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3 Postdoc Fellowships: Graduate School Cologne
by Sprecher der Methodensektion 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

3 Postdoc Fellowships Supported by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung , the Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences awards three post-doctoral fellowships . Applicants from all fields of Economics, Management and Social Sciences who have finished their PhD are invited to apply. We invite applications with a strong research background who work in a field related to one of the existing key research areas at our Faculty; please consult www.wiso.uni-koeln.de. In particular, we encourage applications from researchers interested in doing interdisciplinary research at the boundaries between Economics, Management and/or Social Sciences. Candidates should also have a clear idea of potential research partners within our Faculty. The two-year fellowship includes a monthly fellowship of EUR 1.700 plus allowances for international travel, experiments, etc. Office space and administrative support will be provided by CGS. Applicants should submit a statement outlining their research project and their motivation for joining the UoC, a detailed curriculum vitae, and a list of publications in electronic form to weiler(a)wiso.uni-koeln.de. Two recommendations need to be sent directly to the above mentioned email. Application deadline is: April, 30, 2013.

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Ausschreibung: TV-L 13, 50% Universität Hildesheim
by Sprecher der Methodensektion 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Liebe Kollegin, lieber Kollege, anbei die Anzeige einer Stelle an der Universität Hildesheim. Nähere Angaben finden Sie in der Anlage oder erhalten Sie bei Prof. Dr. Michael Corsten Universität Hildesheim Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Marienburger Platz 22 31141 Hildesheim Tel. 05121-883-502 Fax 05121-883-501 Email: corsten(a)uni-hildesheim.de Beste Grüße Christof Wolf

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Bucherscheinung
by Wolf, Christof 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Liebe Kollegin, lieber Kollege, ich möchte Sie auf eine interessante Neuerscheinung aufmerksam machen: Andreß, Hans-Jürgen, Golsch, Katrin, Schmidt, Alexander W. (2013): Applied Panel Data Analysis for Economic and Social Surveys. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Näheres verrät der angehängte Flyer. Beste Grüße Christof Wolf

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Reminder: CfP ESA 2012 conference, Sessions RN21 "Quantitative Methods"
by Best, Henning 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues, February 1, the deadline for submitting abstracts to the Torino conference, is only a few days away. Thus I would like to remind about submitting abstracts via ESA's online submission system in time. The list of topics for our Quantitative Methods network and details about submission modalities can be found at http://www.esa11thconference.eu/call-for-papers/research-networks/RN21 Simply click on one of the themes and the abstract submission page will open. I look forward to seeing you in Turin in August, Henning Best > > The ESA Research Network 21 "Quantitative Methods" seeks abstract > submissions for the European Sociological Association's 11th Conference > which will take place in > *Torino, Italy 28-31 August 2013.* > > The Quantitative Methods Research Network (RN21) of the European > Sociological Association (ESA) brings together social scientists with a research > interest in quantitative methodology and empirical research, including survey > research, mixed methods, experimental methods, causal inference, > simulation, statistical techniques, comparative methods, and others. The > theme of the 11th conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) > is "Crisis, Critique and Change." In accordance with this thematic RN21 > especially invites papers on quantitative approaches on the contemporary > economic crisis and on crisis and change in quantitative methodology. We > welcome submissions on all quantitative issues, but especially encourage > paper presentations on one of the following topics: > > 01RN21. Measurement Quality and Measurement Equivalence > 02RN21. Standardizing Variables for Cross-National Survey Research > 03RN21. Experimental Methods and Simulation in Sociological Research > 04RN21. Methods and Applications of Social Network Analysis > 05RN21. Mixing Methods: Moving Beyond the Quantitative-Qualitative > Divide > 06RN21. Teaching Quantitative Methods > 07RN21. Quantitative Methods (open) > > We are open for additional topics as long as they can be accommodated in > the conference schedule. Colleagues from outside of Europe are of course > welcome to submit abstracts and participate in the sessions. > *** > > > Authors are invited to submit their abstract either to the general session > (open) or any specific session. Please submit each abstract only to one > session. After abstract evaluation, coordinators will have the chance to > transfer papers between sessions where applicable. > > Abstracts should not exceed 1750 characters (including spaces, > approximately 250 words). Each paper session will have the duration of 1.5 > hours. Normally sessions will include 4 papers. Abstracts can only be > submitted online no later than 1st of February 2013to the submission > platform at: www.esa11thconference.eu. Abstracts sent by email cannot be > accepted. > > The information requested during abstract submission include: 1) name(s), > afflation(s) and email of all the author(s); 2) contact details of presenting > author (postal address, and telephone in addition to email); 3) title of > proposed presentation; 4) up to 4 keywords (optional). Submitting authors > will receive an email of acknowledgement of successful submission receipt. > Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and selected for presentation by the > Research Network; the letter of notification will be sent by the conference > software system in early April 2013. Each author cannot submit more than > two abstracts (as first author). > > *Abstract submission deadline: 1st February 2013* > *Abstract submission platform: http://www.esa11thconference.eu* > > If you have further questions on the conference, please visit the conference > website. If you have any questions on RN21 sessions please do not hesitate > to write an email to henning.best(a)gesis.org . > > I'm looking forward to seeing you in Turin, > Henning Best (ESA RN21 coordinator)

