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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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WG: Terminankündigung der GMDS
by Tobias Wolbring 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

[http://gmds.de/fileadmin/user_upload/allgemein/gmds-newsletter-header.png] Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir laden Sie herzlich zum Parlamentarischen Abend der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) e.V. ein: „Pflichtimpfung: Top oder Flop? - im Fokus von Evaluation und Digitalisierung“ Dienstag, 15. Oktober 2019, um 18:30 bis 20:30 Uhr, Hörsaalruine, Berlin Im Rahmen von Kurzvorträgen und einer Podiumsdiskussion werden Expertinnen und Experten aus sehr unterschiedlichen Perspektiven die folgenden Fragen aufgreifen: Lohnt sich der Eingriff in die Selbstbestimmung des Bürgers? Was geschieht mit den Daten? Digital ja- aber was ist mit Europa? Vor diesem Hintergrund soll der am 17. Juli 2019 vom Kabinett verabschiedete Gesetzentwurf für den Schutz vor Masern und zur Stärkung der Impfprävention noch einmal auf den Prüfstand, um unerwünschte Nebenwirkungen zu vermeiden und um die Bürgerinnen und Bürger über die Vor-und Nachteile wissenschaftlich fundiert zu informieren. Programm (vorläufig) 17:30 Uhr Einlass Begrüßungsdrink und Imbiss 18:30 Uhr Begrüßung und Moderation Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Universitätsklinikum Essen 18:35 Uhr Einführung Prof. Dr. Alfred Winter, Universität Leipzig 18:45 Uhr Impulse aus der Epidemiologie Prof. Dr. Andreas Stang, MPH, Universitätsklinikum Essen 18:55 Uhr Impulse aus der Biometrie Prof. Dr. Harald Binder, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg 19:05 Uhr Impulse aus der Medizinischen Informatik Prof. Dr. Sylvia Thun, Charité Berlin 19:15 Uhr Impulse - Virologie Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten, Institutsdirektor Charité, Berlin (angefragt) 19:30 Uhr Podiumsdiskussion 20:30 Uhr Ausklang - Diskussion und Bewirtung 21:00 Uhr Ende der Veranstaltung Gäste: Sabine Dittmar, MdB, Gesundheitspolitische Sprecherin der SPD (unter Vorbehalt) Prof. Dr. Lothar H. Wieler, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin u.v.m. Weitere Informationen und Anmeldung<https://gmds.de/newsletter/2017/parlamentarischer-abend-pflichtimpfung-top-…> Zum Video<https://gmds.de/newsletter/2017/parlamentarischer-abend-pflichtimpfung-top-…> Mit freundlichen Grüßen Beatrix Behrendt Dipl.-Volkswirtin - Geschäftsstelle GMDS e.V. – IMPRESSUM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) e.V. Industriestraße 154 D-50996 Köln Tel.: +49(0)2236-3319958 Fax: +49(0)2236-3319959 E-Mail: info(a)gmds.de<https://gmds.de/newsletter/2017/parlamentarischer-abend-pflichtimpfung-top-…> Vereinsregister: VR 16225 Amtsgericht Köln Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer: DE 182645846 Vom Newsletterempfang abmelden Klicken Sie bitte auf den folgenden Link und loggen Sie sich mit Ihren GMDS Intranet Zugangsdaten ein. Im Intranetbereich finden Sie auf der rechten Seite ein Menü mit dem Punkt "Newsletter-An-/Abmeldung". Stellen Sie dort Newsletter-Empfang auf nein und speichern Sie Ihre Einstellungen. www.gmds.de <https://gmds.de/newsletter/2017/parlamentarischer-abend-pflichtimpfung-top-…> Online-Zeitschrift MIBE: Diese wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift veröffentlicht theoretische und anwendungsbezogene Arbeiten aus dem Gesamtgebiet der Medizinischen Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, d.h. sowohl Beiträge über neu entwickelte Methoden als auch neue Anwendungsmöglichkeiten bereits bekannter Methoden. Dem tutoriellen Aspekt wird durch Übersichtsartikel Rechnung getragen. https://gmds.de/publikationen/online-zeitschriften/<https://gmds.de/newsletter/2017/parlamentarischer-abend-pflichtimpfung-top-…> Online-Zeitschrift "Methods of Information in Medicine Den Online-Zugang der persönlichen Mitglieder der GMDS auf die wissenschaftlichen Inhalte der Zeitschrift "Methods of Information in Medicine" finden Sie im Intranet unter Publikationen. Online Version ansehen<https://gmds.de/newsletter/2017/parlamentarischer-abend-pflichtimpfung-top-…> [https://gmds.de/newsletter/2017/parlamentarischer-abend-pflichtimpfung-top-…]

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Stellenausschreibung Projektmitarbeiter/in CILS4EU-DE (MZES)
by Project CILS4EU 20 Sep '19

