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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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CfP ESRA 2013 Session: Analyzing, standardizing and harmonizing field reports
by Gerrit Bauer 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues, The 5th European Survey Research Association (ESRA) conference will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from July 15-19, 2013. We invite you to submit a presentation to our session *Analyzing, standardizing and harmonizing field reports* While most surveys document substantive methodological concerns in field reports and make those usually available to data users, field reports are seldom used in research on survey methodology. We recently find an increasing number of studies exploiting paradata, such as data on interviewer characteristics (voice, communication skills, convincing strategies, etc.) or for example the time and day of each single interview. Usually, such studies are based on paradata from one survey only. Field reports may be regarded as an alternative source of paradata. Though paradata are then aggregated on a higher level, a database of multiple field reports is highly informative for survey research: - How does the interview mode affect nonresponse? - How does the number of contacts affect attrition bias? - What is the effect of different institutions (universities versus commercial firms) sponsoring the survey on response rates, etc.? In this session, we invite presentations that use field reports (and possibly others sources of aggregated paradata) in order to address methodological concerns as for instance nonresponse, attrition bias and sampling errors. We also encourage colleagues to submit presentation proposals addressing the standardization and harmonization of field reports and such that deal with the coding of field reports into data that can be analysed in next steps. 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 "Paradata and Fieldwork" and then the title of this session: "Analyzing, standardizing and harmonizing field reports". Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries about the session. Thank you very much and best regards Benjamin Gedon, LMU Munich, Germany,benjamin.gedon(a)soziologie.uni-muenchen.de Gerrit Bauer, LMU Munich, Germany,gerrit.bauer(a)soziologie.uni-muenchen.de

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CfP ESA 2012 conference, Sessions RN21 "Quantitative Methods"
by Best, Henning 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

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 relevant Research Network or Research Stream; 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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Call for papers ESRA 2013. Session: The use of respondent incentives in face-to-face surveys: Effects on response rates, survey error and survey costs
by Pforr, Klaus 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

Dear Colleagues, The 5th European Survey Research Association (ESRA) conference will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from July 15-19, 2013. We invite you to submit a presentation to our session "The use of respondent incentives in face-to-face surveys: Effects on response rates, survey error and survey costs " ---------Session Details Decreasing response rates have become a major concern for face-to-surveys in modern societies in the last decades. To counter this downward trend, one possible and often used measure is respondent incentives. Incentives are used in a large variety of forms, modes and value, and survey modes. While there is evidence for a positive effect of incentives on response rates, there is still debate on the effects on survey error. Respondent incentives may increase sample selectivity by attracting a specific subset of respondents over proportionally to the survey. Incentives may also systematically change answers by survey respondents, thus producing measurement error, by changing survey participants' perception of the study or their motivation for participation. As incentives increase direct survey costs, research on the overall cost effectiveness of incentives is needed. Incentives may ease contact processes or increase data quality, thus save the survey enterprise fieldwork or data editing costs. Contributions sought for this session will address one or more of following research questions: · Effects of respondent incentives on survey outcome: How are contact, cooperation, response rates influenced by incentives? · Effects of respondent incentives on sample composition and nonresponse bias. Do incentives differentially affect the response propensity of various subgroups of the population? · Effects of respondent incentives on measurement error. Do respondent incentives change the response behavior during the interview? · Are respondent incentives cost effective? Can savings in terms of fieldwork effort outweigh the direct expenses for incentives? We want to focus the session on contributions from large-scale face-to-face surveys. We prefer results from experimental studies; however, all studies addressing the research questions are welcome. ------------ 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 "Unit Nonresponse and attrition" and then the title of this session: " The use of respondent incentives in face-to-face surveys: Effects on response rates, survey error and survey costs ". Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries about the session. Thank you very much and best regards Klaus Pforr, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany, klaus.pforr(a)gesis.org<mailto:klaus.pforr@gesis.org> Ulrich Krieger, University of Mannheim, Germany, Ulrich.Krieger(a)uni-mannheim.de<mailto:Ulrich.Krieger@uni-mannheim.de> Michael Blohm, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany, michael.blohm(a)gesis.org<mailto:michael.blohm@gesis.org> __________________________________ Klaus Pforr GESIS -- Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaft B2,1 Postfach 122155 D - 68072 Mannheim Tel: +49 621 1246 298 Fax: +49 621 1246 100 E-Mail: klaus.pforr(a)gesis.org<mailto:klaus.pforr@gesis.org> __________________________________

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Call for Papers: "Using Paradata to Improve Survey Data Quality" at the next ESRA conference
by Sprecher der Methodensektion 03 Dec '12

03 Dec '12

Dear colleagues, Annelies Blom, Oliver Lipps and me are organizing a session on "Using Paradata to Improve Survey Data Quality" at the next ESRA conference and would like to invite you to submit a proposal. We believe that your research might well fit within the scope of our session. Please find the complete session outline below. The call for papers will remain open until 13 January 2013. During this period, we welcome you to submit a proposal for a paper online on the ESRA website. You will find our session in the section "paradata and fieldwork". You can find more information about the conference on http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/ Please feel free to contact us in case you have any questions. We look forward to your proposal and hope to see you in Ljubljana. Kind regards, Annelies Blom Oliver Lipps Volker Stocké Session Description: "Paradata" are measures of the survey data collection process, such as data describing interviewer or respondent behaviour or data available from the sampling frame, such as administrative records. Examples of paradata are call-record data in CATI surveys, keystroke information from CAI, timestamp files, observations of interviewer behaviour or respondents' response latencies. These data can be used to enrich questionnaire responses or to provide information about the survey (non-)participation process. In many cases paradata are available at little additional cost. However, there is a lack of theoretically guided reasoning about how to use available paradata indicators to assess and improve the quality of survey data. Areas which might benefit from the effective use of paradata are: - Paradata in fieldwork monitoring and nonresponse research: Survey practitioners can for example monitor fieldwork progress and interviewer performance (Japec 2005, Laflamme et al. 2008). They are also indispensable in responsive designs as real-time information about fieldwork and survey outcomes which affect costs and errors (Groves and Heeringa 2006). In methodological research into interviewer (Lipps 2008, Blom et al. 2011) or fieldwork (Lipps 2009) effects, consistent predictors of nonresponse and nonresponse bias (Blom et al. 2010), the jury is still out on the added value of paradata. - Paradata to understand respondent behavior: Paradata might aid assessing of the quality of survey responses, e.g. by means of response latencies (Callegaro et al. 2009, Stocké 2004) or back-tracking (Stieger and Reips 2010). Research has used paradata to identify uncertainty in the answers given by respondents, e.g., if respondents frequently alter their answers, need a lot of time, or move the cursor over several answer options. Papers in this session consider all aspects of measuring, preparing and analyzing paradata for data quality improvement in longitudinal as well as cross sectional surveys. Prof. Dr. Volker Stocké Professur für Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung Universität Kassel Fachbereich 05 Gesellschaftswissenschaften Nora-Platiel-Str. 5, Raum 2122 34109 Kassel E-Mail: volker.stocke(at)uni-kassel.de Phone: +49-561 804-3127 Fax: +49-561 804-3464 Homepage: http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb05/fachgruppen/soziologie/methoden-der-empirisch… Privat: Terrasse 17 34117 Kassel Phone: +49-561-40700024 Gartenfeldstr. 35 68169 Mannheim Mobile: +49(0)176-61030014

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