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Mailing Address: 
PO BOX 176
Pullman, WA 99163
Office Address: 
Social & Economic Sciences Research Center
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-4014
(509) 335-1511
(509) 335-0116
Email: tarnai@wsu.edu
Webpage: http://www.sesrc.wsu.edu/tarnai
Educational History: 
Ph.D. (1982) Washington State University, Department of Psychology
Area:  Experimental & Applied Psychology
M. A. (1976) Washington State University, Department of Psychology
Area:  Experimental Psychology
B. S. (1973) Cleveland State University, Ohio Major:  Psychology
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Professional Positions Held:
1996 - Present
Director - Social and Economic Sciences Research Center,
Washington State University
1990 - 1999
Coordinator of Academic Assessment, Office of the Provost,
Washington State University
1991 - 1993
Acting Director, Social and Economic Sciences Research Center,
Washington State University
1981 - 1990
Assistant Director, and Coordinator for Grant Activity, Social and Economic Sciences Research Center, Washington State University
1986
Visiting Assistant Professor, Office of Budget, Planning, and Institutional Studies,
Washington State University
1979 - 1981
Human Resources Manager, Personnel Department, Pacific Northwest Bell, Seattle, Washington
1977 - 1979
Research Assistant, Longitudinal Alcohol Curriculum Evaluation Project,
Washington State University
1973 - 1977
Research Assistant, Experimental Vision and Animal Laboratory, Department of Psychology,
Washington State University
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Teaching Experience:
1987 Graduate Course in Cognition and Memory (Psych 592), Department of Psychology, Washington State University
1983 Elementary Statistics in Psychology (Psych 311), Department of Psychology, Washington State University
1977 Psychology of Aging, Office of Continuing University Studies, Washington State University
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Publications:
bullet Tarnai, J. & Moore, D.  (In Press)  “Interviewer Productivity”  In:  P. J. Lavrakas (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.
bullet Moore, D.  & Tarnai, J. (In Press)  “Interviewer Training”  In: P. J. Lavrakas (Ed.)  Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage.
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Tarnai, J.  (2007), “Monitoring CATI Interviewers,”  2007 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Methods Research Section [CD-ROM], Alexandria, VA:  American Statistical Association.
bullet Paxson. M. C. & Tarnai, (In Press)  J.  A Decade of Results using the ETS Major Field Test in Business.  Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education.
bullet Tarnai, J. & Paxson, M. C.  (2005), “Interviewer Judgments about the Quality of Telephone Interviews,”  2005 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Methods Research Section [CD-ROM], Alexandria, VA:  American Statistical Association.
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Tarnai, J. & Paxson, M. C.   (2004) “Survey Mode Preferences of Business Respondents,”  2004 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Methods Research Section [CD-ROM], Alexandria, VA:  American Statistical Association.
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Paxson, M. C. & Tarnai, J.   (2004) “An Experiment to Identify Survey Mode Response Effects by Controlling Nonresponse Errors,”  2004 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Methods Research Section [CD-ROM], Alexandria, VA:  American Statistical Association.
bullet Tarnai, J. & Moore, D.  (2004)  “Methods for Testing and Evaluating Computer-Assisted Questionnaires”   In:  S. Presser, J. M. Rothgeb, M. Couper, J. T. Lessler, E. Martin, J. Martin, & E. Singer  (Eds.)  Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires.  New York:  Wiley-Interscience.
bullet Lohr, V. I., Pearson-Mims, C. H., Tarnai, J., & Dillman, D. A.  (2004)  "How Urban Residents Rate and Rank the Benefits and Problems Associated with Trees in Cities." Journal of Arboriculture 30 (1) 28-36.
bullet Paxson. M. C. & Tarnai, (2003)  J.  Comments on Ross and Sanford on Program Improvement.  Assessment and Accountability Forum.  13 (1).
bulletTarnai, J. & Moore, D. (2003) "Testing CAI Questionnaires" In Survey Research Newsletter, Vol 34, No. 1. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois.
