October 2019 - Methoden - mailman.uni-konstanz.de

courses on DIGITAL BEHAVIORAL DATA by GESIS Spring Seminar
by Busch, Kathrin 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Sorry for cross-posting. Dear colleagues, The program of the 49th GESIS Spring Seminar on "Digital Behavioral Data" is online and registration is open. The Spring Seminar 2020 will be held from 2 to 20 March at GESIS in Cologne, Germany. All courses are taught in English. Three one-week courses are scheduled: Week 1: Fundamentals of Data Analysis with Python<https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0xA33E4024A2554302…> 02.03.2020 - 06.03.2020 - Dr. John McLevey, Jillian Anderson Week 2: A Practical Introduction to Machine Learning in Python<https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0xA33E4024A2554302…> 09.03.2020 - 13.03.2020 - Dr. Damian Trilling, Dr. Anne Kroon Week 3: Social Network Analysis with Digital Behavioral Data<https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0xA33E4024A2554302…> 16.03.2020 - 20.03.2020 - Dr. David Garcia, Max Pellert Thanks to a cooperation with the Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences<https://www.cgs.uni-koeln.de/> of the University of Cologne, participants can obtain 3 ECTS credit points per one-week course. There is no registration deadline, but in order to secure a place in the course(s) of your choice and to book affordable accommodation, we strongly recommend that you register as soon as possible. You will find more information on the Spring Seminar website<https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&pID=0xA33E4024A2554302B3EF4AECFC3…> and on GESIS Training.<https://www.gesis.org/en/services/events/gesis-training> Thank you and best wishes, Kathrin Busch from the GESIS Spring Seminar team GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences GESIS Training email: springseminar(a)gesis.org<mailto:springseminar@gesis.org> web: https://www.gesis.org/en/services/events/gesis-training facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GESISTraining

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CfP Workshop, Women in CSS
by Kressin Lisa 29 Oct '19

29 Oct '19

Liebe Kolleg*innen, anbei sende ich Ihnen einen Call for Proposals für einen Workshop zu, der sich an «Women in Computational Social Science» primär unterhalb der Professur richtet. Der Workshop findet vom 14.-16. Mai 2020 in Luzern statt. Gerne möchten wir Sie auch bitten, den Call an potentiell Interessierte weiterzuleiten. Vielen Dank! Mit besten Grüssen Lisa Kressin und Rahel Estermann Lisa Kressin, M.A. Doktorandin SNF-Forschungsmitarbeiterin Soziologisches Seminar | Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät | Universität Luzern Frohburgstrasse 3 | Postfach 4466 | CH-6002 Luzern

