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Tagung "Soziale Netzwerke", Köln, 31.3./1.4.06, Sektion Modellbidung und Simulation
by Methoden Sektion 10 Mar '06

10 Mar '06

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, anbei sende ich eine Tagungsankündigung der Sektion "Mordellbildung und Simulation". Ein schönes Wochenende wünscht Christof Wolf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sprecher der Sektion Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie Tel. 0621 1246-153, 184 -------------------------------------------------------------- Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich freue mich, Ihnen das Programm der Frühjahrstagung "Soziale Netzwerke" der DGS-Sektion Modellbildung und Simulation bekannt geben zu können, die am 31. März und 1. April 2006 am Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschafts- forschung in Köln stattfinden wird. Das Programm kann eingesehen werden unter http://www.socio.ethz.ch/diekmann/modsim/tagungen/koeln06program.pdf Vielen Dank an Lothar Krempel für die Organisation der Tagung. Melden Sie sich bitte bei Lothar Krempel (krempel(a)mpifg.de) falls Sie an der Tagung teilnehmen möchten. Bitte geben Sie auch an, ob Sie am Freitag am gemeinsamen Abendessen teilnehmen möchten oder nicht. Informationen zur Anreise und zu Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten finden Sie unter http://www.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de/ins/anreise_de.html und http://www.socio.ethz.ch/diekmann/modsim/tagungen/koeln06hotel.pdf Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Ben Jann --

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Programm der Frühjahrstagung
by Methoden Sektion 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, anbei sende ich Ihnen das Programm zur Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung der DGS. Die Tagung findet am 24. und 25. März 2006 statt und trägt den Titel "Individuen und soziale Kontexte: Theoretische Konzepte und empirische Analysen". Tagungsort ist das Gerhard Mercator Haus der Universität Duisburg-Essen am Standort Duisburg, lokale Organisatorin ist Petra Stein. Das gewählte Thema und der Ort stehen im Zusammenhang mit der Emeritierung von Prof. Dr. Hans J. Hummell. Dank des großen Interesses an dem Thema, aber auch am Werk von und der Person Hans J. Hummells ist das Programm ungewöhnlich umfangreich und verspricht sehr gute und interessante Wissenschaft. Ich würde mich sehr freuen, Sie in Duisburg begrüßen zu können. Bitte melden Sie Ihre Teilnahme bei Frau Petra Stein an: p.stein(a)uni-duisburg.de Sollten Sie Mitglied der Sektion sein, möchte ich Sie hiermit zusätzlich zu unserer Mitgliederversammlung einladen, die am Freitag, den 24. März, um 17.30 Uhr im Anschluss an die Vorträge stattfindet. Für eine rege Teilnahme wäre ich dankbar. Eine kleine Auswahl von Hotels in Duisburg ist ebenfalls unten angefügt. Mit besten Grüßen Christof Wolf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vorsitzender der Sektion Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie Tel. 0621 1246-153, 184 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frühjahrstagung der DGS-Sektion Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung Individuen und soziale Kontexte: Theoretische Konzepte und empirische Analysen Datum: 24. und 25.03.2006 Ort: Universität Duisburg-Essen, Standort Duisburg, Gerhard-Mercator Haus Freitag, 24.03.2006 11.00-11.10 Uhr Begrüßung 11.10-11.30 Uhr Laudatio von Wolfgang Sodeur (Duisburg-Essen): Individuen und soziale Kontexte: Die besondere Rolle des Themas in der Arbeit von Hans J. Hummell 11.30-12.00 Uhr Hans J. Hummell (Duisburg-Essen): Die Modellierung struktureller Einbettung mit Hilfe des "Positionenzensus" 12.00-12.30 Uhr Wolfgang Sodeur (Duisburg-Essen): Individuen und soziale Kontexte: Beiträge der Netzwerkanalyse 12.30-14.00 Uhr Mittagspause 14.00-14.30 Uhr Walter Bien (München): Struktur persönlicher Netzwerke,bildliche Intuition, mathematische Modelle und soziale Wirklichkeit. Von der "multidimensionalen Skalierung" zur Diskussion von "Mehrgenerationenhäusern" -- 30 Jahre "Analyse sozialer Netzwerke" 14.30-15.00 Uhr Christian Stegbauer und Alexander Rausch (Frankfurt): Positionale Analyse der Dynamik in Kommunikationsnetzwerken 15.00-15.30 Uhr Lothar Krempel (Köln): Zur Ausbreitung politischer Ideen durch Netzwerke 15.30-16.00 Uhr Kaffeepause 16.00-16.30 Uhr Peter Kappelhoff (Wuppertal): Gruppenselektion und methodologischer Evolutionismus 16.30-17.00 Uhr Stefan Liebig (Trier): Moral und sozialer Kontext: theoretische šberlegungen und empirische Befunde zu den sozialen Bedingungen individueller Moralität 17.30 Uhr Mitgliederversammlung der Sektion 19.00 Uhr Empfang mit Imbiss Samstag, 25.03.06: 9.00-9.30 Uhr Uwe Engel (Bremen): Effekte struktureller Differenzierung. Mehrebenenanalysen mit Daten des Sozioökonomischen Panels und des British Household Panel Surveys 9.30-10.00 Uhr Heiner Meulemann (Köln): Collectivity-orientation and Involvement in Issue, Interest, and Religious Associations? An Analysis of the European Social Survey 2002 10.00-10.30 Uhr Michael Windzio (Hannover): Das Problem zeitveränderlicher Kontextvariablen in der Mehrebenen-Ereignisanalyse: Ein Modellvergleich 10.30-11.00 Uhr Wolfgang Langer (Halle-Wittenberg): Chancengleichheit oder Chancengerechtigkeit. Eine Mehrebenenanalyse der deutschen PISA 2003 Daten 11.00-11.30 Uhr Kaffeepause 11.30-12.00 Uhr Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik (Mannheim): Regionale Daten als sozialer Kontext 12.30-13.00 Uhr Gundi Knies (Berlin): Keeping up with the Schmidts. An empirical test of the relative deprivation theory on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study 13.00-13.30 Uhr Mark Trappmann (Konstanz): Einfluss regionaler und schulischer Faktoren auf die Multiplexität sozialer Beziehungsnetze von Schülern 13.30-14.00 Uhr Werner Raub (Utrecht): Ex post problems in Buyer-Supplier Transactions: Effects of transaction characteristics, social embeddedness, and contractual governance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hotels Hotel Conti Düsseldorfer Str. 131-137, 47051 DU Tel.: 0203 / 28 70 05 Fax: 0203 / 28 81 48 conti-duisburg(a)sorat-hotels.com Hotel Ibis Mercatorstr. 15, 47051 DU Tel.: 0203 / 300 050 Fax: 0203 / 34 00 88 Hotel Rheinischer Hof Mülheimer Str. 119, 47058 DU 0203 / 33 24 46 Hotel Friedrichs Neudorfer Str. 33-35, 47057 DU Tel.: 0203 / 31 86 50 Fax: 0203 / 31 86 565 Mercure Hotel Duisburg City (ex Novotel) Landfermannstr. 20, 47051 DU Tel.: 0203 / 300 030 Fax: 0203 / 300 035 55 H0743(a)accor.com ferrotel Duisburg Düsseldorfer Str. 122-124, 47051 DU Tel.: 0203 / 28 70 85 Fax: 0203 / 28 77 54 ferrotel(a)sorat-hotels.com