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Moore, D. & Tarnai, J.  (2002) “Evaluating Nonresponse in Mail Surveys”  In Groves, R. M., Dillman, D. A., Eltinge, J. L., & Little, R. J. A. (Eds.) Survey Nonresponse.  New York: Wiley-Interscience.
bulletLosh, S. C., Betten, N., Tarnai, J., Tucker, W. P., & Vargas, B.  (In 2001)  When Faculty Evaluate their Administrators in Higher Education? Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Educational Research, 2000.
bulletGillmore, G., Hunter, S., Tarnai, J., Trimble, J., Roberts, C. & Gibson, F. (1999) Assessment in Washington State Universities? In: Assessment and Accountability Forum 10, Summer, pp 8-10,18.?o:p>
bulletTarnai, J.  (1998) Review of S. L. Chow, Statistical Significance: Rationale, Validity, and Utility? (Sage, 1996).  Journal of Official Statistics, Vol 14, No. 3.
bulletTarnai, J., Kennedy, J., & Scudder, D.  (1998)  Organizational Effects of CATI in Small to Medium Survey Centers In: M. Couper, R. Baker, J. Bethlehem, C. Clark, J. Martin, W. Nicholls, & J. OReilly.  (Eds.) Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection.  New York:  Wiley.
bulletLegg, R. F., Sclar, D. A., Nemec, N. L., Tarnai, J., & Mackowiak, J. I. (1997) Cost benefit of sumatriptan to an employer.  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
bulletLegg, R. F., Sclar, D. A., Nemec, N. L., Tarnai, J., & Mackowiak, J. I.  (1997)  Cost-effectiveness of Sumatriptan in a managed care population.  The American Journal of Managed Care, Vol 3, Pp 117-122.
bulletDillman, D. A., Sangster, R. L., Tarnai, J., & Rockwood, T. H.  (1996) Understanding differences in people answers to telephone and mail surveys.  In: M. T. Braverman & J. K. Slater (Eds.) Advances in Survey Research.  New Directions for Evaluation, Number 70, Summer.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
bulletMcKay, R. B., Breslow, M. J., Sangster, R. L., Gabbard, S. M., Reynolds, R. W., Nakamoto, J. M., & Tarnai, J. (1996) Translating survey questionnaires: lessons learned.  In: M. T. Braverman & J. K. Slater (Eds.) Advances in Survey Research.  New Directions for Evaluation, Number 70, Summer.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
bulletTarnai, J., Pavlov, R., Frigon, C.  (1995) Telephone Interviews of Adolescents: Problems and Prospects in a Substance Abuse Prevalence Survey.  Proceedings.  American Statistical Association.  Alexandria, Virginia.
bulletPaxson, M. C., Dillman, D. A., & Tarnai, J. (1994)  Improving response to business mail surveys.  In:  B. G. Cox, D. A. Binder, B. N. Chinnappa,A. Christianson, M. J. Colledge, & P. S. Kott (Eds.) Survey Methods for Businesses, Farms, and Institutions.  New York:  John Wiley & Sons.
bulletFiset, L., Milgrom, P., & Tarnai, J.  (1994)  Dentists' response to financial incentives in a mail survey of malpractice liability experience.  Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 54 (2), Pp. 68-72.
bulletTarnai, J. and Dillman, D.  (1992)  Questionnaire context as a source of response differences in mail vs telephone surveys.  In: N. Schwarz, H. J. Hippler, S. Sudman (Eds.) Order Effects in Social and Psychological Research. New York: Springer-Verlag.
bulletTarnai, J.  (1991) Implementing effective assessment surveys.  Proceedings.  Second Annual Montclair Assessment Conference, Fairfield, N.J., March 14-16, 1991.
bulletDillman, D. and Tarnai, J.  (1991) Mode effects of cognitively designed recall questions:  A comparison of answers to telephone and mail surveys.  In:  Biemer, P. et al. (Eds.) Measurement Errors in Surveys.  New York:  Wiley.
bulletDillman, D. and Tarnai, J.  (1988) Administrative issues in mixed mode surveys.  In:  R. M. Groves, P. Biemer, L. Lyberg, J. Massey, W. L. Nicholls, J. Waksberg (Eds.)  Telephone Survey Methodology.  New York:  Wiley.
bulletHoward, E. G. and Tarnai, J.  (1986)  Needs assessment for continuing engineering education in a high technology region.  Proceedings, World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education, Lake Buena Vista, FL, May 7-9, 1986.
