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Survey methods and data quality

Towards Strong Evidence-Based Survey Methodology using Replications, Systematic Reviews, or Bayesian Approaches
Cognition in Surveys 1
Participatory and Collaborative Approaches to Survey Research
Detecting, Explaining and Managing Interviewer Effects in Surveys 1
Current Developments in Mobility Survey Methods 1
Assessing the Quality of Survey Data 1
Reflections on Mixed and Multimethod Research 1
Meeting the Challenges of Teaching Quantitative Research Methods 1
Managing Change in Survey Time-Series 1
Assessing the Extent of Nonresponse Bias
Data Quality in Opt-In Panels
Methodological Challenges in Longitudinal Surveys 1
Innovations in Sampling Methods
Cognition in Surveys 2
Detecting, Explaining and Managing Interviewer Effects in Surveys 2
Detecting, Explaining and Managing Interviewer Effects in Surveys 3
Detecting, Explaining and Managing Interviewer Effects in Surveys 4
Current Developments in Mobility Survey Methods 2
Assessing the Quality of Survey Data 2
Assessing the Quality of Survey Data 3
Assessing the Quality of Survey Data 4
Assessing the Quality of Survey Data 5
Assessing the Quality of Survey Data 6
Reflections on Mixed and Multimethod Research 2
Meeting the Challenges of Teaching Quantitative Research Methods 2
Meeting the Challenges of Teaching Quantitative Research Methods 3
Managing Change in Survey Time-Series 2
Methodological Challenges in Longitudinal Surveys 2

Surveying specific population subgroups

Sampling Hard-to-Reach Populations 1
Analysing the Lives of LGBTI People - Survey Approaches to LGBTI Persons, Couples and Families 1
Surveying Children and Young People 1
Lessons Learned from Studies on Refugees 1
Adaptation and Administration of Questionnaires in Surveys on Migrants: Challenges and Solutions
Effect of Respondent’s Age on Survey Research
Design and Measurement Challenges in Researching Migrants 2
Methodological Issues in Surveying Older people 1
Collecting, Editing, Publishing and Improving Data on Hard-to-Reach Populations in Surveys 1
Aspects of Research on People Rooted in Arabic Cultures
Sampling Hard-to-Reach Populations 2
Analyzing the Lives of LGBTI People - Survey Approaches to LGBTI Persons, Couples and Families 2
Surveying Children and Young People 2
Surveying Children and Young People 3
Surveying Children and Young People 4
Surveying Children and Young People 5
Surveying Children and Young People 6
Lessons Learned from Studies on Refugees 2
Design and Measurement Challenges in Researching Migrants 3
Design and Measurement Challenges in Researching Migrants 1
Methodological Issues in Surveying Older People 2
Methodological Issues in Surveying Older People 3
Collecting, Editing, Publishing and Improving Data on Hard-to-Reach Populations in Surveys 2

Questionnaire design and testing

Sensitive Questions in Surveys: Theory and Methods 1
Usability Testing in a Changing Survey Environment 1
Recent Developments in Question Testing 1
Sensitive Questions in Surveys - Drawbacks and Problems When Applying Indirect Questioning Techniques
Sensitive Questions in Surveys – What Are Sensitive Topics?
Web Probing 1
Online Probing in Comparison to Face-to-Face Cognitive Interviewing
Designing Questionnaires – The Role of Question Order on Measurement
How to Deal with "Don't Know" and Other Non-Response Codes in Online and Mixed-Mode Surveys 2
Response Option Order Effects in Cross-Cultural Contexts
Split Questionnaire Design 1
Measurement Comparability, Reliability and Validity in Mixed Device Surveys
Sensitive Questions in Surveys: Theory and Methods 2
Usability Testing in a Changing Survey Environment 2
Recent Developments in Question Testing 2
Web Probing 2
Evaluating Survey Response Scales 1
Evaluating Survey Response Scales 2
Evaluating Survey Response Scales 3
How to Deal with "Don't know" and Other Non-Response Codes in Online and Mixed-Mode Surveys 1
Split Questionnaire Design 2

Measurement challenges in survey research

Challenges in Repeated Survey Measurements
How to Survey Health and Safety at Work in the Changing World of Work? Theory, Challenges and Practice 1
Innovations in the Measurement of Gender Role Attitudes 1
Assessing Implicit Attitudes Using General Population Surveys
Engendering Survey Research
Exploring New Insights into the Measurement and Reduction of Respondent Burden 1
Use of Biomeasures in Social Surveys 1
Measuring the Cohesion of Social Groups: Questions and Solutions
Methodological and Practical Challenges to Measuring Political Ideology and Preferences
Information Acquisition in the 21st Century: Implications for Survey Research
How to Survey Health and Safety at Work in the Changing World of Work? Theory, Challenges, and Practice 2
Innovations in the Measurement of Gender Role Attitudes 2
Exploring New Insights into the Measurement and Reduction of Respondent Burden 2
Exploring New Insights into the Measurement and Reduction of Respondent Burden 3
Use of Biomeasures in Social Surveys 2
Use of Biomeasures in Social Surveys 3