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4th German Users' Group Meeting: Final Announcement and Program
by Ulrich Kohler 07 Mar '06

07 Mar '06

4th German Stata Users' Group Meeting: Announcement and Program =============================================================== The 4th German Stata Users' Group Meeting will be held at the University of Mannheim (http://www.wz-berlin.de) on Friday, March 31th 2006. The content of the meeting has been organized by Johannes Giesecke, University of Mannheim (jgiesecke(a)rumms.uni-mannheim.de) Ulrich Kohler, WZB (kohler(a)wz-berlin.de) and Fred Ramb, Deutsche Bundesbank (fred.ramb(a)bundesbank.de) The logistics are being organized by Dittrich and Partner (http://www.dpc.de) the distributor of Stata in several countries including Germany and Austria. The meeting is open to all interested, and we will be happy if Stata users from neighboring countries join us. StataCorp will be represented. The conference language will be English due to the 'international' nature of the meeting and the participation of non-German guest speakers. There will be a "wishes and grumbles" session at which you may air your thoughts to Stata developers. There will also be an optional informal meal at a Mannheim restaurant on Friday evening (at additional cost of 20 Euro). Participants are asked to travel on their own fees. There will be a small conference fee (regular 20 Euro, students 10 Euro) to cover costs for coffee, teas, and luncheons. For further information on registration, please contact anke.mrosek(a)dpc.de. Mrs. Mrosek will also assist you in finding an accommodation. For general information about the meeting see also http://www.stata.com/mannheim06. Readers of previous announcements should note that the conference venue has changed to Room W 117, located in the Schloss. You will find an exact plan of the conference venue on http://www.stata.com/mannheim06. Note: Counting the number of windows, the Schloss of Mannheim is the biggest palace in Europe. Even if you don't trust the indicator, believe us: the Schloss is big. We therefore ask you to plan ample time. It is not difficult to find the Schloss, in Mannheim, but it probably is difficult to find the room within the Schloss. Schedule of the 3rd German Stata Users' Group Meeting ----------------------------------------------------- 8:45 Registration and coffee/tea 9:15 Welcome Johannes Giesecke 9:30 Resultssets, resultsspreadsheets and resultsplots in Stata Roger Newson, Imperial College London r.newson(a)imperial.ac.uk Most Stata users make their living producing results in a form accessible to end users. Most of these end users cannot immediately understand Stata logs. However, they can understand tables (in paper, PDF, HTML, spreadsheet or word processor documents) and plots (produced using Stata or non--Stata software). Tables are produced by Stata as resultsspreadsheets, and plots are produced by Stata as resultsplots. Sometimes (but not always), resultsspreadsheets and resultsplots are produced using resultssets. Resultssets, resultsspreadsheets and resultsplots are all produced, directly or indirectly, as output by Stata commands. A resultsset is a Stata dataset, which is a table, whose rows are Stata observations and whose columns are Stata variables. A resultsspreadsheet is a table in generic text format, conforming to a TeX or HTML convention, or to another convention with a column separator string and possibly left and right row delimiter strings. A resultsplot is a plot produced as output, using a resultsset or a resultsspreadsheet as input. Resultsset--producing programs include -statsby-, -parmby-, -parmest-, -collapse-, -contract-, -xcollapse- and -xcontract-. Resultsspreadsheet--producing programs include -outsheet-, -listtex-, -estout- and -estimates table-. Resultsplot--producing programs include -eclplot- and -mileplot-. There are two main approaches (or dogmas) for generating resultsspreadsheets and resultsplots. The resultsset--centred dogma is followed by -parmest- and -parmby- users, and states: ``Datasets make resultssets, which make resultsplots and resultsspreadsheets''. The resultsspreadsheet--centred dogma is followed by -estout- and -estimates table- users, and states: ``Datasets make resultsspreadsheets, which make resultssets, which make resultsplots''. The two dogmas are complementary, and each dogma has its advantages and disadvantages. The resultsspreadsheet dogma is much easier for the casual user to learn to apply in a hurry, and is therefore probably preferred by most users most of the time. The resultsset dogma is more difficult for most users to learn, but is more convenient for users who wish to program everything in do-files, with little or no manual cutting and pasting. 10:20 Coffee GLLAMM-Session -------------- 10:30 Intervention evaluation using -gllamm- Andrew Pickles, University of Manchester (andrew.pickles(a)manchester.ac.uk) The gllamm procedure provides a framework within which many of the more difficult analyses required for trials and intervention studies may be undertaken. Treatment effect estimation in the presence of non-compliance can be undertaken using instrumental variable (IV) methods. We illustrate how gllamm can be used for IV estimation for the full range of types of treatment and outcome measures and describe how missing data may be tackled on an assumption of latent ignorability. Alternative approaches to account for clustering and the analysis of cluster-randomised studies will also be described. Examples from studies of alcohol consumption of primary care patients, cognitive behaviour therapy of depression patients and a school based smoking intervention are discussed. 