20 Sep '19

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, das Projekt CILS4EU-DE des Mannheimer Zentrums für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES) sucht ab dem 1. Januar 2020 eine Projektmitarbeiterin oder einen Projektmitarbeiter (Bewerbungsschluss ist der 15. Oktober 2019). Die Ausschreibung finden Sie angehängt oder unter https://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/de/news/items/projektmitarbeiterin-cils… Wir freuen uns über Bewerbungen. Viele Grüße das CILS4EU-DE Team -- Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries (CILS4EU) University of Mannheim, MZES 68131 Mannheim Germany

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Call for submissions to special issue of Survey Methods: Insights from the Field on "Advancements in Online and Mobile Survey Methods"
by Florian Keusch 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

Dear colleagues, We invite you to submit your work to the forthcoming special issue of Survey Methods: Insights from the Field on "Advancements in Online and Mobile Survey Methods." Please find the call for papers below. Best regards Bella Struminskaya and Florian Keusch Guest editors ******************************************************* Call for submissions for a special issue on “Advancements in Online and Mobile Survey Methods” in Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (https://surveyinsights.org/) sponsored by German Society for Online Research (DGOF) Guest editors: Bella Struminskaya (Utrecht University and DGOF) & Florian Keusch (University of Mannheim and DGOF) Over the past 15 years online and mobile surveys have evolved into an established data collection method in academic and applied social sciences and market research. Recent technological advancements further drive innovation and enable new measurement capabilities that potentially allow new and deeper insights into human interactions, attitudes, and behaviors. The aim of this special issue is to disseminate knowledge about the current state of online and mobile survey methods, focusing on the components of the Total Survey Error framework for cross-sectional and panel surveys as well as augmenting survey data with other data types. This special issue invites research articles of about 4,000 words. Topics on the advancement of the methodology of online and mobile surveys include, but are not limited to: * Coverage, sampling, nonresponse, measurement, adjustment, and weighting in online and mobile web surveys * Online panel quality and panel research * Survey design and survey gamification * Comparing online and mobile web surveys to traditional approaches (face to face, telephone, paper) * Use of paradata and passive measurement, including but not limited to, the research on consent and privacy * Combining self-reports from online and mobile surveys with data from other sources (e.g., passive mobile data collection through apps and sensors, social media data, administrative records) * Emergent forms of data collection, including chat-bots and survey messengers, voice recordings, photo and video upload, and others Submissions to the special issue are welcome until 15 January 2020. Upon submission manuscripts will be peer-reviewed in accordance with standard journal practice and will be published online soon after acceptance. Timeline: January 15, 2020: Manuscript submission April 30, 2020: Feedback from the reviewers and editors June 30, 2020: Revisions due July 30, 2020: Final feedback from the editors September 15, 2020: Final draft due October/November, 2020: Publication of the special issue Electronic copies of the manuscripts should be uploaded at https://surveyinsights.org following the guidelines of the Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (https://surveyinsights.org/?page_id=531) You may want to use the template of the Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (https://surveyinsights.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SMIF-artticle-templat…) To ensure consideration in the special issue, please check the category box "Advancements in Online and Mobile Survey Methods" on the right-hand column when creating a new article on the journal platform. Queries about this special issue should be directed to Bella Struminskaya at b.struminskaya(a)uu.nl. General Online Research Conference GOR 2020 The authors submitting to this special issue are invited to submit their work to the GOR 2020 conference (paper abstracts due 15 November 2019; poster abstracts due 24 January 2020): https://www.gor.de/about/call-for-papers.html -- Florian Keusch Professor of Statistics and Methodology (interim) University of Mannheim A5, 6 Room B218, 2nd floor 68159 Mannheim, Germany +49 (0)621 - 181 3214 f.keusch(a)uni-mannheim.de floriankeusch.weebly.com

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CFA "How networks matter. Network mechanisms and effects" - Workshop in Bremen, Feb 6-7, 2020
by Betina Hollstein 12 Sep '19

