ESRA Special Interest Groups
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List of all ESRA SIGs:
Multi-Source Statistics
Chairs: Camilla Salvatore, Angelo Moretti
The Multi-Source Statistics Special Interest Group (MSS) brings together researchers and practitioners interested in the theory, methods, and applications of survey research that combine multiple data sources. As survey research increasingly operates in a complex data ecosystem, integrating probability-based surveys with administrative records, digital traces, non-probability samples, and other non-traditional data sources has become essential for improving inference and for studying phenomena that cannot be adequately measured by a single data source. The MSS-SIG provides a forum for exchange, collaboration, and methodological advancement within ESRA’s core mission.
Topics
The MSS-SIG focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Integration of different data sources, including surveys, administrative data, registers, and digital trace data
- Inference using multiple data sources, with attention to bias, variance, and uncertainty propagation
- Inference with non-probability samples, including calibration, weighting, and model-based approaches
- Integrating surveys and digital traces, such as web data, social media, sensor data, and paradata
- Data integration methods, such asrecord linkage and statistical matching
- Quality assessment and validation in multi-source settings
- Ethical, legal, privacy and governance challenges in combining data sources
Plan of activities
- Establish and maintain a SIG mailing list to support communication, collaboration, and membership management.
- Organise three webinars per year, with at least one webinar addressing EDI-relevant topics (e.g. hard-to-reach populations, under-represented groups, or equity in data integration).
- Offer a short course or tutorial at the biennial ESRA conference focused on multi-source statistical methods.
- Organise and propose SIG-led sessions at international conferences, including ESRA, ITACOSM (Italian Conference on Survey Methodology), International Statistical Institute and International Association of Survey Statisticians related conferences.
- Hold regular online SIG meetings (once or twice per year) to update members on activities, review progress, and plan future initiatives.
Contacts
Camilla Salvatore (c.salvatore@uu.nl)
Angelo Moretti (a.moretti@uu.nl)