11:20 Estimating IRT models with -gllamm- Herbert Matschinger, University of Leipzig (math(a)medizin.uni-leipzig.de) Within the framework of economic evaluation, health econometricians are interested in constructing a meaningful health index that is consistent with individual or societal preferences. One way to derive such an index is based on the EQ-5D description and valuation of health related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of this study was to analyze how well the EQ-5D reflects one latent construct of HRQOL and how large is the potential impact of measurement variance with respect to six different countries. Data came from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD), a cross-sectional survey of a representative random sample (N=21,425) in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain. At least in psychology much attention is paid to different forms of IRT models and particularly the Rasch model, since it is the only model featuring specific objectivity which enables what is called a “fair comparison” with respect to the latent dimension to be measured. Therefore the dimensionality of the construct is evaluated by means of one-parameter and two-parameter Item Response Theory (IRT). Differential Item Functioning is tested with respect to the six countries and both the difficulty and discrimination parameters. Results show, that a unidimensional one-parameter IRT model holds for all countries if only the item “anxiety/depression” is omitted. If both the physical and the mental component of health related (HRQOL) should be represented the questionnaire should be extended to a two-dimensional construct. Consequently, more items to portray the mental component are then needed. This presentation will focus on the possibilities and restrictions in estimating these models with -gllamm-. It will be shown how these models can be established and tested. Problems regarding the structure of the data and the assignment of incidental parameters to individual observations will be discussed. General Statistics ------------------ 11:50 Variance estimation for Generalized Entropy and Atkinson inequality indices: the complex survey data case Martin Biewen, University of Frankfurt (biewen(a)wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de) We derive the sampling variances of Generalized Entropy and Atkinson indices when estimated from complex survey data, and show how they can be calculated straightforwardly using widely- available software. We also show that, when the same approach is used to derive variance formulae for the i.i.d. case, it leads to estimators that are simpler than those proposed before. Both cases are illustrated with a comparison of income inequality in Britain and Germany. 12:20 Lunch 13:30 Linear mixed models in Stata Roberto G. Gutierrez, StataCorp (rgutierrez(a)stata.com) Included with Stata version 9 is the new command xtmixed, for fitting linear mixed models. Mixed models containing both fixed and random effects. The fixed effects are analagous to standard regression coefficients and are estimated directly. The random effects are not directly estimated but are summarized according to the unique elements of their respective variance–covariance matrices, known as variance components. xtmixed syntax is summarized and demonstrated using several examples. In addition, xtmixed and its postestimation routines may be used to perform nonparametric smoothing via penalized splines. User Written Programs ---------------------- 14:20 Implementing Restricted Least Squares in Linear Models J. Haisken-DeNew, RWI Essen (jhaiskendenew(a)rwi-essen.de) The presentation illustrates the user written program -hds97-, which implements the restricted least squares procedure as described by Haisken-DeNew and Schmidt (1997). Log wages are regressed on a group of k-1 industry/region/job/etc dummies. The k-th dummy is the omitted reference dummy. Using RLS, all k dummy coefficients and standard errors are reported. The coefficients are interpreted as percent-point deviations from the industry weighted average. An overall measure of dispersion is also reported. This ado corrects problems with the Krueger and Summers (1988) Econometrica methodology of overstated differential standard errors, and understated overall dispersion. General comments: The coefficients of continuous variables are not affected by -hds97-. Also, all results calculated in -hds97- are independent of the choice of the reference category. By the way, for all dummy variable sets having only two outcomes, i.e. male/female, the t-values of the hds97 adjusted coefficients are always equal in magnitude, but opposite in sign. 14:50 Sequence analysis using Stata Christian Brzinsky-Fay, WZB; Ulrich Kohler, WZB (brzinsky-fay(a)wz-berlin.de; kohler(a)wz-berlin.de) Sequences are ordered