12 Sep '19

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, attached der CfA für die (englischsprachige) Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Netzwerkforschung der DGS, die im Februar in Bremen stattfindet. Als Keynote konnten wir Mario L. Small (Harvard) gewinnen. Bewerbungsfrist (abstract) ist der 15. November. Wir hoffen auf eine anregende Tagung und würden uns freuen Sie in Bremen zu sehen. Herzliche Grüße, Betina Hollstein und Raphael Heiberger Spring Conference of the Section on Social Network Analysis of the German Sociological Association (DGS /GSA), February 6 and 7, 2020, University of Bremen, Germany How networks matter. Theoretical, methodological and empirical advances on network mechanisms and effects "The hallmark of network analysis," as stated by Edward O. Laumann, "is to explain, at least in part, the behavior of network elements … by appeal to specific features of the interconnections among the elements" (1979, p. 349). Ever since numerous studies have provided evidence for the impact of social networks on individual and collective action. Prominent network studies link the structure of relationships to attitudes and behavior of actors, such as the effect of social networks on academic prestige, economic success, diffusion of ideas, business innovation, finding employment, participation in social movements or family formation. Networks can affect behavior through social capital or social support or by means of social influence. Social influence can take various forms, such as contagion through actual personal contact or diffusion through structural equivalence (Burt 1987, Valente 2010). Channels of social influence can be social learning, social pressure, subjective obligation (Bernardi 2004, Keim et al. 2009) or different ways of brokerage and structurally connecting actors (Gould/Fernandez 1994, Passy 2004, Burt 2007, Obstfeld et al. 2013). Social capital and social support, too, can take different forms and work through different mechanisms, such as direct or buffering effects of social support, feedback processes, the invisible hand of social capital (Lin/Ao 2008) or unanticipated gains of social relationships (Small 2009). Influence can work through strong relationships, as family or friendship ties, but also via weak, hierarchical or competitive ties (Granovetter 1973, Burt 1987, Marsden/Friedkin 1993, Small 2009, Lin/Erickson 2010). Social Network Analysis comprises a multitude of data and methods to investigate network effects. Today’s increased technical possibilities, rapid methodological advancements and the growing availability of longitudinal and big data allow researchers to study networks on different scales by using various methods stemming from social research, computational and natural sciences. Besides, small-scale qualitative studies provide rich data on the practices and perceptions of individual actors, and contexts of social action. Nevertheless, there are still a lot of open questions with regard to the processes and mechanisms of how social networks matter and the conditions and contexts of networks effects. For instance, theoretical challenges are the modeling of the source and nature of social influence and network effects, and distinguishing between effects of media, the social environment and specific influencing individuals (Kadushin 2012). Still, a basic question is how interactional networks contribute to constructing reference groups as important aspects of social comparisons and social influence (Marsden/Friedkin 1993). Methodological challenges concern establishing causality and disentangling of influence and selection processes, among others. At the conference we will discuss theoretical, methodological and empirical challenges and advances in the study of network processes, mechanisms and effects. Especially, we would like to create the opportunity for exchange and dialogue between different, and often disconnected, theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to research on social networks. We invite papers contributing to the following topics: ● Theoretical concepts and models of the ways social networks affect individual and collective action; ● Methodological considerations and methodical advances on how to investigate social influence, network mechanisms and network effects, such as the smart combining of methods (multi-methods, mixed methods); ● Ways of treating the promises and problems arising from causality and the concurrency of influence and selection processes; ● Empirical studies on network effects and mechanisms in various areas of network research, such as personal networks, organizational networks, or social movements. Keynote: Mario L. Small (Harvard University) When and Where: ● February 6 & 7, 2020 ● University of Bremen, Germany Important dates: ● Sound abstract (max. 2 page) submission deadline: November 15, 2019 ● Notification of acceptance: December 1, 2019 Please submit your abstract to <mailto:raphael.heiberger@uni-stuttgart.de> raphael.heiberger(a)uni-stuttgart.de and <mailto:betina.hollstein@uni-bremen.de> betina.hollstein(a)uni-bremen.de Organizers: Raphael H. Heiberger (U Stuttgart), Betina Hollstein (U Bremen /SOCIUM) Prof. Dr. Betina Hollstein University of Bremen SOCIUM - Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, Head Mary-Somerville-Str. 9, R. 9.3090 D - 28359 Bremen tel +49 (0)421-218-58512 / 218-58638 (secr. Ms. Neumann) e-mail: betina.hollstein(a)uni-bremen.de <mailto:betina.hollstein@uni-bremen.de> http://www.socium.uni-bremen.de/about-the-socium/members/betina-hollstein/e… <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.socium.uni-2Dbremen…> ? QUALISERVICE– Research Data Center for Qualitative Social Science Research Data, Head https://www.qualiservice.org/de/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.qualiservice.org_d…> - relaunch! Newly published: <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.socium.uni-2Dbreme…> What autobiographical narratives tell us about the life course. Contributions of qualitative sequential analytical methods, in: Advances in Life Course Research, online-first (18.12.2018), <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__dx.doi.org_10.1016_j.al…> doi:10.1016/j.alcr.2018.10.001 SOZIOLOGISCHE REVUE - Heft 3, 2019 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.degruyter.com_view…> https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/srsr.2019.42.issue-2/issue-files/srsr.2019…

