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
- Silber, Henning, Patricia Moy, Timothy P. Johnson, Rico Neumann, Sven Stadtmüller, and Lydia Repke. 2022. "Survey participation as a function of democratic engagement, trust in institutions, and perceptions of surveys." Social Science Quarterly 103 (7): 1619-1632. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13218.
- Felderer, Barbara, Jannis Kück, and Martin Spindler. 2023. "Using Double Machine Learning to Understand Nonresponse in the Recruitment of a Mixed-Mode Online Panel." Social Science Computer Review 41 (2): 461-481. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393221095194.
- Friedel, Sabine, Barbara Felderer, Ulrich Krieger, Carina Cornesse, and Annelies Blom. 2023. "The Early Bird Catches the Worm! Setting a Deadline for Online Panel Recruitment Incentives." Social Science Computer Review 41 (2): 370-389. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393221096970.
- Daikeler, Jessica, Henning Silber, and Michael Bosnjak. 2022. "A meta-analysis of how country-level factors affect web survey response rates." International Journal of Market Research 64 (3): 306–333. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/14707853211050916.
- Felderer, Barbara, Jessica M. E. Herzing, Christian Bruch, Ulrich Krieger, and Annelies G. Blom. 2021. "How does switching a probability-based online panel to a smartphone-optimized design affect response rates and smartphone use?" Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (SMIF) (30/08/21). doi: https://doi.org/10.13094/SMIF-2021-00007.
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Kompetenzzentrum Datenqualität in den Sozialwissenschaften
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2023-11-15 | 2026-11-14 | Bund |
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