bulletTarnai, J.  (1984)  Answers to questions:  Extroverted vs introverted alcoholics.  Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality, 18, No. 7, 12-13.
bulletTarnai, J. and Young, F. A.  (1983)  The alcoholic's personality: Extrovert or introvert?  Psychological Reports, 53, 123-127.      
bulletKimlicka, T. M., Cross, H. J. and Tarnai, J.  (1983)  A comparison of androgynous, feminine, masculine, and undifferentiated women on self esteem, body satisfaction, and sexual satisfaction.  Psychology of Women Quarterly, 7, (3), 291-294.
bulletTarnai, J., Magnusson-Fagan, N. J., Eichberger, M., Hopkins, R. H. and Mauss, A. L.  (1981)  On re-tooling the teachers:  An evaluation of teacher training in alcohol education.  Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 27 (Fall), 34-46.
bulletMauss, A. L., Hopkins, R. H., Tarnai, J. and Kearney, K. A.  (1980)  Perils and pot shots in preventive research:  A response to Staulcup et al. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 41, 959-962.
bulletRankin, W. L., Tarnai, J., Fagan, N. J., Mauss, A. L. and Hopkins, R. H. (1978)  An evaluation of workshops designed to prepare teachers in alcohol education.  Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 23, 1-13.

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Presentations:
bullet Tarnai, J.  Monitoring CATI Interviewers,  Presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Anaheim, California May 17-20, 2007.
bullet Tarnai, J.  IRB Panel:  Are They For Us or Against Us.  International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Santa Monica, California, May 20-23, 2007.
bullet Tarnai, J.  Discussant for the invited session:  “Oral Translation in Telephone Surveys” 2nd International Conference on Telephone Survey Methodology, Miami, Florida, January 11-15, 2006.
bullet Tarnai, J. & Moore, D.    Measuring and Improving Telephone Interviewer Performance and Productivity, Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Telephone Survey Methodology, Miami, Florida, January 11-15, 2006.
bullet Tarnai, J.  Results of the Survey of Washington State Artists and Arts Workers.  Presented at the Washington Artists Health Insurance Project Forum.  Seattle, Washington,  July 18, 2005.
bullet Tarnai, J. & Paxson, M. C.  Interviewer Judgments about the Quality of Telephone Interviewers,  Presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Miami Beach, Florida May 12-15, 2005.
bullet Tarnai, J., Sampling Options.  International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, May 15-18 2005.
bullet Tarnai, J., Panel on Gaining Cooperation.  International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, May 15-18 2005.
bullet Tarnai, J. & Paxson, M. C.   Survey Mode Preferences of Business Respondents.  Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Phoenix, Arizona, May 20-23, 2004.
bullet Paxson, M. C. & Tarnai, J.   An Experiment to Identify Survey Mode Response Effects by Controlling Nonresponse Errors.  Presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Phoenix, Arizona, May 20-23, 2004.
bullet Tarnai, J., Budgeting for Surveys.  Presented at the International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, May 23-26, 2004.
bullet Tarnai, J.  Evaluation of the Tacoma Washington Alcohol Impact Area (AIA).  Presentation to the Washington State Legislature House Commerce and Labor Committee. (November, 2003).
bullet Tarnai, J.  Evaluation of the Tacoma Washington Alcohol Impact Area (AIA).  Presentation to the Washington State Liquor Control. Board. (June, 2003).
bullet Tarnai, J.  Conducting a Survey to Identify the Unmet Civil Legal Needs of a Low Income Population.  Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Nashville, Tennessee, May 15-18, 2003.
bullet Tarnai, J. & Moore, D.  Comparing Methods for Testing CAI Questionnaires.  Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Nashville, Tennessee, May 15-18, 2003.
bullet Tarnai, J., Web Surveys:  Discussion of Results from a Two-Day Symposium in Web Survey Methods in Mannheim Germany.  Presented at the International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May 18-21, 2003.
bullet Tarnai, J., Budgeting for Surveys.  Presented at the International Field Directors & Technologies Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May 18-21, 2003.
bullet Tarnai, J.  & Moore, D.  Methods for Testing and Evaluating CAI Questionnaires.  Presented at the International Conference on Questionnaire Development, Evaluation, and Testing Methods, Charleston, South Carolina, November 14-17, 2002.
