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panel conditioning

In late august of 2011 I attended the Internet Survey Methodology Workshop. There were people from academia, official statistics and …

The trouble with nonresponse studies

SEM software

I’m not dead! In fact, I have been very alive over the past half a year: moving, finishing my Ph.D and starting a new job. With …

Statistical modeling: SEM

Sorry for the long silence: have been caught up in work and other things that were always more pressing than writing blog posts. …

survey methods and statistical modeling

One of the professors at the department where I work ( Joop Hox ) told me at our first meeting ever that good survey methodologists …

causality

A short post in between, so I can share two thoughts: 1. it is now possible to post reactions to my blog posts. Because I’m new …

mixed-mode designs: cognitive equivalence

Instead of separating out mode effects from nonresponse and noncoverage effects through statistical modeling, it is perhaps better to …

matching to correct for self-selection bias in mixed-mode surveys

Mixed mode surveys have shown to attract different types of respondents. This may imply that they are succesful. Internet surveys …

studying mode effects

Mode effects - the fact that respondents respond differently to a survey question, solely because of the mode of interviewing - are …

mode effects

One of the most interesting issues in survey research is the mode effect. A mode effect can occur in mixed-mode surveys, where …