In the area of Survey Operations, basic and application-oriented research is carried out on various questions of data collection and survey design. Topics include the design of online and mixed-mode surveys, data linkage, use of geo and paradata, field control and interviewer effects as well as interview training.
Research topics, which are investigated in particular on the basis of the GESIS Panel as well as the research projects carried out in the team, are for example:
- Panel recruitment
- Sample refreshment
- Incentives and response rates
- Nonresponse
- Machine learning
- Push-to-web strategies in mixed-mode surveys
- Responsive and adaptive designs
- Performance-related motivation of interviewers
- Determinants of successful interviewer training
- Identification of counterfeits in surveys
- Determinants of Interview Effects
- Mobile Surveys
- Data Linkage
- Response behavior and social desirability
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- Rammstedt, Beatrice, Silke Martin, and Débora B. Maehler. 2018. "Coverage of the migrant population in large-scale assessment surveys: Experiences from PIAAC in Germany." Third Policy Forum on Learning from Data at the OECD, 2018-02-12.
- Nießen, Désirée, Clemens Lechner, and Daniel Danner. 2018. "Erfolgreich in die Berufsausbildung: Die Rolle der Persönlichkeit für den Übergang von der Schule in die Ausbildung." 6. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF) in Basel, Schweiz, 2018-02-16.
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