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Reminder: CfP ESA 2012 conference, Sessions RN21 "Quantitative Methods"
by Best, Henning 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Deadline for submitting abstracts: February 1 The ESA Research Network 21 "Quantitative Methods" seeks abstract submissions for the European Sociological Association's 11th Conference which will take place in *Torino, Italy 28-31 August 2013.* The Quantitative Methods Research Network (RN21) of the European Sociological Association (ESA) brings together social scientists with a research interest in quantitative methodology and empirical research, including survey research, mixed methods, experimental methods, causal inference, simulation, statistical techniques, comparative methods, and others. The theme of the 11th conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) is "Crisis, Critique and Change." In accordance with this thematic RN21 especially invites papers on quantitative approaches on the contemporary economic crisis and on crisis and change in quantitative methodology. We welcome submissions on all quantitative issues, but especially encourage paper presentations on one of the following topics: 01RN21. Measurement Quality and Measurement Equivalence 02RN21. Standardizing Variables for Cross-National Survey Research 03RN21. Experimental Methods and Simulation in Sociological Research 04RN21. Methods and Applications of Social Network Analysis 05RN21. Mixing Methods: Moving Beyond the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide 06RN21. Teaching Quantitative Methods 07RN21. Quantitative Methods (open) We are open for additional topics as long as they can be accommodated in the conference schedule. Colleagues from outside of Europe are of course welcome to submit abstracts and participate in the sessions. *** Authors are invited to submit their abstract either to the general session (open) or any specific session. Please submit each abstract only to one session. After abstract evaluation, coordinators will have the chance to transfer papers between sessions where applicable. Abstracts should not exceed 1750 characters (including spaces, approximately 250 words). Each paper session will have the duration of 1.5 hours. Normally sessions will include 4 papers. Abstracts can only be submitted online no later than 1st of February 2013to the submission platform at: www.esa11thconference.eu. Abstracts sent by email cannot be accepted. The information requested during abstract submission include: 1) name(s), afflation(s) and email of all the author(s); 2) contact details of presenting author (postal address, and telephone in addition to email); 3) title of proposed presentation; 4) up to 4 keywords (optional). Submitting authors will receive an email of acknowledgement of successful submission receipt. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed and selected for presentation by the Research Network; the letter of notification will be sent by the conference software system in early April 2013. Each author cannot submit more than two abstracts (as first author). *Abstract submission deadline: 1st February 2013* *Abstract submission platform: http://www.esa11thconference.eu* If you have further questions on the conference, please visit the conference website. If you have any questions on RN21 sessions please do not hesitate to write an email to henning.best(a)gesis.org . I'm looking forward to seeing you in Turin, Henning Best (ESA RN21 coordinator)

