Robert M. Groves is professor of sociology and a senior research scientist at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research.  The author, co-author, or editor of several classic books on survey methods, including "Telephone Survey Methodology" and "Survey Errors and Survey Costs,"  he is also the author or co-author of more than 50 journal articles and book chapters, and of more than 100 conference proceedings papers or presentations on survey methods.   An elected fellow of the American Statistical Association, an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, and past president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Groves currently serves on the National Research Council's Committee on National Statistics, the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, and the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate.

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