European Survey Research Association conference Survey research in times of crisis: Challenges, opportunities, and new directions, 17-21 July, Milan XX International Sociological Association World Congress in Sociology, Melbourne, 25 June-1 July Sessions devoted to survey data harmonization and quality were organized by Marta Kołczyńska together with Piotr Cichocki and Piotr Jabkowski at two conferences:
European Survey Research Association conference Survey research in times of crisis: Challenges, opportunities, and new directions, 17-21 July, Milan Papers:
A new paper, authored by Piotr Jabkowski, Piotr Cichocki, and Marta Kołczyńska and titled “Multi-Project Assessments of Sample Quality in Cross-National Surveys: The Role of Weights in Applying External and Internal Measures of Sample Bias”, was published in the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. From the abstract:
This paper examines existing methods of evaluating sample quality, showing that their practical utility and applicability to large-scale cross-project comparisons depends on whether they require auxiliary individual-level data.
A new paper, written by Piotr Jabkowski and Marta Kołczyńska and titled “Sampling and Fieldwork Practices in Europe: Analysis of Methodological Documentation From 1,537 Surveys in Five Cross-National Projects, 1981-2017”, was published in the journal Methodology-European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. From the abstract:
This article addresses the comparability of sampling and fieldwork with an analysis of methodological data describing 1,537 national surveys from five major comparative cross-national survey projects in Europe carried out in the period from 1981 to 2017.