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FORS Working Paper Series

The FORS Working Paper Series publishes papers related to survey research, from both methodological and substantive viewpoints. The FORS Working Paper Series accepts manuscripts for consideration from scholars within and from outside of FORS. This series is intended to provide an early and relatively quick means of publication prior to further development of the work. For more information, see the publication guidelines (in English).

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

2012-2

Parcours de formation: Analyse des trajectoires de formation des personnes résident en Suisse (PDF - 277.8 kb)

Alexandre Pollien and Lorenzo Bonoli

2012-1

Satisficing and language proficiency (PDF - 213 kb)

Brian Kleiner, Oliver Lipps and Eliane Ferrez

2011-4

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): What 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 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.