lists of elements. A typical example for a sequence is the sequence of bases in the DNS of creatures. Other examples are sequences of employment stages during life time, or individual party-preferences over time. Sequence analysis include techniques to handle, describe, and, most importantly, to compare sequences among each other. Sequences are most commonly used by scholars of genomes, but far less by social scientist. This is in so far surprising as sequence data is readily available in many datasets for the social sciences. In fact, all data from panel studies can be regarded as sequence data. Despite that, social scientists relatively seldom use panel data for sequence analysis. The first aim of the presentation therefore is to illustrate a typical research topics that can be dealt with sequence analysis. The second part will then describe a bundle of user written Stata programs for sequence analysis, including a Mata algorithm for performing optimal matching with the so called "Needleman-Wunsch" Algorithm. 15:30 Coffee 15:40 New Tools for Evaluating the Results of Cluster Analyses Hildegard Schaeper, HIS (schaeper(a)his.de) Clustering methods are designed for finding groups in data, for grouping similar objects (variables or observations) into the same cluster and dissimilar objects into separate clusters. Whereas this main idea is rather simple, carrying out a cluster analysis remains a challenging task: The number of different clustering methods is huge and clustering includes many choices, such as the decision between basic approaches (e. g. hierarchical and partitioning methods), the choice of a dissimilarity or similarity measure, the selection of a particular linkage method when performing a hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis, the choice of an initial partition when carrying out a partitioning cluster analysis, and the determination of the appropriate number of clusters. Each of these decisions and choices can affect the classification results. Apart from two commands for determining the number of clusters (cluster stop, cluster dendrogram) Stata has no inbuilt utilities which allow to examine clustering results. We, therefore, developed some simple tools which provide additional evaluation criteria: – programs assisting in determining the number of clusters (Mojena’s stopping rules for hierarchical clustering techniques, PRE coefficient, F-Max statistic and Beale’s F values for a partitioning cluster analysis), – a program for testing the stability of classifications produced by different cluster analyses (Rand index), and – a program that computes ETA2 in order to assess how well the clustering variables separate the clusters. In the presentation these programs will be presented, and their usefullness will be discussed in comparison with other tools for the evaluation of clustering results (agglomeration schedule, scree diagram). Towards an Open Wish List to StataCorp -------------------------------------- 16:10 Stata goes BUGS (via R) Susumu Shikano, University of Mannheim (shikanos(a)rumms.uni-mannheim.de) Recently, Bayesian methods such as Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques find an increasing use in the social sciences, with (Win)BUGS being one of the most widely applied software for this kind of analysis. Unfortunately, due to the absence of MCMC techniques and any interfaces to WinBUGS or BUGS in Stata, Stata users who apply MCMC techniques have to perform such painful tasks as reformatting data by themselves. As a preliminary solution to this problem, one can call another statistical software R from inside Stata and use it as an interface to (Win)BUGS. This presentation outlines this solution providing an exemplar analysis. 16:40 Optimal Large Package Administration for Stata Markus Hahn, RWI Essen The Stata package tool is quite simple to use for smaller ADO packages stored on user webpages. However when the number of files in a package becomes large and the files need to be updated on a regular basis, this becomes cumbersome. Package updates could take many minutes to complete. Here a method of storing packages as compressed archives on the host server is outlined, whereby the user sends a query to the update server to check for a new version. If a new version is available, the package archive is downloaded in its entirety, and then extracted and installed locally. This is far more efficient with respect to installation times (typically only 1/10 of the time needed) than downloading many text files individually. For large packages, the bottleneck is most often the download time. Currently this automated updating can be achieved with a Stata Ado and the aid of additional binaries (such as tar, gzip, zip). The usability of this technique would be enhanced dramatically if the functionality of an archiving format (such as tar, gzip, zip) were directly integrated into the Stata binary. Even encrpyted files could be distributed in this manner as well. Ado files inside the package archive can be configured to make an automatic call to the host server to check for available updates. 17:10 Coffee 17:20 Report to the users Alan Riley, StataCorp 17:50 Wishes and Grumpels 18:30 End of the Meeting -- kohler(a)wz-berlin.de +49 (030) 25491-361

