The deadline for submitting proposals to the following competition is
now just 3 weeks away:
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From: Peter Lynn <[log in to unmask]>
*Survey Methods Studies: Call for Proposals* Released 30 March 2011
This is an invitation to academics and researchers to submit proposals
for methodological experiments to be incorporated on the "Understanding
Society" Innovation Panel from wave 5 onwards. Experiments could relate
to the design of survey instruments (e.g. question wording, scale
format, item order, etc) or to survey design features (e.g. procedures
intended to reduce non-response or to improve fieldwork efficiency).
Data collection for wave 5, which will have a mixed mode design (web,
telephone and face-to-face), will take place in early spring 2012. The
sample size is approximately 1,400 households.
The deadline for receipt of proposals is 2 June 2011.
Data collection costs will not be charged to successful proposers.
Proposers will be expected to collaborate in the detailed development of
their study, which may include CAI script testing and/or checking of
field documents. They are also expected to provide a summary report of
main findings, for inclusion in a working paper reporting on the wave 5
experimentation. Proposers are welcome to publish their own research
based on the resultant data; the data will be made available to
proposers as soon as possible and in advance of general release via the
UK Data Archive.
The full call for proposals, including information about the principles
to which proposals must adhere, the criteria by which proposals will be
judged, and the application process, can be downloaded from
http://www.understandingsociety.org.uk/design/content/ip.aspx
Peter
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Peter Lynn ([log in to unmask])
Professor of Survey Methodology (www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/plynn)
Director, ESRC Survey Resources Network (www.surveynet.ac.uk)
Editor-in-Chief, Survey Research Methods (www.surveymethods.org)
Vice President, International Association of Survey Statisticians
(http://isi.cbs.nl/iass/)
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
University of Essex, Colchester, UK CO4 3SQ
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