Conference Presentations

Hildebrandt, A., Dicklitch-Nelson, S., Rahman, I., and Yost, B.A. (2022). Predicting State Protection for Sexual Minority Human Rights. Paper presented at the 2022 American Political Science Association Conference, September 15 – 18, 2022. Montreal, CA.
Medvic, S.K. and Yost, B. A. (2022). Explaining Resistance to Factional Affiliation Among Voters. Paper presented at the 2022 American Political Science Association Conference, September 15 – 18, 2022. Montreal, CA.
Medvic, S., and Yost, B. (2021). Party Factions among the Voters. Paper presented at the 2021 State of the Parties: 2020 and Beyond Virtual Conference, November 4 – 5, 2021. The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, The University of Akron.
Troy, A., Ciuk, D., Johnston, B., Yost, B. (2018). Did Voters Accurately Predict Their Emotional Responses to Trump? Affective Forecasts of the 2016 US Presidential Election. Paper presented at the 2018 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Convention, March, 2018, Atlanta, GA.
Redman, J, Thompson, S., Yost, B.A. (2017). Results of a Multi-Mode Design on Pre-election Surveys. Paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2017, New Orleans, LA.
Yost, B., Thompson, S., Miller, K., Abbott, C. (2016). Physical and Mental Health Conditions in Five Plain Communities. Paper presented at the Continuity and Change: 50 Years of Amish Society International Conference, June 2016, Elizabethtown, PA.
Redman, J, Thompson, S., Yost, B.A. (2016). Multi-Mode Political Surveys. Poster presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2016, Miami, FL.
Ciuk, D, Friedrich, R.J., Medvic, S. K., Schousen, M.M.,Thompson, S.L., Troy, A.K., and Yost, B.A. (2014). What Ideology Means and What it Does: Citizen Concepts of, and Physiological Responses to, Ideological Terms. Paper presented at the American Association of Political Science Annual Conference, August 2014, Washington, DC.
Walters, K., Dimmock, A., Bascom, R., Howrylak, J., Miller, K., Yost, B. (2014). Biobehavioral Risk Factors for Asthma in the Amish and General Populations of Central Pennsylvania. Poster presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference, San Diego, CA.
Ciuk, D. and Yost, B. (2013). The Effects of Information, Issue Salience, and Elite Cues on Public Opinion. Paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Dicklitch, S., Yost, B., Dougan, B. (2011) Building a Barometer of Gay Rights (BGR): A Case Study of Uganda and the Persecution of Homosexuals. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
Coco, A., Horst, M.A., Cavanaugh, E., Cohen, D., Yost, B.A., Miller, K., and Knittle, A. (2010). The Association of Sleep and Common Cold Symptom Severity. Poster presented at the Lancaster General Health Research Institute 3rd Annual Health Sciences Poster Session, May 2010, Lancaster, PA.
Yost, B., Nankerville, B. (2009). Implications of Offering a Don’t Know Option on Presidential Preference Polls. Poster presentation, American Association for Public Opinion Research, 64th Annual Conference, Hollywood, FL.
Yost, B. A., Miller, K. (2007) Health Status and Health Behaviors of Amish Women. Paper presented at the Amish in America International Conference, June 2007, Elizabethtown, PA.
Harding, J., Yost, B., Knittle, A. (2007) Should I Stay of Should I Go? Predictors of Telephone Interviewer Tenure. Paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2007, Anaheim, CA.
Knittle, A., Yost, B., Harding, J. (2007) Measuring Interviewer Performance: Are We Over-Quantifying? Paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2007, Anaheim, CA.
Yost, B. A., Harding, J. L., Abbott, C. L, & Knittle, A. (2005). The do not call registry: Friend or foe? The effect of the do not call list on survey response. Paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2005, Miami, FL.
Harding, J. L., Knittle, A., Yost, B. A., & Abbott, C. L, & Knittle, A. (2005). Amish women’s health survey: Methodological considerations with unique populations on sensitive topics. Paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2005, Miami, FL.
Abbott, C.L., Yost, B.A., Harding, J.L. (2004). Measures of Personality Type and Interviewer Performance: Tools for Interviewing Training. Paper presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2004, Phoenix, AZ.
Abbott, C.L., Yost, B.A., Harding, J.L., Markel, J. (2004). Effects of Optical Mark Read (OMR) Technology on Response Rates of Self-Administered Surveys. Poster presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2004, Phoenix, AZ.
Abbott, C.L., Yost, B.A., Harding, J.L., Francis, S.A. (2003). Personality Type as a Predictor of Interviewer Performance. Poster presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, May 2003, Nashville, TN.
Yost, B., Bohl-Fabian, L., Petri, J. (2001) A Longitudinal Study of Perceived Satisfaction with Undergraduate Education of Students and Graduates of a Public University System. Paper presented at the American Association of Higher Education Assessment Conference, Denver, CO. June 24 -27.
Sims, B., and Yost, B.A. (1999) Crime Victimization in Pennsylvania: Results of a Statewide Telephone Survey. Paper presented at the 1999 American Society of Criminology Conference, Ontario, Canada. November 17-21.
Yost, B.A. (1999) Rethinking Partisanship in Pennsylvania's Electorate. Paper presented at the Pennsylvania Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Villanova University.
Kozlowski, L.T., Yost, B.A., Stine, M. M., Goldberg, M.E., Celebucki, C.(1999). Effects of different questioning procedures on perceived risks of smoking light and ultra-light cigarettes. Poster presented at the Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, March, San Diego, CA.
Yost, B.A., (1998) Legislative and citizen attitudes toward campaign reform. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Huntingdon, PA.
Kozlowski, L.T., Goldberg, M.E., Palmer, R., Sweeney, C.T., White, E.L., Yost, B.A., & Pillitteri, J.L. (1998) Smoker's reactions to information about the dangers of Light cigarettes: Results of a national survey. Poster presentation presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. New Orleans, LA.
Stine, M.M., Kozlowski, L.T., Yost, B.A., White, E.L., & Sweeney, C.T. (1998) Possible bias in multiplicity sampling in health surveys. Poster presentation presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. New Orleans, LA.
Kozlowski, L.T., Sweeney, C.T., Goldberg, M.E., Ahern, F.M., & Yost, B.A. (1997). Self-reported reasons for smoking ultra-light and light cigarettes: Results of a national survey. Poster presentation at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Kozlowski, L.T., Goldberg, M.E., Yost, B.A., Ahern, F.M., Aronson, K.R., & Sweeney, C.T. (1996). Smokers are unaware of the filter vents now on most cigarettes: Results of a national survey. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Bentley, M.E. and Yost, B.A. (1993). Performance Measures for Academic Medical Centers: Measuring Bias in the Pennsylvania Data. Poster session, presented at the Association of Health Care Policy and Research. Washington, D.C.