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Call for submissions to special issue on "The Use of Open-Ended Questions in Surveys"
by Neuert, Cornelia 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, We invite you to submit a manuscript to the mda special issue on "The Use of Open-Ended Questions in Surveys". Please find the call for papers below. Best regards Cornelia Neuert, Katharina Meitinger, Dorothée Behr, Matthias Schonlau Guest editors ***************************************************************************************************************** The Use of Open-Ended Questions in Surveys The proportion of open-ended questions administered in scientific surveys has declined significantly since the beginnings of survey research. The main reasons for this decline were that the collection and, in particular, the analysis of open-ended questions were considered to be very laborious compared to the gain in information. In recent years, the value of open-ended questions has been rediscovered in survey research as there are various research situations where open-ended question can provide crucial information that closed-ended questions cannot deliver, e.g. understanding reasons for reluctance or refusal, testing methodological theories and hypotheses, evaluating the comprehensibility and validity of questions or assessing the comparability of survey questions across different languages or cultural contexts. Furthermore, major technological innovations have been introduced that can tackle some of the challenges associated with open-ended questions. First and foremost, the possibility to collect data on web surveys has eliminated the need to transcribe the responses. Moreover, new technological innovations help to automatically transcribe spoken language into textual responses. Additionally, manual coding has been facilitated through novel technologies and software solutions that help to analyze large amounts of data (more or less) automatically. The full potential of these technological innovations for open-ended questions has not yet been explored. The goal of this mda special issue is to present and promote cutting-edge uses of open-ended questions and their applications relevant for achieving high-quality data. We invite submissions in the following areas: · New approaches of asking open-ended questions, e.g. for pretesting purposes or for assessing the comparability of cross-cultural survey data; for investigating the performance of open-ended questions in different survey modes or for testing both substantive as well as methodological hypotheses, as well as novel ways of supplementing quantitative data with open-ended question formats. · Innovations in analyses techniques and data collection, such as technical advancements in computational text analysis, e.g. automatic coding of verbal answers to open-ended questions; answering open-ended questions via video capture or voice recording. · On the applied side, we encourage submissions showing the potential of open-ended questions to aid survey research (e.g. open-ended questions as indicators of response quality in survey interviews, the effect of open-questions on following closed-ended questions). · Research on the most appropriate design of open-ended questions in terms of data quality (in different survey modes), including concrete recommendations. However, the list of topics is not exclusive. Submission procedure and timeline If you are interested in submitting a manuscript to the mda special issue on "The Use of Open-Ended Questions in Surveys", please upload your manuscript at https://mda.gesis.org/index.php/mda/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions following the guidelines of the mda until February15, 2020. Guidelines for manuscript preparation can be found in the information for authors: http://mda.gesis.org/index.php/mda/about/submissions#authorGuidelines<https://mda.gesis.org/index.php/mda/about/submissions#authorGuidelines>. When submitting the manuscript, please indicate in the field "Comments for the Editor" that this is a manuscript for the Special Issue on "The Use of Open-Ended Questions in Surveys". Upon submission, manuscripts will be peer-reviewed in accordance with standard journal practice. Accepted papers will be published Online First before print. The printed special issue will appear in January 2021. Queries about this special issue should be directed to Cornelia Neuert at cornelia.neuert(a)gesis.org<mailto:cornelia.neuert@gesis.org>. The detailed time schedule is as follows: _ Deadline for manuscript submission: February 15, 2020 _ Decision on the full papers: June 1, 2020 _ Deadline for the submission of revised manuscripts: September 1, 2020 _ Final decision: November 1, 2020 _Online first publications: September-December 2020 _ Publication of the Special Issue: January 2021 --------------------------------------------- Dr. Cornelia Neuert GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Survey Design and Methodology P.O. Box 12 21 55 68072 Mannheim, Germany phone: +49 621 1246 225 fax: +49 621 1246 100 email: cornelia.neuert(a)gesis.org<mailto:cornelia.neuert@gesis.org> www.gesis.org<http://www.gesis.org/> Access to cognitive pretesting results can be found under: http://pretest.gesis.org<http://pretest.gesis.org/>

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Programm Tagung Methodensektion/ASI 15. und 16. November 2019
by Schröder, Jette 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Liebe Mitglieder der Methodensektion, hiermit übersende ich Ihnen das Programm der gemeinsamen Tagung der Methodensektion und der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute e.V. (ASI) zum Thema „Empirische Sozialforschung in Zeiten der Digitalisierung – Methodische Konsequenzen neuer Technologien der Datenerhebung“. Die Tagung findet am 15. und 16. November 2019 bei GESIS in Köln statt. Die Anmeldung zur Tagung ist über folgenden Link möglich: https://www.asi-ev.org<https://www.asi-ev.org/index.php?id=2> Melden Sie sich bitte möglichst frühzeitig an, da die Zahl der Plätze begrenzt ist. Beste Grüße Jette Schröder Dr. Jette Schröder Geschäftsführerin Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute e. V. (ASI) Postfach 12 21 55 68072 Mannheim Tel: 0621 1246 551 E-Mail: asi(a)asi-ev.org<mailto:asi@asi-ev.org> www.asi-ev.org<http://www.asi-ev.org/>