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Call for Papers: POQ special issue "New Data in Social and Behavioral Research"
by Florian Keusch 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Public Opinion Quarterly Special Issue Call for Papers: New Data in Social and Behavioral Research Deadline: February 1, 2020 Guest editors Frederick G. Conrad, University of Michigan, Editor Florian Keusch, University of Mannheim, Associate Editor Michael F. Schober, The New School, Associate Editor Public Opinion Quarterly seeks submissions for a special issue of the journal devoted to new types of data that might be used to conduct social or behavioral research either in conjunction with surveys, in place of surveys, or to address questions that cannot be addressed by surveys. Examples of these new data include social media posts, search strings, online prices, and sensor data such as location, activity, and sound. As such examples illustrate, these new data potentially can be used in social or behavioral research after having been repurposed, e.g., when researchers analyze search strings as a window onto public opinion even though the users who created these strings did so for entirely different reasons. Other times, these data are collected directly for their intended purpose (Taylor 2013), e.g., when smartphone owners are recruited into a study so that researchers may capture their mobility using the sensors built into their devices. Regardless of the origin of these new data, they are markedly different from survey data. In stark contrast to survey responses that are produced by asking carefully crafted questions, these new data are not elicited by the researchers who later analyze them. In contrast to designed survey data, the structure of these new data is often not known ahead of time. Instead, these data are “organic” (Groves 2011), i.e., continuously generated byproducts of everyday processes. And, compared to survey data sets, these new data are massive and generally far less expensive to create. Much has been written and spoken about the promise of these new data for conducting social and behavioral research (e.g., the AAPOR Big Data task-force report; Japec et al. 2015). The contributions published in the special issue will help assess how well this promise has been realized so far and will help sharpen predictions of future success using these alternative data. Potential topics for submissions include, but are certainly not limited to: * The integration of social media content with survey data * The use of call records and other mobile network operating data to study behavior * Analysis of administrative records to reduce survey costs and burden on respondents * Issues of ethics and privacy when using these new data * Measurement error in new data sources * The feasibility of tracking public opinion via Internet search terms and browsing behavior * Comparison of estimates from self-reports and data collected passively with sensors Submissions can be methodological in orientation or can be substantive applications that demonstrate the usefulness and assess the validity of these new data sources. The issue is scheduled for publication in early 2021. Submissions of relevant research articles, research syntheses, and research notes are welcome and will be considered through February 1, 2020. Manuscripts should be uploaded at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/poq, following the manuscript preparation instructions provided on the journal’s website. To ensure consideration in the special issue, authors must include a cover letter that clearly states that the manuscript has been submitted for consideration for the 2021 “New Data special issue.” Submissions will be peer-reviewed in accord with standard journal practice. Queries about this special issue should be directed to Frederick Conrad (fconrad(a)umich.edu) using the subject line “2021 New Data Special Issue.” References Groves, Robert M. 2011. “Three Eras of Survey Research.” Public Opinion Quarterly 75:861-71. Japec, Lilli, Frauke Kreuter, Marcus Berg, Paul Biemer, Paul Decker, Cliff Lampe, Julia Lane, Cathy O’Neil, and Abe Usher. 2015. “Big Data in Survey Research: AAPOR Task Force Report.” Public Opinion Quarterly 79:839-80. Taylor, Sean J. 2013. “Real Scientists Make Their Own Data.” Available at http://seanjtaylor.com/post/41463778912/real-scientists-make-their-own-data. -- Florian Keusch Professor of Statistics and Methodology (interim) University of Mannheim A5, 6 Room B218, 2nd floor 68159 Mannheim, Germany +49 (0)621 - 181 3214 f.keusch(a)uni-mannheim.de floriankeusch.weebly.com

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Stellenausschreibungen E13 (100%), BIBB
by Mergener, Dr. Alexandra 05 Sep '19

05 Sep '19

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich möchte Sie gerne auf die folgende Stellenausschreibung im Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB) in Bonn aufmerksam machen. Wir haben mehrere Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter/innen-Stellen (E13, 100 %) in einem BMBF-geförderten Drittmittelprojekt zum Thema „Polarisierung 4.0 – Technologische Entwicklungen, Arbeitsmarkt, Fachkräfteentwicklung und Fachkräftebedarf“ zu besetzen. Der Ausschreibungstext findet sich hier: https://www.bibb.de/de/28682.php Bewerbungsfrist ist schon der 19.09.2019 Weitere Informationen zum Projektkontext sind hier zu finden: https://www.bibb.de/de/94793.php Wir freuen uns auf aussagekräftigte Bewerbungen und wären dankbar, wenn Sie/ ihr die Ausschreibung auch an geeignete Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten weiterleiten würden/ würdet. Mit bestem Dank und besten Grüßen Alexandra Mergener Dr. Alexandra Mergener ____________________________________________________________ Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Arbeitsbereich 1.2 “ Qualifikation, berufliche Integration und Erwerbstätigkeit“ Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) Research Associate Section 1.2 “Qualifications, Occupational Integration and Employment” Robert‐Schuman‐Platz 3 D‐53175 Bonn Fon: +49 228 107 1414 www.bibb.de<http://www.bibb.de/>

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