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FQS 7(1) online: Risikoforschung
by Katja Mruck 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich moechte Sie informieren, dass die 20. FQS-Ausgabe -- "Lernen ueber Risiko" --, hrsg. von Jens O. Zinn & Peter Taylor-Gooby, online verfuegbar ist (siehe http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-d/inhalt1-06-d.htm; fruehere Ausgaben sind ueber http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-d/rubriken-d.htm zugaenglich). Neben den Beitraegen, die unmittelbar dem Schwerpunktthema zugehoeren, finden Sie wie immer ausgewaehlte Einzelbeitraege, einen Beitrag zu der FQS Debatte "Erfolgreich Sozialwissenschaft betreiben -- Ethnographie der Karrierepolitiken einer Berufsgruppe", sowie Artikel im Rahmen der Rubriken FQS Interviews und FQS Reviews. Herzliche Gruesse, Katja Mruck Ps: Bei Interesse koennen Sie unseren Newsletter abonnieren, mit dem wir einmal monatlich ueber neue Veroeffentlichungen, Tagungen, interessante Links usw. informieren; siehe http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-d/bezug-d.htm. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A) FQS 7(1) LERNEN UEBER RISIKO http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-d/inhalt1-06-d.htm deutsch http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-e/inhalt1-06-e.htm englisch http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-s/inhalt1-06-s.htm spanisch Jens O. Zinn & Peter Taylor-Gooby (UK): Introduction: Learning about Risk http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-24-e.htm Identitaet, Alltag und soziale Ungleichheit David Abbott, Deborah Quilgars & Anwen Jones (UK): The Impact of Social and Cultural Difference in Relation to Job Loss and Financial Planning: Reflections on the Risk Society http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-16-e.htm Andy Alaszewski, Helen Alaszewski & Jonathan Potter (UK): Risk, Uncertainty and Life Threatening Trauma: Analysing Stroke Survivor's Accounts of Life After Stroke http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-18-e.htm Noel Smith, Andreas Cebulla, Lynne Cox & Abigail Davies (UK): Risk Perception and the Presentation of Self: Reflections from Fieldwork on Risk http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-9-e.htm Thilo Boeck, Jennie Fleming & Hazel Kemshall (UK): The Context of Risk Decisions: Does Social Capital Make a Difference? http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-17-e.htm Elaine Sharland (UK): Young People, Risk Taking and Risk Making: Perspectives for Social Work http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-23-e.htm Risiko-Kommunikation, Medien, Diskurs Lesley Hoggart (UK): Young Women, Sexual Behaviour and Sexual Decision-Making http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-28-e.htm Rob Flynn, Paul Bellaby & Miriam Ricci (UK): Risk Perception of an Emergent Technology: The Case of Hydrogen Energy http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-19-e.htm Joanne Warner (UK): Community Care and the Location and Governance of Risk in Mental Health http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-31-e.htm Regierungshandeln, Regulation und Risiko Peter Lunt, Sonia Livingstone, Tanika Kelay & Laura Miller (UK): Approaches to Risk and Consumer Policy in Financial Service Regulation in the UK http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-32-e.htm Johannes Simons & Anne Katrin Lensch (Deutschland): How to Encourage Individual Contributions to Reduce Food Borne Risks http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-15-e.htm Risiko als Theorie-Gegenstand Matt Twyman, Clare Harries & Nigel Harvey (UK): Learning to Use and Assess Advice about Risk http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-22-e.htm Jonathan Jackson, Nick Allum & George Gaskell (UK): Bridging Levels of Analysis in Risk Perception Research: The Case of the Fear of Crime http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-20-e.htm Andreas Klinke (UK) & Ortwin Renn (Deutschland): Systemic Risks: A New Challenge for Risk Management http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-33-e.htm Viviane Seigneur (France): The Problems of the Defining the Risk: The Case of Mountaineering http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-14-e.htm Nigel Harvey, Matt Twyman & Clare Harries (UK): Making Decisions for other People: The Problem of Judging Acceptable Levels of Risk