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Department of Statistics

Professor Joe Sakshaug

Research interests

Applied statistics, survey methodology, data integration, nonresponse, missing data techniques, measurement error, alternative forms of data collection, experimental design, longitudinal studies, social data science

Qualifications

  • PhD in Survey Methodology, University of Michigan
  • MSc in Survey Methodology, University of Michigan
  • BA in Mathematics, University of Washington

Selected publications

Books:
  • Snijkers, G., Bavdaž, M., Bender, S., Jones, J., MacFeeley, S., Sakshaug, J.W., Thompson, K.J., and Van Delden, A. (Eds.) (In Press). Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection. John Wiley and Sons.
  • Cernat, A., and Sakshaug, J.W. (Eds.) (2021). Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data. Oxford University Press. 
  • Atkinson, P.A., Delamont, S., Cernat, A., Sakshaug, J.W., and Williams, R.A. (Eds.) (2021). SAGE Research Methods Foundations: An Encyclopedia. Sage Publications.
Journal articles:
  • Küfner, B., Sakshaug, J.W., and Zins, S. (2022). Analyzing Establishment Survey Nonresponse Using Administrative Data and Machine Learning. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), 182(Suppl. 2), S310-S342.
  • Kosyakova, Y., Olbrich, L., Sakshaug, J.W., and Schwanhäuser, S. (2022). Positive Learning or Deviant Interviewing? Mechanisms of Experience on Interviewer Behavior. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 10(2), 249-275.
  • Sakshaug, J.W., Cernat, A., Silverwood, R.J., Calderwood, L., and Ploubidis, G.B. (2022). Measurement Equivalence in Sequential Mixed-Mode Surveys. Survey Research Methods, 16(1), 29-43.
  • Schwanhäuser, S., Sakshaug, J.W., and Kosyakova, Y. (2022). How to Catch a Falsifier: Comparison of Statistical Detection Methods for Interviewer Falsification. Public Opinion Quarterly, 86(1), 51-81.
  • Johnson, R.M., Crifasi, C., Anderson-Goodell, E.M., Wiśniowski, A., Sakshaug, J.W., Thrul, J., and Owens, M. (2021). Differences in Beliefs about COVID-19 by Gun Ownership: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Texas Adults. BMJ Open, 11:e048094.
  • Cernat, A., and Sakshaug, J.W. (2021). Understanding the Patterns of Mode Switching in Longitudinal Studies. Survey Research Methods, 15(3), 281-298.
  • Büttner, T.J.M., Sakshaug, J.W., and Vicari, B. (2021). Evaluating the Utility of Linked Administrative Data for Nonresponse Bias Adjustment in a Piggyback Longitudinal Survey. Journal of Official Statistics, 37(4), 837-864.
  • König, C., Sakshaug, J.W., Stegmaier, J., and Kohaut, S. (2021). Trends in Establishment Survey Nonresponse Rates and Nonresponse Bias: Evidence from the 2001-2017 IAB Establishment Panel. Journal of Official Statistics, 37(4), 931-953.
  • Peycheva, D.N., Sakshaug, J.W., and Calderwood, L. (2021). Occupation Coding During the Interview in a Web-First Sequential Mixed-Mode Survey. Journal of Official Statistics, 37(4), 981-1007.
  • Küfner, B., Sakshaug, J.W., and Zins, S. (2021). More Clarification, Less Item Nonresponse in Establishment Surveys? A Split-Ballot Experiment. Survey Research Methods, 15(2), 195-206.
  • Cernat, A., Sakshaug, J.W., Chandola, T., Nazroo, J., and Shlomo, N. (2021). Nurse Effects on Non-Response in Survey-Based Biomeasures. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 24(4), 487-499.
  • Cernat, A., and Sakshaug, J.W. (2021). Interviewer Effects in Biosocial Survey Measurements. Field Methods, 33(3), 236-252.
  • Moretti, A., Shlomo, N., and Sakshaug, J.W. (2021). Small Area Estimation of Latent Economic Well-being. Sociological Methods and Research, 50(4), 1660-1693.
  • Bavdaž, M., Snijkers, G., Sakshaug, J.W., Brand, T., Haraldsen, G., Kurban, B., Saraiva, P., and Willimack, D.K. (2020). Business Data Collection Methodology: Current State and Future Outlook. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 36(3), 741-756.
  • Sakshaug, J.W., Beste, J., Coban, M., Fendel, T., Haas, G-C., Hülle, S., Kosyakova, Y., König, C., Kreuter, F., Küfner, B., Müller, B., Osiander, C., Schwanhäuser, S., Stephan, G., Vallizadeh, E., Volkert, M., Wenzig, C., Westermeier, C., Zabel, C., and Zins, S. (2020). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Labor Market Surveys at the German Institute for Employment Research. Survey Research Methods, 14(2), 229-233.

Editorial activities

  • Associate Editor, Journal for Labour Market Research (2021-)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology (2017-)
  • Associate Editor, Survey Research Methods (2017-)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Official Statistics (2016-)

Professor

Department of Statistics & Department of Sociology
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL

joe.sakshaug [at] warwick.ac.uk