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Public Opinion Quarterly 2007 71(5):703-716; doi:10.1093/poq/nfm049
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Published by Oxford University Press 2007.

Mitofsky–Waksberg

Learning From The Past

J. Michael Brick and Clyde Tucker

e-mail: Mikebrick{at}westat.com

Warren Mitofsky and Joseph Waksberg were two of the most influential researchers in telephone surveys and survey research methods. Their development of the Mitofsky–Waksberg method for random digit dialing sampling revolutionized telephone sampling and surveys. Jointly and separately, Waksberg and Mitofsky were instrumental in the development of many innovative methods and applications. This article reviews some of their contributions and discusses how their approaches to these problems may be a model for addressing issues that are being encountered currently in the United States in cell phone research.

J. MICHAEL BRICK is with Westat, 1650 Research Blvd, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.

CLYDE TUCKER is with Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Rm. 1950, District of Columbia 20212, USA. We would like to thank several people for their help in preparing this article. Mia Mather, Mark Waksberg, Murray Edelman, Daniel Levine, Joe Lenski, Graham Kalton, and Kathy Frankovic reviewed and commented on an earlier draft. Mia Mather and Mark Waksberg provided the photographs. Paul J. Lavrakas and Peter V. Miller encouraged us in the preparation of the article. The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the Bureau of Labor Statistics or the U.S. Department of Labor.


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