bullet Moore, D. & Tarnai, J.  Improving Mail Surveys of Establishments:  Testing the Effect of Incentives on Questionnaire Completion and Data Quality.  Presented at the International Conference on Questionnaire Development, Evaluation, and Testing Methods, Charleston, South Carolina, November 14-17, 2002.
bullet Tarnai, J.  Incorporating Internet Surveys into Mixed-Mode Survey Designs.  Presented at the Web Survey Workshop and Symposium, ZUMA, Mannheim, Germany, October 17-19, 2002.
bullet Tarnai, J. & Moore  Introduction to Surveys.  Presented at the Washington State Department of Health, Survey Design Workshop, Olympia, Washington, August 20-22, 2002.
bullet Tarnai, J. & Moore  Questionnaire Design.  Presented at the Washington State Department of Health, Survey Design Workshop, Olympia, Washington, August 20-22, 2002.
bullet Tarnai, J.  Web-Based Surveys.  Presented at the Washington State Department of Health, Survey Design Workshop, Olympia, Washington, August 20-22, 2002.
bulletTarnai, J. & Allen, T.  Characteristics of Respondents to a Web Survey of the General Public.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), St. Petersburg, Florida, May 16-19, 2002.
bullet Tarnai, J.,  Budgeting for Surveys.  Presented at the International Field Directors/Field Technologies Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 19-22, 2002.
bulletWolf, S., Valdenegro, J., Mottek-Lucas, A., Tarnai, J., Elver, K.  Panel on How to Handle Growth, Increased Staff, and Multiple Projects with Competing Deadlines.  Presented at the International Field Directors/Field Technologies Conference, Clearwater Beach, Florida, May 19-22, 2002.
bullet Tarnai, J. Issues of Confidentiality and Reporting in Evaluation Surveys of Higher Education Administrators.  Presented at the Joint Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Educational Research and the National Academy for Educational Research, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, November 17-22, 2000.
bulletPaxson, M. C. & Tarnai, J.  Using Grade and Financial Incentives to Improve Student Performance on an End-of-Program Assessment. Presented at the Joint Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Educational Research and the National Academy for Educational Research, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, November 17-22, 2000.
bulletTarnai, J.  Designing Surveys to Estimate Alcohol and Substance Use and Abuse Among Adults and Adolescents. Seminar for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program at Washington State University, Pullman, October 18, 2000.
bulletMoore, D. & Tarnai, J.  A comparison of mixed mode survey strategies for three business populations: telephone with mail follow-up and mail with telephone follow-up. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Establishment Surveys, June 17-21, 2000.  Buffalo, New York.
bulletPhillips, D. & Tarnai, J.  Reducing Nonresponse in Surveys of Vulnerable Populations.? Presented at the International Conference on Survey Nonresponse, Portland, Oregon, October 28-31, 1999.
bulletTarnai, J.  (1999) Chaired the session on question Salience, Question Difficulty and Item Nonresponse in Survey Research. International Conference on Survey Nonresponse, Portland, Oregon, October 28-31, 1999.
bulletTarnai, J.  (1999) Discussant for the session on nonresponse in Longitudinal Surveys. International Conference on Survey Nonresponse, Portland, Oregon, October 28-31, 1999.
bulletTarnai, J., Landry, M., Baxter, R.  (1999)  Screening for adolescents in RDD surveys.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), St. Petersburg, Florida, May 13-16, 1999.
bulletTarnai, J., Trimble, J., Gibson, F., Hunter, S., Gillmore, G., Moore, B., Korn, J., & Taylor, K. (1998) Chaired the session on Learning Outcomes as Accountability Measures: Can it be Done? The 9th Annual Higher Education Assessment Conference, May 13-15.  Bellingham, WA.
bulletTarnai, J. (1997) Claired the session on Response and Nonresponse in Establishment Surveys. The 52nd Annual Conference of the American Association for the Public Opinion Research, May 15-18. Norfolk, Virginai.
bulletTarnai, J. (1997) Chaired the workshop on Linking Assessment and Accreditation, and participated in a panel discussion.  The 8th Annual Higher Education Assessment Conference, May 7-9.  Spokane, WA.