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06.-09.03.2013 ++ Computergestützte Analyse ++ MAXQDA-Anwender/innen-Tagung
by Stefan Rädiker 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, vom *06. bis 09. März 2013* findet in Marburg die 15. Tagung zur Computergestützten Analyse Qualitativer Daten (CAQD) statt. Die Tagung steht unter dem Motto „Methoden, Innovationen, Praxis“ und bietet eine Kombination aus Workshops, Methodendiskussion und Berichten aus der Forschungspraxis. Neben den zahlreichen deutschsprachigen und englischsprachigen Workshops besteht erstmals auch die Möglichkeit, an MAXQDA-Einführungskursen in Spanisch und Portugiesisch teilzunehmen. Für Personen, die eher an *quantitativen Methoden und Mixed Methods *interessiert sind, könnte insbesondere der Workshop zur Datenauswertung mit MAXDictio, einem Tool zur Analyse von Worhäufigkeiten und zur Arbeit mit Diktionären, sehr interessant sein. *Ansonsten findet sich hier ein kleiner Auszug aus dem umfangreichen Workshop-Programm:* # Einführungs- und Aufbauworkshops zu MAXQDA # Online-Datenerhebung von Mixed-Methods-Daten # Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse # Kategorien- und Typenbildung # MAXQDA auf SmartPhones und dem iPad # Qualitative Evaluation # MAXQDA für Markt- und Meinungsforscher # Neuerungen in MAXQDA 11 www.caqd.de/workshops-zur-caqd <http://www.caqd.de/workshops-zur-caqd> *Wir freuen uns sehr, Ihnen im Rahmen der CAQD-Tagung drei Keynotes ankündigen zu können:* # Prof. Clive Seale: Sekundäranalyse qualitativer Daten # Prof. Margrit Schreier: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse # Prof. Udo Kuckartz: Computergestützte qualitative Inhaltsanalyse mit MAXQDA Zudem konnten wir Prof. Nigel Fielding für eine Evening Lecture gewinnen, in der er über seine langjährigen Erfahrungen mit der computerunterstützten Analyse qualitativer Daten berichtet. Alle Teilnehmenden haben die Möglichkeit, Erfahrungen im Umgang mit MAXQDA in unserem bewährten „User Forum“ vorzustellen und sich mit anderen Anwendern/innen auszutauschen. In einer Poster Session werden Beispiele aus der Forschungspraxis vorgestellt *(Call for Posters noch bis 31.01.2013*). Alle Informationen zur Tagung sowie das Anmeldeformular (mit reduzierten Preisen für Promovierende) finden Sie auf der Tagungshomepage unter www.caqd.de <http://www.caqd.de>. Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen! *Ihr CAQD-Team* P.S.: Sie finden die CAQD auch bei facebook - www.caqd.de/facebook <http://www.caqd.de/facebook> -- MAGMA - Marburger Arbeitsgruppe für Methoden & Evaluation Leitung: Prof. Dr. Udo Kuckartz Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft; Philipps-Universität Marburg Bunsenstraße 3, 35037 Marburg Telefon: (+49) 6421/28-23026 Fax: -22823 www.methoden-evaluation.de <http://www.methoden-evaluation.de> info(a)caqd.de <mailto:info@caqd.de> *************************************************************** Workshops und Vorträge zur computergestützten Analyse qualitativer Daten 06. – 09. März 2013; CAQD-Tagung; www.caqd.de <http://www.caqd.de/> ***************************************************************

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Reminder: CfP "Natural Experiments in Survey Research"
by Gerrit Bauer 10 Jan '13

10 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues, the deadline for abstract submission is approaching (January 13). Please consider submitting an abstract for our session at ESRA 2013 *Natural Experiments in Survey Research* Experiments are generally regarded as the royal road to causal inference. Yet, social science research often cannot make use of research designs based on randomized laboratory experiments. This is, in part, due to the very nature of social inquiry, which generally is concerned with society. Consequently, critics blame the (alleged) low external validity of lab experiments in the social sciences. Natural experiments can help to reduce these problems as they are set in a real societal context, and external validity can be enhanced. They do, however, face serious problems as well: endogeneity, insufficiencies in standardizing treatment- and control conditions, and self-selection into study- and control group. Advances in data analysis have tackled these problems, and methods such as IV-regression, conditional fixed-effects models and propensity score matching help in identifying unbiased treatment effects. In this session we are particularly interested in papers on identification of treatment effects in natural experiments, research combining surveys with natural-experimental designs, papers that employ multiple methods of treatment estimation, and innovative ways to design or analyze natural experiments in cross-sectional and especially panel surveys. *** For submitting an abstract, please log onto the ESRA website,http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register. The deadline for abstract submission is January 13, 2013. During the submission process, you will be asked to select the area of survey methodology to which your presentation belongs. Here, please select "Survey mode" and then the title of this session: "Natural Experiments in Survey Research". Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries about the session. Thank you very much and best regards Henning Best, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany,henning.best(a)gesis.org Gerrit Bauer, LMU Munich, Germany,gerrit.bauer(a)soziologie.uni-muenchen.de

