When less is more: improving survey invitations
Learn how to design better invitation letters to increase participation in online surveys. Results from an experiment.
Understanding Measurement Error from a Total Survey Error perspective
We present the MultiTrait MultiError (MTME) approach to estimating multiple types of measurement errors concurrently.
Master class: Estimating and correcting for measurement error in longitudinal studies
To mark the launch of the new book Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data the Royal Statistical Society will be hosting a half-day Master class.
Summer schools in applied statistics and survey methodology 2021
Learn how to collect and analyze data. A list of summer schools in statistics and survey methodology in Europe!
Are web survey answers similar to face to face ones?
Face to face interviews are increasingly replaced by web surveys. We use an experiment to investigate implications on measurement.
Measurement error in health data collection. The case for nurse effects
Nurses can impact the collection of “objective” athropometric and physical performance measures. They explain on average 13% of variation.
Special Issue call for submissions: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Disclosure Protection – JSSM
Special Issue call for submissions: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Disclosure Protection – Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
Special issue: The Future of Online Data Collection in Social Surveys (Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series A)
This themed issue of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, is dedicated to finding solutions to these challenges, through innovative methodological developments and applications, bringing together survey methodology, survey research, statistics and other disciplines.
New forms of data collection and online teaching: interview with Florian Keusch
Interview with Florian Keusch on new forms of data and online teaching. Among other things we discuss about GOR, MASS and IPSDS.
Summer schools in applied statistics and survey methodology 2020
A comprehensive list of the summer schools in Europe that cover the analysis and collection of data in the social sciences.