bulletTarnai, J., Bartels, D., & Brown, G. (1997)  Recent Results of Assessing the Effects of Technology on Teaching and Learning.  Presented at the 8th Annual Higher Education Assessment Conference, May 7-9.  Spokane, WA.
bulletTarnai, J., Gillmore, G., Roberts, C., Trimble, J., Gibson. F., Hunter, S., & Seppanen, L. (1997)  Identifying Best Practices for Improving Time-to-Degree: Lessons Learned.  Presented at the 8th Annual Higher Education Assessment Conference, May 7-9.  Spokane, WA.
bulletDecker, E., Hunter, S., Gillmore, J., Tarnai, J., & Roberts, H. (1997)  Keeping Accountability and Learning on Track Together in the Next Decade.  Presented at the 8th Annual Higher Education Assessment Conference, May 7-9.  Spokane, WA.
bulletTarnai, J., Kennedy, J., & Scudder, D.  (1996) Organizational Issues in Implementing CATI in Small to Medium Size Organizations.  Presented at the International Conference on Computer-Assisted Survey Information Collection, December 11-14, 1996.  San Antonio, Texas.
bulletTarnai, J. (1996) Chaired the Panel Presentation on Classroom Experiences with Self-Reflection.  The 2nd Annual Colloquium on Improving Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum through Assessment, November 14-15.  Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.
bulletTarnai, J.  Issues in Designing Surveys.  Presented at the Second Annual Joint Conference on Health, September 17-20, 1995.  Yakima, Washington.
bulletTarnai, J. (Chair)  Marginal Groups and Mainstream Testing.  Presented at the Sixth Annual State of Washington Higher Education Assessment Conference, May 4-5, 1995.  Spokane, Washington.
bulletTarnai, J., Santos, R., & Davey, E.  Organizational Structures & Management Issues.  Presented at the International Field Directors/Field Technologies Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 21-24, 1995.
bulletTarnai, J., Pavlov, R., & Frigon, C.  Telephone Interviews of Adolescents:  Problems and Prospects in a Substance Abuse Prevalence Survey.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 18-21, 1995.
bulletSangster, R. L., Reynolds, R. W., & Tarnai, J.  Translating a Telephone Survey on Alcohol and Drug Use:  Processes and Lessons Learned.  Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Danvers, Massachusetts, May 12-15, 1994.
bulletTarnai, J.  Ways to Communicate Assessment Results to get People's Attention.  Presented at the Fifth Annual State of Washington Higher Education Assessment Conference, May 12-13, 1994.  Seatac, Washington.
bulletTarnai, J.  Designing Surveys for Credible Results.  Presented at the Third Annual Data Users Conference, October 20-21, 1993.  Yakima, Washington.
bulletPaxson, M. C., Dillman, D. A., & Tarnai, J.  Methods for Improving Response to Establishment Mail Surveys.  Presented at the International Conference on Establishment Surveys, June 27-30, 1993.  Buffalo, New York.
bulletTarnai, J., & Smith, S.  End-of-Program Assessment at Washington State University:  Department Plans and Experiences.  Presented at the Fourth Annual State of Washington Higher Education Assessment Conference, May 5-7, 1993.  Olympia, Washington.
bulletTarnai, J., Wong, K., Stromsdorfer, E., and Weeks, G.  Mode Effects and Nonresponse in a Five-Year Longitudinal Survey of Welfare Dependency.  Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), St. Petersburg, Florida, May 16 to 19, 1992.
bulletSeppanen, L. J., Herreid, C., Suskie, L. A., Tarnai, J., & Urban, R. F., Platitudes & Perils of Survey Research for the Institutional Researcher.  Presented at the 32nd Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), Atlanta, Georgia, May 10-13, 1992.
bulletTarnai, J.  Results of a Pilot Test of a Quantitative Skills Examination.  Presented at the 3rd Statewide Conference on Assessment, Spokane, Washington, May 7-8, 1992.
bulletWalkup, H., Gillmore, G., Seppanen, L., Lapoint, E., Hunter, S., Trujillo, G., and Tarnai, J.  Washington's statewide assessment process:  accountability and renewal?  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), San Francisco, May 27-29, 1991.