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2013 German Stata Users Group Meeting
by Ulrich Kohler 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Call for Presentations ===================== Organizers: Johannes Giesecke (University of Bamberg), Ulrich Kohler (University of Potsdam), Place: University of Potsdam Date: June 7, 2013 Submission Deadline: March 1, 2013 Web-Site: http://www.stata.com/meeting/germany13/ About the Conference ------------------- We would like to announce the 11th German Stata Users Group Meeting to be held at the University of Potsdam on Friday, June 7, 2013. We would like to invite everybody from anywhere who is interested in using Stata to attend this meeting. Presentations are sought on topics that include: - user-written Stata programs, - case studies of research or teaching using Stata, - discussions of data management problems, - reviews of analytical issues, - surveys or critiques of Stata facilities in specific fields, etc. The conference language will be English due to the international nature of the meeting and the participation of non-German guest speakers. (See http://www.stata.com/support/meeting for the proceedings of other User Group Meetings.) The academic program of the meeting is being organized by Johannes Giesecke (johannes.giesecke(a)uni-bamberg.de) and Ulrich Kohler (ulrich.kohler(a)uni-potsdam.de) Submission ---------- If you are interested in presenting a paper, please submit an abstract by email to one of the organizers (max 200 words). The deadline for submissions is 1st March 2013. Presentations should be 20 min. or shorter. Finance and Logistics --------------------- Participants are asked to travel at their own expense. There will be a small conference fee to cover costs for coffee, teas, and luncheons. There will also be an optional informal meal at a restaurant in Potsdam on Friday evening at additional cost. The logistics are being organized by Dittrich and Partner (http://www.dpc.de) the distributor of Stata in several countries including Germany, The Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, and Hungary. You can enroll by contacting Anke Mrosek (anke.mrosek(a)dpc.de) by email or by writing, phoning, or faxing to Anke Mrosek Dittrich & Partner Consulting GmbH Prinzenstr. 2 42697 Solingen Tel: +49 (0) 212 260 66-24 Fax: +49 (0) 212 260 66-66 The final program, cost, and venue will be circulated in March 2013. -- Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kohler Lehrstuhl für Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät Universität Potsdam August-Bebel-Straße 89 14482 Potsdam Tel. +49 (0)331 977-3565 Fax +49 (0)331 977-3811 ulrich.kohler(a)uni-potsdam.de http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/soziologie/methoden/index.html

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Reminder CfP Assessing the cross-cultural equivalence of Well-Being approaches
by Aschauer, Wolfgang 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