http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-26-e.htm Jens O. Zinn (UK): Risk, Affect and Emotion http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-29-e.htm Jens O. Zinn (UK): Recent Developments in Sociological Risk Theory http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-30-e.htm Einzelbeitraege Erica Burman (UK): Engendering Development: Some Methodological Perspectives on Child Labour http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-1-e.htm Eduardo A. Arturo Capomassi (Ecuador): Derechos de los niños en el modelo occidental positivista de producción de conocimiento [Die Rechte der Kinder im westlichen positivistischen Modell der Wissensproduktion] http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-25-d.htm Rainer Diaz-Bone (Deutschland): Zur Methodologisierung der Foucaultschen Diskursanalyse http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-6-d.htm Rainer Diriwaechter & Jaan Valsiner (USA): Qualitative Developmental Research Methods in their Historical and Epistemological Contexts http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-8-e.htm Anat Kainan, Michal Rozenberg & Miri Munk (Israel): Change and Preservation in Life Stories of Bedouin Students http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-7-e.htm Heidi Keller & Carolin Demuth (Deutschland): Further Explorations of the "Western Mind". Euro-American and German Mothers' and Grandmothers' Ethnotheories http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-5-e.htm Florian Kohlbacher (Deutschland): The Use of Qualitative Content Analysis in Case Study Research http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-21-e.htm Ines Langemeyer (Deutschland): Contradictions in Expansive Learning: Towards a Critical Analysis of Self-dependent Forms of Learning in Relation to Contemporary Socio-technological http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-12-e.htm Uwe Maier (Deutschland): Formen und Probleme von faecheruebergreifendem Unterricht an baden-wuerttembergischen Hauptschulen http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-3-d.htm Stefanie Vavti (Oesterreich): "Wir sind Kanaltaler!" - Regionale und lokale Identitaeten im viersprachigen Valcanale in Italien http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-34-d.htm FQS Debatte: "Erfolgreich Sozialwissenschaft betreiben - Ethnographie der Karrierepolitiken einer Berufsgruppe" Wolff-Michael Roth (Kanada): Textbooks on Qualitative Research and Method/Methodology: Toward a Praxis of Method http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-11-e.htm FQS Interviews Carl Ratner (USA): Epistemological, Social, and Political Conundrums in Social Constructionism http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-4-e.htm Barbara Zielke (Deutschland): Not "Anything Goes." A Critical Assessment of Constructionism and Its Misinterpretation. A Comment on Carl Ratner's "Epistemological, Social, and Political Constructionism" http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-27-e.htm FQS Reviews Andrea D. Buehrmann (Deutschland): Review Matthias Grundmann & Raphael Beer (Hrsg.) (2004). Subjekttheorien interdisziplinaer. Diskussionsbeitraege aus Sozialwissenschaften, Philosophie und Neurowissenschaften http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-2-d.htm Thomas Link (Oesterreich): Review Christine Feil, Regina Decker & Christoph Gieger (2004). Wie entdecken Kinder das Internet? http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-10-d.htm Albert K. Petersheim (Deutschland): Review Jan Schmidt (2005). Der virtuelle lokale Raum. Zur Institutionalisierung lokal bezogener Online-Nutzungsepisoden http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-13-d.htm Juergen Rausch (Schweiz): Review David Lohmann (2003). Das Bielefelder Diakonie-Management-Modell http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-06/06-1-35-d.htm -- FQS - Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research (ISSN 1438-5627) English -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-eng.htm German -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs.htm Spanish -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-s.htm Berliner Methodentreffen: http://www.berliner-methodentreffen.de/ NetzWerkstatt: http://www.methodenbegleitung.de/ Please sign the Budapest Open Access Initiative: http://www.soros.org/openaccess/ Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/ Open Access News: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html

