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.
Our research on Survey Operations
- 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
 
- Daikeler, Jessica, Leon Fröhling, Indira Sen, Lukas Birkenmaier, Tobias Gummer, Jan Schwalbach, Henning Silber, Bernd Weiß, Katrin Weller, and Clemens Lechner. 2024. "Assessing Data Quality in the Age of Digital Social Research: A Systematic Review." Social Science Computer Review online first. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393241245395.
 - Höhne, Jan Karem, Conrad Ziller, and Timo Lenzner. 2023. "Investigating respondents’ willingness to participate in video-based web surveys." International Journal of Market Research online first. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/14707853231198788.
 - Ell, Theresia, Lydia Repke, and Henning Silber. 2023. "Collecting Egocentric Network Data in Live Video-Based Interviews." European Survey Research Association (ESRA) 2023 Conference, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, 2023-07-17.
 - Kunz, Tanja, Jessica Daikeler, and Daniela Ackermann-Piek. 2024. "Interviewer-observed paradata in mixed-mode and innovative data collection." International Journal of Market Research 66 (1): 14-26. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/14707853231184742.
 - Bach, Ruben, Carina Cornesse, and Jessica Daikeler. 2023. "Equipping the offline population with internet access in an online panel: Does it make a difference? ." Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology online first. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smad003.
 
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                    Kompetenzzentrum Datenqualität in den Sozialwissenschaften
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