Centre de compétences suisse en sciences sociales

2013-03

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

Oliver Lipps and Nicolas Pekari

2013-02

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

Oliver Lipps, Nicolas Pekari and Caroline Roberts

2013-01

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

Caroline Roberts, Oliver Lipps and Kathrin Kissau

2012-03

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

Jenny Assi

2012-02

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

Alexandre Pollien and Lorenzo Bonoli

2012-01

Satisficing and language proficiency (PDF - 213 ko)

Brian Kleiner, Oliver Lipps and Eliane Ferrez

2011-04

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

Brita Dorer

2011-03

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

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 ko)

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 ko)

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 ko)

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

2010-03

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

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 ko)

Oliver Lipps

2010-01

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

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.

2009-02

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

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 ko)

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.