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NEW JOURNAL "Survey Research Methods": Call for Papers
by Rainer Schnell 27 Feb '06

27 Feb '06

NEW JOURNAL "Survey Research Methods": Call for Papers The journal "Survey Research Methods" invites submissions of papers which discuss methodological issues related to survey research. Two types of papers are in-scope: 1. Papers discussing methodological issues in substantive research using survey data; 2. Papers that discuss methodological issues that are more or less independent of the specific field of substantive research. Topics of particular interest include survey design, sample design, question and questionnaire design, data collection, nonresponse, data capture, data processing, coding and editing, measurement errors, imputation, weighting and survey data analysis methods. Survey Research Methods is the official journal of The European Survey Research Association (ESRA) and will be published electronically with free and open access via the internet. We aim for a fast review and publication process, so that papers could be published within three months of initial submission. The first issue is scheduled for Summer 2006. The journal is edited by Peter Lynn of the University of Essex, UK, and the co-editor is Rainer Schnell of the University of Konstanz, Germany. The editors are supported by a multi-national panel of Associate Editors. The names of the Associate Editors are listed on the website referred to below. Articles must be in English and should be between 4,000 and 15,000 words. Further information about the journal can be found at the website, http://esra.sqp.nl/esra/journal/. Papers for consideration should be submitted by email, preferably as pdf or Word documents, to SurveyResearchMethods(a)uni-konstanz.de.

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Thema der Sektionssitzung in Kassel
by Christof Wolf 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Liebe Mitglieder der Sektion, das Thema für die Sektionssitzung beim nächsten Soziologiekongress, der vom 9.-13. Oktober in Kassel stattfinden wird, lautet: Die empirische Erfassung von Qualität. Evaluationsforschung, Qualitätssicherung und Qualitätsstandards Unter dieses allgemeine Thema passen beispielsweise Beiträge zur Qualität empirischer Forschung bzw. ihrer Forschungsmethoden ebenso wie methodische Beiträge zur Evaluationsforschung und Qualitätssicherung Anmeldungen nehme ich ab sofort entgegen. Beste Grüße Christof Wolf -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christof Wolf Vorsitzender der Sektion Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie Tel. 0621 1246-153, 184

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Fwd: Workshop Introduction to the Analysis of Causal Effects 3.-5.3.2006 in Jena
by Rainer Schnell 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

Vom 3. bis 5. März findet in Jena ein Methoden-Workshop zum Thema Introduction to the Analysis of Causal Effects with EffectLite, LISREL and Mplus in (Englisch) statt. Der Workshop richtet sich vor allem an alle , die an der Analyse kausaler Effekte in Vortest-Treatment-Nachtest-Designs interessiert sind. Teilnahme kann online (über das Internet) oder auch vor Ort erfolgen. Details und Anmeldung über www.uni-jena.de/svw/metheval Mit freundlichen Grüßen Rolf Steyer

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4th German Stata Users Group Meeting
by Ulrich Kohler 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