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CfP: IAB interdisciplinary Ph.D. Workshop "PERSPECTIVES ON (UN-)EMPLOYMENT"
by Tobias Wolbring 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Liebe AbonnentInnen des Methodenverteilers, anbei ein CfP für einen Ph.D. Workshop zum Thema "Beschäftigung" am IAB. Keynote-Speaker sind David Card und Arne Kalleberg. Beste Grüße Tobias Wolbring --- Prof. Dr. Tobias Wolbring Chair of Empirical Economic Sociology School of Business, Economics and Society Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Findelgasse 7/9 D-90402 Nürnberg Office: +49 911 5302 950 tobias.wolbring(a)fau.de<mailto:tobias.wolbring@fau.de> http://www.wirtschaftssoziologie.wiso.uni-erlangen.de/ https://sites.google.com/site/tobiaswolbring/

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Call for Posters - MAXQDA International Conference 2020 & Workshopangebot im Oktober
by Sarah Schneider - MAXQDA Research Network 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Liebe Listenmitglieder, der Call for Poster für die kommende MAXQDA International Conference (MQIC) vom 26. – 28. Februar 2020 ist bis zum 31. Januar 2020 offen. Die MQIC Poster Präsentation findet am Mittwoch, den 26. Februar statt und der Autor/die Autorin des besten Posters erhält einen Preis in Höhe von 200,00 EUR. Mehr Informationen zum CfP und zur MQIC finden Sie hier: https://conference.maxqda.com/call-for-posters Hier finden Sie unsere MAXQDA Workshops und Webinare im Oktober: MAXQDA Workshops (vollständige Auflistung: http://bit.ly/MAXQDA_Workshops_DE) • Deutsch: 18. Oktober (Berlin): „MAXQDA 2018 – Starter Workshop 10/19“ • Deutsch: 22. Oktober – 10. Dezember (Online): „MAXQDA FAHRSCHULE - Live-Online-Seminar • 8 Abende“ • Englisch: 7.-10. Oktober (Online): „MAXQDA 2018 for Windows and Mac - The Essentials for Research Success“ • Spanisch: 14.-16. Oktober (Arica, Chile): „MAXQDA Analytics Pro 18.02: Nuevas herramientas para el análisis cualitativo“ Kostenlose MAXQDA Webinare (vollständige Auflistung: http://bit.ly/MAXQDA_Webinare_DE) • Deutsch: „Einführung in die Qualitative Forschung mit MAXQDA“: 10., 14., & 21. Oktober • Deutsch: „Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse mit MAXQDA (Fortgeschritten)“: 22. Oktober • Deutsch: „Literaturauswertung mit MAXQDA (Fortgeschritten)“: 28. Oktober • Englisch: „Complex Coding Queries with MAXQDA (Advanced)“: 10. Oktober • Englisch: „Introduction to Qualitative Research with MAXQDA“: 16. Oktober • Spanisch: „Análisis Documental Bibliográfico con MAXQDA“: 17. Oktober • Spanisch: „Introducción a MAXQDA. Fundamentos básicos de codificación“: 30. Oktober Bei Fragen zum Call for Poster oder den MAXQDA Trainings stehe ich Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung. Melden Sie sich zum MAXQDA Newsletter an und verpassen Sie keine Aktionen und Updates mehr. Hier geht es zur Anmeldung: https://www.maxqda.de/newsletter-anmelden. Beste Grüße Sarah Schneider -- Sarah Schneider - Community Development & Communications Manager VERBI Software – Consult - Sozialforschung GmbH Invalidenstraße 74 10557 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 30 206 22 59 29 Fax: +49 (0) 30 206 22 59 30 www.maxqda.com / www.maxqda.de Register: HRB 78781, AG Berlin Charlottenburg, Germany USt-Id: DE 813142743 - Geschäftsführerin / CEO: Anne Kuckartz M.A.

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