Cars, Stamps, Telephone Dials and Hot Links: Some Thoughts About 37 Years of Conducting Sample Surveys
Dr. Dillman
Friday, 19 Oct 2001 at 3:30 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Dr. Dillman developed "The Total Design Method" which has defined the way social scientists conduct survey research. He has made important contributions to the U.S. Bureau of the Census and impacted the way the Census Bureau conducts its census surveys. He is Thomas S. Foley Distinguished Professor of Government and Public Policy at Washington State University, and professor in the Department of Sociology and Rural Sociology and Deputy Director for Research of the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center. He received the Roger Herriot Award for Innovation in Federal Statistics, and was just awarded ISU Alumni Association's Distinguished Achievement Citation. Dr. Don A. Dillman received all of his degrees from ISU, a BS in Agronomy (1964), MS in Rural Sociology (1966) and a Ph.D. in Sociology (1969).
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