2nd Announcement and Call for Papers -------------------------------------- The 4th German Stata Users Group Meeting will be held on Friday, 31th March 2006 in Mannheim at the University of Mannheim. We would like to invite everybody from everywhere who is interested in using Stata to attend this meeting. In the meeting various papers will be presented, but there will also be time for discussion. Presentations will focus on three main topics: user-written Stata programs, research and teaching experience using Stata, and critiques of Stata facilities in specific fields. We are very delighted that Alan Riley, Vice President of Software Development, and Roberto Gutierrez, Director of Statistics, will be able to join us and will inform us about the latest developments at StataCorp. We are also delighted to have Andrew Pickles (University of Manchester) and Roger Newson (King?s College London) as international guest speakers. Andrew Pickles is one of the developers of -gllamm-, the famous user written program for "Generalized latent linear and mixed models". Roger Newson is an associate editor of the Stata Journal, and well known to Stata users for various programs and articles in the Stata Journal. The presentations of the international key note speakers will be on: - Intervention evaluation using -gllamm- (Pickles) - Resultssets, resultsspreadsheets and resultsplots in Stata (Newson) The academic program of the meeting is being organized by Johannes Giesecke, University of Mannheim (giesecke(a)rumms.uni-mannheim.de ), Ulrich Kohler, WZB (kohler(a)wz-berlin.de) and Fred Ramb, German Central Bank (fred.ramb(a)bundesbank.de) The conference language will be English due to the international nature of the meeting and the participation of non-German guest speakers. Once a final program has been put together it will be posted on the web (http://www.stata.com and http://www.dpc.de) and mailed to the Stata users. The deadline for submissions is 28th February 2006. The logistics of the conference are being organized by Dittrich und Partner, distributor of Stata in several countries including Germany and Austria (http://www.dpc.de) Participants are asked to travel on their own fees. There will be a small conference fee (regular 20 Euro, students 10 Euro) to cover costs of coffee, tea, and luncheons. There will also be an optional informal meal at a Mannheim restaurant on Friday evening (costs: 20 Euro). You can enroll by contacting Anke Mrosek by email or by writing, phoning, or faxing to Anke Mrosek Dittrich & Partner Consulting GmbH Kieler Str. 17 42697 Solingen Tel: +49 (0) 212 260 66-24 Fax:+49 (0) 212 260 66 -66 anke.mrosek(a)dpc.de. We look forward to seeing you in Mannheim on March 31th where you can help us to make this an exciting and interesting event. The conference venue is: Universität Mannheim Verfügungsgebäude L7 (see http://www.uni-mannheim.de) Johannes Giesecke, Ulrich Kohler, Fred Ramb -- kohler(a)wz-berlin.de +49 (030) 25491-361

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Stellenausschreibung IAB 2*BAT2 bis 12/08
by Rainer Schnell 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) in Nürnberg, untersucht mit interdisziplinären Ansätzen vor-nehmlich der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften Struktur und Dynamik des Arbeits-marktes und entwickelt Vorschläge für eine vorausschauende Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäfti-gungspolitik. Ab sofort sind in der Forschung des IAB zum Sozialgesetzbuch II zwei Stellen als Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter/innen (Vollzeit) voraussichtlich befristet bis 31.12.2008 zu besetzen. Aufgabengebiet: Ihre Aufgabe ist die regelmäßige Planung, Durchführung und Aufbereitung eines Haus-haltspanels, das in der zweiten Hälfte des Jahres 2006 mit der ersten Welle ins Feld gehen soll. Sie verfügen über folgendes Profil: Sie haben einen Universitätsabschluss in Ökonomie, Soziologie oder Statistik und For-schungserfahrung in den Bereichen Datenerhebung und Survey-Statistik, statistische Model-lierung, angewandte Panelanalysen und in den Themengebieten des SGB II (Arbeitsmarkt, Armut, Wirkungsforschung). Sie verfügen über einschlägige Berufserfahrung in mindestens zwei dieser Forschungsfelder. Teamfähigkeit, Flexibilität, einschlägige Software- und Eng-lischkenntnisse sowie sichere Kommunikation in Wort und Schrift setzen wir selbstverständ-lich voraus. Promotion erwünscht. Nähere Informationen unter http://www.iab.de Bewerbungen sind bis zum 09. März 2006 zu richten an: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung Geschäftsleitung Personal Weddigenstraße 20-22 90478 Nürnberg oder per Email an: birgit.steffen(a)iab.de

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Wiss. Mitarbeiter für DFG Projekt gesucht
by Dr. Christian Stegbauer 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, zu Ihrer Information anbei eine Stellenausschreibung für eine/n wissenschaftliche/n Mitarbeiter/in in einem Forschungsprojekt an der Universität Frankfurt. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Christian Stegbauer -- ************************************************* PD Dr. Christian Stegbauer Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Institut für Gesellschafts- und Politikanalyse 60054 Frankfurt e-mail: stegbauer(a)soz.uni-frankfurt.de Magazin: kommunikation@gesellschaft Journal für alte und neue Medien aus soziologischer, kulturanthropologischer und kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Perspektive www.kommunikation-gesellschaft.de *************************************************

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