Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Katherine McGonagle is Associate Director of PSID and Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Dr. McGonagle is a social psychologist with research interests in the areas of survey research methods, health, and well-being. McGonagle’s recent work is on the design and evaluation of data collection protocols to increase retention of panel study members and improve data quality, including the development of respondent contact materials, questionnaire design features, and the use of mixed mode approaches.
Projects
Funded Research
- Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2012 – 2016
- Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2012 – 2016
- Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2012 – 2016
- Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2012 – 2016
- Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2012 – 2016
- Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2017 – 2020
- Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2017 – 2020
- Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2017 – 2020
- Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children Across Generations
- Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children Across Generations
- Health, Wealth, and Time Use Over the Life Course and Across Generations
- Transition to Adulthood within its Life Course & Intergenerational Family Context
- Transitions from Preschool through High School: Family, Schools & Neighborhoods
Publications
- Freedman, Vicki A.; McGonagle, Katherine A. and Couper, Mick P. (2018). Use of a Targeted Sequential Mixed Mode Protocol in a Nationally Representative Panel Study. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 6(1), 98-121.
- Sastry, Narayan; Fomby, Paula A. and McGonagle, Katherine A. (2018). Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to Conduct Life Course Health Development Analysis. 579-599. In Halfon,Neal; Forrest,Christopher B.; Lerner,Richard M. and Faustman,Elaine M. (Ed.), Handbook of Life Course Health Development. Springer International Publishing:Cham, Switzerland.
- Fomby, Paula A.; Sastry, Narayan and McGonagle, Katherine A. (2017). Effectiveness of a Time-Limited Incentive on Participation by Hard-to-Reach Respondents in a Panel Study. Field Methods, 29(3), 238-251.
- McGonagle, Katherine A. and Freedman, Vicki A. (2017). The Effects of a Delayed Incentive on Response Rates, Response Mode, Data Quality, and Sample Bias in a Nationally Representative Mixed Mode Study. Field Methods, 29(3), 221-237.
- McGonagle, Katherine A. and Sastry, Narayan (2016). Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to Analyze Housing Decisions, Dynamics, and Effects. Cityscape (Washington, DC), 18(1), 185-199.
- McGonagle, Katherine A. and Sastry, Narayan (2015). Cohort Profile: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics’ Child Development Supplement and Transition into Adulthood Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 44(2), 415-422.
- McGonagle, Katherine A.; Brown, Charles C. and Schoeni, Robert F. (2015). The Effects of Respondents’ Consent to be Recorded on Interview Length and Data Quality in a National Panel Study. Field Methods, 27(4), 373-390.
- McGonagle, Katherine A.; Schoeni, Robert F. and Couper, Mick P. (2013). The Effects of a between-Wave Incentive Experiment on Contact Update and Production Outcomes in a Panel Study. Journal of Official Statistics, 29(2), 261-276.
- McGonagle, Katherine A. (2013). Survey Breakoffs in a Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview. Survey Research Methods, 7(2), 79-90.
- Schoeni, Robert F.; Stafford, Frank P.; Mcgonagle, Katherine A. and Andreski, Patricia (2013). Response Rates in National Panel Surveys. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 645(1), 60-87.
- McGonagle, Katherine A.; Schoeni, Robert F.; Sastry, Narayan and Freedman, Vicki A. (2012). The Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Overview, Recent Innovations, and Potential for Life Course Research. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 3(2), 268.
- McGonagle, Katherine A.; Schoeni, Robert F.; Couper, Mick P. and Mushtaq, M. (2011). An Incentive Experiment Designed to Increase Response to a between-Wave Contact Update Mailing in Two Panel Studies. Survey Practice, 4(3).
- McGonagle, Katherine A.; Couper, Mick P. and Schoeni, Robert F. (2011). Keeping Track of Panel Members: An Experimental Test of a between-Wave Contact Strategy. Journal of Official Statistics, 27(2), 319-338.
- Valerio, Melissa A.; Andreski, Patricia M.; Schoeni, Robert F. and McGonagle, Katherine A. (2010). Examining the Association between Childhood Asthma and Parent and Grandparent Asthma Status: Implications for Practice. Clinical Pediatrics, 49(6), 535-541.
- McGonagle, Katherine A.; Couper, Mick P. and Schoeni, Robert F. (2009). An Experimental Test of a Strategy to Maintain Contact with Families between Waves of a Panel Study. Survey Practice, 2(5).
- Sastry, Narayan; McGonagle, Katherine A. and Schoeni, Robert F. (2009). Introduction to the Special Issue on the Scientific Assessment of Biomeasures in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Biodemography and Social Biology, 55(2), 113-117.
- Almeida, David M.; McGonagle, Katherine A. and King, H. (2009). Assessing Daily Stress Processes in Social Surveys by Combining Stressor Exposure and Salivary Cortisol. Biodemography and Social Biology, 55(2), 219-237.
- Davis, Matthew M.; McGonagle, Katherine A.; Schoeni, Robert F. and Stafford, Frank P. (2008). Grandparental and Parental Obesity Influences on Childhood Overweight: Implications for Primary Care Practice. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 21(6), 549-554.