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Using Survey Data to Describe Societies at Global Level: Is There Still a Hidden Treasure?

Thursday, July 17, 2014: 3:30 PM-5:20 PM
Room: 416
RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology (host committee)

Language: English

Session Organizers:
Markus QUANDT, Leibniz Institute Social Sciences, Germany and Christof WOLF, Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Germany
Multilevel Data – What to Do? Comparing Random Intercept and Slope Models, Cluster-Robust Standard Errors, and Two-Step Approaches Using Monte-Carlo Simulations (Oral Presentation)
Johannes GIESECKE, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany; Jan HEISIG, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany; Merlin SCHAEFFER, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany

Estimating Societal Trends from Heterogeneous Cross-Sectional Time Series Surveys – Some Challenges Demonstrated on the Example of Church Attendance Trends in Europe (Oral Presentation)
Markus QUANDT, Leibniz Institute Social Sciences, Germany; Ferruccio BIOLCATI RINALDI, University of Milan, Italy; Cristiano VEZZONI, University of Trento, Italy

Aspects of Measuring National Identity: Insights from Online-Probing (Oral Presentation)
Katharina MEITINGER, Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Germany; Michael BRAUN, Gesis Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany; Lars KACZMIREK, Gesis Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany; Wolfgang BANDILLA, Gesis Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany; Dorothée BEHR, Gesis Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany

Comparing the Evolution of Attitudes Toward Government: Cross-Cutting Substantial and Methodological Issues (Oral Presentation)
Frédéric GONTHIER, Université de Grenoble, France; Frédéric GONTHIER, Institut d'Etudes Politiques - Université de Grenoble, France., France

Assessing Nonresponse Bias with Microdata from Official Statistics – the European Case (Oral Presentation)
Christof WOLF, Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Germany