*** Please excuse any cross-postings of this CfP *** Dear Colleagues, We want to remind you of our session "Assessing the cross-cultural equivalence of Well-Being approaches", which is taking place in Ljubljana at the 5th conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) on July 15-19, 2013. The deadline for abstract submission is approaching (at the end of this week, Sunday, January 13). We are organizing a session with the title Assessing the cross-cultural equivalence of Well-Being approaches Session organizers: Wolfgang Aschauer, Reinhard Bachleitner, Martin Weichbold (all University of Salzburg) Session description: Research on Wellbeing has gained enormous importance during the last years. The motivation to build indices starting from simple indicators of happiness and life-satisfaction towards new multidimensional measurements (e.g. The Gross-National Happiness concept emerging from Bhutan, the National Accounts of Wellbeing adopted in the ESS or the new ONS Wellbeing concept of Great Britain) has developed in a climate of realization, that economically-based measures are not fruitful enough to assess the "healthy" state of a society. Despite this boom, also with regard to cross-national research, the analysis of the comparability of Wellbeing approaches still remains in its infancy. It seems to be common in Wellbeing research to take the cross-cultural equivalence of the concept for granted and to neglect the use of statistical tools for equivalence testing. On the other hand following the common rules of thumb (e.g. with MGCFA) meaning to set certain preconditions that the same items must be valid across different nations can be problematic because till now there is no leading theory on Wellbeing and certain components of the construct are culturally sensitive. Accepting cultural differences and including them in comparative research can be a way out of this dilemma. It seems that locally emerging concepts are often far more valid than approaches with the intent of being universally relevant. Therefore this session highlights the question: How do we best establish comparability under these circumstances and how can we use the strength of existing concepts of Wellbeing for cross-national research? The session aims at participants who work in the field of Wellbeing research and international comparisons. We welcome speakers who statistically try to assess the cross-national equivalence of Wellbeing approaches or try to develop new conceptual frameworks of Wellbeing which can be applied to cross-national research. Abstracts should be submitted via the online submission system: http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register <http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register> . Steps for submission of abstracts: 1. Log in or create an ESRA account (on the submission website) 2. Go to the submission website, log-in and click on "Submit a paper" (Please note: It is not necessary to submit a paper, just an abstract containing 250 words at maximum) 3. Select the area of Substantive Applications for your submission and choose our session from the drop down menu (fourth from top). Please submit abstracts of 200-250 words and indicate five keywords. Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 13, 2013 Applicants will be notified if their papers are accepted by January 27, 2013 We kindly invite you to submit abstracts to this session and forward this call to those who might be interested and does not receive this member list news. Thank you very much and best regards Wolfgang Aschauer MMag. Dr. Wolfgang Aschauer Ass. Prof. Division Sociology and Cultural Science University of Salzburg Rudolfskai 42 5020 Salzburg e-mail: wolfgang.aschauer(a)sbg.ac.at <mailto:wolfgang.aschauer@sbg.ac.at> homepage: http://www.uni-salzburg.at/soziologie/aschauer <http://www.uni-salzburg.at/soziologie/aschauer> Von: Aschauer, Wolfgang Gesendet: Freitag, 30. November 2012 16:25 An: 'methoden(a)mailman.uni-konstanz.de' Betreff: Session: Assessing the cross-cultural equivalence of Well-Being approaches at ESRA Conference in Ljubljana *** Please excuse any cross-postings of this CfP *** Dear Colleagues, We want to inform you of a session, which is taking place in Ljubljana at the 5th conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) on July 15-19, 2013. We are organizing a session with the title Assessing the cross-cultural equivalence of Well-Being approaches Session organizers: Wolfgang Aschauer, Reinhard Bachleitner, Martin Weichbold (all University of Salzburg) http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/sessions?meth=Substant ive%20applications <http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/sessions?meth=Substan tive%20applications> Abstracts should be submitted via the online submission system: http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register <http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register> . Steps for submission of abstracts: 1. Log in or create an ESRA account (on the submission website) 2. (Go to the submission website, log-in) and click on "Submit a paper" 3. Select the area of Substantive Applications for your submission and choose our session from the drop down menu (fourth from top). Please submit abstracts of 200-250 words and indicate five keywords. Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 13, 2013 Applicants will be notified if their papers are accepted by January 27, 2013 We kindly invite you to submit papers to this session and forward this call to those who might be interested and does not receive this member list news. Thank you very much and best regards Wolfgang Aschauer MMag. Dr. Wolfgang Aschauer Ass. Prof. Division Sociology and Cultural Science University of Salzburg Rudolfskai 42 5020 Salzburg e-mail: wolfgang.aschauer(a)sbg.ac.at <mailto:wolfgang.aschauer@sbg.ac.at> homepage: http://www.uni-salzburg.at/soziologie/aschauer <http://www.uni-salzburg.at/soziologie/aschauer>

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Reminder: CfP "The Trouble with Logit and Probit"
by Best, Henning 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues, the deadline for abstract submission is approaching (January 13). Please consider submitting an abstract for our session at ESRA 2013 *The Trouble with Logit and Probit: Teaching and Presenting Nonlinear Probability Models * *** While researchers in the social sciences have used Logit and Probit routinely since the 1990s, some of the difficulties in using various types of nonlinear probability models have received increased attention in recent years only. At least three important methodological problems have been raised in the discussion: - The general interpretation of the coefficients is not as straightforward as in OLS - Coefficients cannot easily be compared between subgroups - Coefficients cannot easily be compared between nested models Some of the difficulties stem from what has come to be known as "neglected heterogeneity". There are interesting suggestions on how to cope with neglected heterogeneity mathematically, and on how to interpret the coefficients in a meaningful way. Yet, these suggestions still have to trickle down to teaching quantitative methods, especially in undergraduate courses on multivariate statistics. Additionally, standards on how to present nonlinear models in publications still have to be established. Is the tabular presentation of coefficients we all are used to from linear models equally appropriate for Logit and Probit? In this session we especially seek presentations on approaches to interpreting and presenting Logit and Probit results, as well as suggestions and experiences for teaching nonlinear models without neglecting these important problems. *** For submitting an abstract, please log onto the ESRA website, http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register. The 5th European Survey Research Association (ESRA) conference will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from July 15-19, 2013. The deadline for abstract submission is January 13, 2013. During the submission process, you will be asked to select the area of survey methodology to which your presentation belongs. Here, please select "Survey analysis techniques" and then the title of this session: "The Trouble with Logit and Probit: Teaching and Presenting Nonlinear Probability Models". Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries about the session. Thank you very much and best regards Henning Best, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany, (henning.best(a)gesis.org) Klaus Pforr, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany, (klaus.pforr(a)gesis.org)

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