bulletTarnai, J., Heeringa, S. G., Dillman, D. A., Stromsdorfer, E., and Weeks, G.  Description and evaluation of a design for sampling households "at risk" of welfare dependency.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Pheonix, Arizona, May 16 to 19, 1991.
bulletTarnai, J.  (1991) Implementing effective assessment surveys.  Presented at the Second Annual Montclair Assessment Conference. Fairfield, N.J., March 14-16, 1991.
bulletWalkup, H. and Tarnai, J.  Assessing Washington's state-wide assessment process:  accountability and renewal.  Presented at the Second Annual Montclair Assessment Conference.  Fairfield, N.J., March 14-16, 1991.
bulletTarnai, J. and Dillman, D. A.  A context effect in mail and telephone surveys.  Presented at the First Nags Head Conference on Cognition Survey Research, Nags Head, North Carolina, September 28 to October 1, 1989.            
bulletTarnai, J. and Dillman, D. A.  The effect of prior letters and incentives on increasing response rates in mail surveys.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), St. Petersburg, Florida, May 18 to 21, 1989.
bulletDillman, D. A. and Tarnai, J.  Differences in People's Answers to Telephone and Self-Administered Questionnaires:  Results of Field and Laboratory Experiments.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Toronto, Canada, May 21, 1988.
bulletTarnai, J.  Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing.  Presented at the Workshop on Social Science Research in the Agricultural Experiment Station, January 25 to 27, 1988, Arlington, Virginia.
bulletDillman, D. and Tarnai, J.  Administrative Issues in Mixed Mode Surveys. Presented at the International Conference on Telephone Survey Methodology, November 8 to 11, 1987, Charlotte, North Carolina.
bulletTarnai, J. (Chair), Contributed Paper Session #34, and (Discussant), Invited Paper Session #36.  International Conference on Telephone Survey Methodology, November 8 to 11, 1987, Charlotte, North Carolina.
bulletTarnai, J., Dillman, D. A. and Peterson-Scott, L.  Response quality and quantity in dual frame telephone surveys:  rural vs urban comparisons.  Presented at the International Conference on Telephone Survey Methodology, November 8 to 11, 1987, Charlotte, North Carolina.
bulletDillman, D. A. and Tarnai, J.  Differences in People's Answers to Telephone and Self-Administered Questionnaires:  Results of Field and Laboratory Experiments.  Presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research 43rd annual conference, May 19 to 22, 1988, Toronto, Canada.
bulletTarnai, J., Rosa, E. A. and Peterson-Scott, L.  An empirical comparison of the Kish and the "most recent birthday" method for selecting a random household respondent in telephone surveys.  Presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research 42nd annual conference, May 14 to 17, 1987, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
bulletTarnai, J., Ray, M., Gecas, V., & Lee, G.  A Research Strategy for Assessing the Consequences of Work-Related Injuries.  Presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, May 7-9, 1986, Seattle, WA.
bulletTarnai, J.  Multidimensional scaling of attachments and relationship loss.  Presented at the American Psychological Association meetings, Toronto, Canada, August, 1984.
bulletPaxson, M. C. and Tarnai, J.  Leisure dimensions:  a multidimensional scaling approach.  Presented at the American Psychological Association meetings, Toronto Canada, August, 1984.
bulletTarnai, J.  Psychophysical scaling of attachment and loss.  Presented at the Western Psychological Association meetings, San Francisco, April, 1983.
bulletPaxson, M. C. and Tarnai, J.  Marketing of Prevention Services. Presented at the Western Psychological Association meetings, San Francisco, April, 1983.
bulletTarnai, J., Rankin, W. L., Fagan, N. J., Mauss, A. L. and Hopkins, R. H.  An evaluation of three teacher training models for an alcohol education curriculum.  Presented at the Conference on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Seattle, 1976.

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Papers & Books in Preparation:
bulletTarnai, J. Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing. A book in the Sage Applied Social Research Methods series.
bulletPaxson, M. C. & Tarnai, J.  Using Grade and Financial Incentives to Improve Student Performance on an End-of-Program Assessment.
bulletTarnai, J. & Moore, D.  Methods for Testing and Evaluating CATI Questionnaires.
bulletTarnai, J.  Screening for adolescents in RDD telephone surveys.
bulletTarnai, J.  Using signal detection theory to improve the accuracy of survey questions.