Modes of data collection

Multiple Mode Data Collection: Innovative Approaches 1
Collecting Self-Report Data Using New(er) One-to-One Communication Modes
Mobile-First Survey Design: Going Beyond Mobile Optimization in Web Surveys 1
Passive Smartphone Data Collection and Additional Tasks in Mobile Web Surveys: Willingness, Non-Participation, Consent, and Ethics 1
The Switch from Face-to-Face Interviewing to Online Data Collection
Talking or Texting: Interviewer-Respondent Interaction in Face-to-Face, Telephone, and Messenger Tool Surveys.
Overcoming the Digital Divide in Web Surveys
Undesirable Interviewer Behaviour and Data Falsification: Prevention, Detection and Intervention 2
Novel Uses of Wearables, Sensors and Mobile Apps to Collect Health and Environmental Data in Survey Research.
Machine Learning, Passive Data, and Interviewer Performance
New Strategies of Assessing Data Quality within Interviewer-Administered Surveys 1
If I Text, Will You Respond? Mobile Text Messaging During Recruitment and Data Collection
Mixed-Device Online Surveys: A Total Survey Error Perspective 1
Challenges and Opportunities of Switching to Web 2
Multiple Mode Data Collection: Innovative Approaches 2
Multiple Mode Data Collection: Innovative Approaches 4
Multiple Mode Data Collection: Innovative Approaches 3
Mobile-First Survey Design: Going Beyond Mobile Optimization in Web Surveys 2
Passive Smartphone Data Collection and Additional Tasks in Mobile Web Surveys: Willingness, Non-Participation, Consent, and Ethics 2
Passive Smartphone Data Collection and Additional Tasks in Mobile Web Surveys: Willingness, Non-Participation, Consent, and Ethics 3
Undesirable Interviewer Behaviour and Data Falsification: Prevention, Detection and Intervention 1
New Strategies of Assessing Data Quality within Interviewer-Administered Surveys 2
Mixed-Device Online Surveys: A Total Survey Error Perspective 2
Challenges and Opportunities of Switching to Web 1

Survey fieldwork processes

New Developments in the Use of Adaptive Survey Designs in Longitudinal Studies
Understanding Nonrespondents to Inform Survey Protocol Design 1
Fieldwork Monitoring Tools for Large-Scale Surveys: Lessons from the Field 2
Recruiting and Maintaining Probability-Based Online Panel Surveys 1
Representation Error: Linking Sampling Design and Fieldwork Practices 1
Can't You Hear Me Knockin': Methodological and Practical Considerations in Designing, Implementing and Assessing Contact Strategies 2
Get in Touch–Stay in Touch: Trust as a Core Issue For Success of Longitudinal Studies
Responsive and Adaptive Design (RAD) for Survey Optimization 1
Understanding Nonrespondents to Inform Survey Protocol Design 3
Understanding Nonrespondents to Inform Survey Protocol Design 2
Fieldwork Monitoring Tools for Large-Scale Surveys: Lessons from the Field 1
Fieldwork Monitoring Tools for Large-Scale Surveys: Lessons from the Field 3
Recruiting and Maintaining Probability-Based Online Panel Surveys 2
Recruiting and Maintaining Probability-Based Online Panel Surveys 3
Representation Error: Linking Sampling Design and Fieldwork Practices 2
Can't You Hear Me Knockin': Methodological and Practical Considerations in Designing, Implementing and Assessing Contact Strategies 3
Can't You Hear Me Knockin': Methodological and Practical Considerations in Designing, Implementing and Assessing Contact Strategies 1
Responsive and Adaptive Design (RAD) for Survey Optimization 2

Comparative survey research

Producing Data for Comparative Social Surveys: Survey Management, Collaboration and Communication and the Impact on Data Quality
‘Messiness’ in Extant Cross-National Survey Data: New Approaches to Old News
Quality Frameworks and Quality Assessment in Comparative Surveys
Ensuring Validity and Measurement Equivalence through Questionnaire Design and Cognitive Pretesting Techniques 1
Questionnaire Translation: Achievements and New Challenges Ahead 1
Dealing with International Comparative Survey Instruments in the Field of Education and Occupational Status: Challenges and Achievements
Total Survey Error and Cross-Cultural Survey Research: Methodological Challenges and Coping Strategies
Making Long Web Surveys Feasible: Matrix Design and Multiple Imputation in Cross-Cultural Surveys
Ensuring Validity and Measurement Equivalence through Questionnaire Design and Cognitive Pretesting Techniques 2
Questionnaire Translation: Achievements and New Challenges Ahead 2
Questionnaire Translation: Achievements and New Challenges Ahead 3

