppl 1):163. doi:10.1093/geroni/igac059.652. .
Assessing selection bias in regression coefficients estimated from nonprobability samples with applications to genetics and demographic surveys. The Annals of Applied Statistics. 2021;15(3):1556-1581. doi:https://doi.org/10.1214/21-AOAS1453.