Schweizer Kompetenzzentrum Sozialwissenschaften

2013-03

Mode and incentive effects in an individual register frame based Swiss election study (PDF - 209.3 kB)

Oliver Lipps and Nicolas Pekari

2013-02

Coverage and nonresponse errors in an individual register frame based Swiss telephone election study (PDF - 163.3 kB)

Oliver Lipps, Nicolas Pekari and Caroline Roberts

2013-01

Using the Swiss population register for research into survey methodology (PDF - 202.9 kB)

Caroline Roberts, Oliver Lipps and Kathrin Kissau

2012-03

Travail atypique et accès au troisième pilier en Suisse (PDF - 382.6 kB)

Jenny Assi

2012-02

Parcours de formation: Analyse des trajectoires de formation des personnes résidant en Suisse (PDF - 277.8 kB)

Alexandre Pollien and Lorenzo Bonoli

2012-01

Satisficing and language proficiency (PDF - 213 kB)

Brian Kleiner, Oliver Lipps and Eliane Ferrez

2011-04

Advance translation in the 5th round of the European Social Survey (ESS) (PDF - 637.6 kB)

Brita Dorer

2011-03

National minorities and their representation in Swiss surveys (II): Which practices make a difference? (PDF - 465.5 kB)

Francesco Laganà, Guy Elcheroth, Sandra Penic, Brian Kleiner, and Nicole Fasel

A different version of this paper has meanwhile been published as:

Laganà, F., Elcheroth, G., Penic, S., Kleiner, B., & Fasel, N. (2013). National minorities and their representation in social surveys: which practices make a difference? Quality & Quantity, 47(3), 1287-1314.

2011-02

National minorities and their representation in Swiss surveys (I): Providing evidence and analysing causes for their under-representation (PDF - 472.8 kB)

Oliver Lipps, Francesco Laganà, Alexandre Pollien, and Lavinia Gianettoni

A different version of this paper has meanwhile been published as:

Lipps, O., Laganà, F., Pollien, A., & Gianettoni, L. (2013). Under-representation of foreign minorities in cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys in Switzerland. In Joan Font & Mónica Méndez (eds.): Surveying Ethnic Minorities and Immigrant Populations: Methodological Challenges and Research Strategies: Amsterdam University Press: 241-267.

2011-01

Predictability of reasons for refusal in telephone surveys (PDF - 199.2 kB)

Oliver Lipps

A different version of this paper has meanwhile been published as:

Lipps, O. (2012). Using information from telephone panel surveys to predict reasons for refusal. Methoden – Daten – Analysen 6 (1): 3-20.

2010-04

The determinants of fixed-term contracts in contemporary Switzerland (PDF - 253.6 kB)

Spartaco Greppi, Mario Lucchini, Jenny Assi, and Christian Marazzi

2010-03

Dialect-driven adaptation: Experiences from Switzerland (PDF - 374.7 kB)

Isabelle Renschler, Brian Kleiner, and Martina Bichsel

A different version of this paper has meanwhile been published as:

Renschler, I., & Kleiner, B. (2013). Considering Dialect in Survey Research. Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique, 118(1), 51-59.

2010-02

Contact time optimization in panel surveys (PDF - 184.7 kB)

Oliver Lipps

A different version of this paper has meanwhile been published as:

Lipps, O. (2012). A Note on improving Contact Times in Panel Surveys. Field Methods 24 (1): 95-111.

2010-01

Income imputation in the Swiss Household Panel 1999-2007 (PDF - 276.5 kB)

Oliver Lipps

2009-02

The electoral success of beauties and beasts (PDF - 214.9 kB)

Georg Lutz

A different version of this paper has meanwhile been published as:

Lutz, G. (2010). The Electoral Success of Beauties and Beasts. Swiss Political Science Review, 16(3), 457-480.

2009-01

Innovations and new technologies in panel research (PDF - 216.6 kB)

Annette Scherpenzeel

This working paper combines parts of three other publications by the same author:

Scherpenzeel, A. & Das, J.W.M. (2010). ’True’ longitudinal and probability-based internet panels: Evidence from the Netherlands. In: Das, J.W.M.; Ester, P.; Kaczmirek, L. (Ed.) Social and Behavioral Research and the Internet: Advances in Applied Methods and Research Strategies.

Scherpenzeel, A. & Bethlehem, J. (2010). How representative are online-panels? Problems of coverage and selection and possible solutions. In Social Research and the Internet: Advances in applied Methods and New Research Strategies. Eds. M.Das, P.Ester & L.Kaczmirek. New York : Routlegde Academic.

Scherpenzeel, A., & Toepoel, V. (2012). Recruiting a Probability Sample for an Online Panel: Effects of Contact Mode, Incentives, and Information. Public Opinion Quarterly, 76(3), 470-490.