Combining survey data with other sources

Business Surveys and the Changing Data Environment– How Can We Know Best about Businesses?
Linking Surveys and Social Media Data – Challenges, Applications and Solutions 1
Database Lookups for Socio-Demographics in Surveys
Microdata from Official Statistics
The Power and Pitfalls of Combining Survey and Sensor Data 1
Quantitative Spatial Analysis of Micro and Macro Data: Methodological Challenges and Solutions 1
Small Area Estimation in the Era of Big Data, Crowdsourced Data and Non-Probability Web Surveys. Topics in Poverty, Social Exclusion and Crime
Opportunities and Limitations of Web Scraping in Social Research
Survey and Spatial (gps) Data. Understanding Human Behavior in a Spatial Context
Linked Administrative Data and Applications for Evidence Building 1
Linking Surveys and Social Media Data – Challenges, Applications and Solutions 2
Linking Surveys and Social Media Data – Challenges, Applications and Solutions 3
The Power and Pitfalls of Combining Survey and Sensor Data 2
Quantitative Spatial Analysis of Micro and Macro Data: Methodological Challenges and Solutions 2
Quantitative Spatial Analysis of Micro and Macro Data: Methodological Challenges and Solutions 3
Linked Administrative Data and Applications for Evidence Building 2
Linked Administrative Data and Applications for Evidence Building 3
Measuring Privacy Attitudes

Data management and post-survey processing

Survey Data Harmonisation: Potentials and Challenges 2
With or Without You - Standardised Metadata in Survey Data Management 1
Survey Data Harmonisation: Potentials and Challenges 1
With or Without You - Standardised Metadata in Survey Data Management 2
With or Without You - Standardised Metadata in Survey Data Management 3
Split Questionnaire Design

Developments in survey analysis techniques

Different Methods, Same Results? – How Can We Increase Confidence in Scientific Findings 1?
Contemporary Issues in the Assessment of Measurement Invariance 1
Evaluating and Analyzing Life History Survey Data 1
Application of Interaction Effects for Social Processes Modeling
Factorial Surveys - Methods and Applications 1
Predictive Modeling and Machine Learning in Survey Research 1
Measuring Social Contexts with Survey Data and Beyond – Applications and Methodological Challenges
Structural Equation Modeling and the Separation of within-Unit Change and between-Unit Variation in Panel Data
Advanced Statistical Methods for Survey Research
Methods for Measurement Error Adjustment
Different Methods, Same Results? – How Can We Increase Confidence in Scientific Findings 2?
Contemporary Issues in the Assessment of Measurement Invariance 2
Evaluating and Analyzing Life History Survey Data 2
Factorial Surveys - Methods and Applications 2
Factorial Surveys - Methods and Applications 3
Factorial Surveys - Methods and Applications 4
Predictive Modeling and Machine Learning in Survey Research 2
Predictive Modeling and Machine Learning in Survey Research 3

Substantive applications of survey research

Basic Human Values 1
Exploring the Link between Public Attitudes Surveys and Public Policy
Scientific Integrity and Self-Interest in Science
Gender Equality in Comparative Perspective 1
Between Generalisation and Specificity: Attitudes towards Immigrants and Ethnic Minority Groups 2
Using Surveys for Quality Assurance in Higher Education - Challenges and Solutions
Public Opinion and Electoral Politics in an Era of Political Discontent 1
Transparency in Comparative Social Science Research
Social Inequalities in Health: Insights from Cross-National Survey Research 1
Causality in Health Inequalities Research: New Solutions to Old Challenges 1?
Social Surveys as a Data Source for Country-Level Indicators
Public Attitudes Towards Migrants
Basic Human Values 2
Gender Equality in Comparative Perspective 2
Between Generalisation and Specificity: Attitudes towards Immigrants and Ethnic Minority Groups 1
Public opinion and electoral politics in an era of political discontent 4
Public Opinion and Electoral Politics in an Era of Political Discontent 3
Public Opinion and Electoral Politics in an Era of Political Discontent 2
Social Inequalities in Health: Insights from Cross-National Survey Research 2
Causality in Health Inequalities Research: New Solutions to Old Challenges 2?

Research relating to specific large-scale survey projects

Social Attitudes and Behaviour in a Continuous Global Perspective: The International Social Survey Programme 1
Generating Methodological Insights from the ESS Probability Based Online Web Panel CRONOS 2
2020 Vision: Concise Results from the European Social Survey
Using the European Values Study (1981-2017) for the Comparative Study of Value Change: Substantive Insights and Methodological Challenges
Stories from the South – Longitudinal Studies from Australia and New Zealand 2
World Values Survey: New Research Horizons and Methodological Challenges 1
A Comparative Longitudinal Survey of Child Well-Being in Europe: Challenges and Solutions
Social Attitudes and Behaviour in a Continuous Global Perspective: The International Social Survey Programme 2
Generating Methodological Insights from the ESS Probability Based Online Web Panel CRONOS 3
Generating Methodological Insights from the ESS Probability Based Online Web Panel CRONOS 1
Stories from the South – Longitudinal studies from Australia and New Zealand 1
World Values Survey: New Research Horizons and Methodological Challenges 2