Call for Monograph Papers

Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys

https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/mols2

 

The organisers of the Second International Conference on the Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys invite submissions of monograph paper proposals. Monograph papers will be presented orally at the conference at the University of Essex, UK, 25-27 July 2018 and will be prepared for publication as chapters in a book to be published by Wiley in their survey methodology series.

 

Monograph papers should provide an overview of current knowledge on a particular topic and/or important new research that provides theoretical or empirical insights. The focus should be on issues that are specific to the context of longitudinal data collection. By this, we mean any type of quantitative survey that involves collecting information on multiple occasions from the same subjects. Topics of interest include, but need not be limited to:

• Dynamic sampling for the representation of dynamic populations, including sample rotation and refreshment sampling;
• Methods for tracking mobile sample members over time;
• Methods for maintaining co-operation over time;
• Targeted design features for response maximisation;
• The use of longitudinal survey paradata for field management;
• Measurement error issues specific to longitudinal surveys, including respondent conditioning;
• Advances in dependent interviewing techniques;
• Instrument design for longitudinal surveys;
• New data collection methods and technologies to improve or extend longitudinal survey measurement;
• Maximising consent to data linkage – and understanding the informed consent process – in a longitudinal context;
• The opportunities and challenges of longitudinal data linkage;
• The design of longitudinal surveys for cutting-edge biosocial research;
• Mixed mode designs for longitudinal surveys;
• Imputation methods for longitudinal surveys;
• Advances in statistical modelling for complex longitudinal survey data;
• Analysis methods for repeated measures, duration and event data;
• Methods for dealing with sampling and nonsampling errors in the analysis of longitudinal data;
• Issues in weighting for longitudinal surveys;
• Variance estimation for longitudinal surveys.

 

Abstracts of not more than 400 words should be submitted to [log in to unmask] by 19 June 2017, preferably as a Word document.  Please include the name, affiliation and email address of each author, and ensure that the abstract states clearly the topic, how you will address it, what data or methods you will use, and what the take home messages are likely to be.  Informal enquiries regarding possible submissions can be sent to the conference Chair, Peter Lynn, [log in to unmask].

 

Authors will be informed whether or not their submission has been accepted by 28 July 2017.  Details of the process for drafting and revising papers will then be communicated to monograph authors: this will involve submitting a first full draft by January 2018, a revised draft by June 2018, and a final manuscript by December 2018.  Monograph authors will present their paper at the conference.

 

Further details of the conference can be found at: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/mols2. A call for contributed papers will follow in July 2017.

 

MOLS2 Conference Scientific Committee: Peter Lynn (Chair), Mick Couper, Annette Jäckle, Nicole Watson

 

 

 

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Peter Lynn
Professor of Survey Methodology

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My Latest Publications:

Journal article,  tackling non-response (April 2017): http://bit.ly/2o9qF2k

Journal article, cross-country comparisons (March 2017): http://bit.ly/2orOJJZ

Book chapter, TSE for longitudinal surveys (March 2017): http://bit.ly/2pknwN9

Book chapter, tackling panel attrition: http://bit.ly/2orpk3a

 

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