Dr. Michael Brick is a senior statistician, a Westat Vice President, and Director of the Survey Methods Unit, and Associate Director of the Statistical Staff at Westat. He is also a research professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland and research adjunct professor at the University of Michigan. With more than 30 years of experience, he has special expertise in sample design and estimation for large surveys, the theory and practice of telephone surveys, the techniques of Total Quality Management and survey quality control, nonresponse and bias evaluation, and survey methodology. Dr. Brick has contributed to the statistical and substantive aspects of numerous studies and to statistical methodology research in several areas, including establishment, education, transportation, and product injury studies. Dr. Brick is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.