1. NEW: Latest ESS User Statistics released
(News/News)

The number of registered ESS users now stands at 28,868 as at 14 January, 2010. Download the full statistics to see the breakdown by country and type of user.  ...

2. Training Courses: No 8
(Dissemination/Training Courses)

... of Statistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prof. Kreuter is associate editor of the Journal of Official Statistics, Survey Research Methods and The Stata Journal. She has published ...

3. Training Courses: No 7
(Dissemination/Training Courses)

... together with the national statistical office of Germany, the German market research association and the German association for academic social research. Since the end of the 1990s he is doing research ...

4. Training Courses: No 6
(Dissemination/Training Courses)

... A text on mixed-mode design and a power-point handout will be available for all participants.   Lecturer: Professor Dr Edith de Leeuw MethodikA/Department of Methodology and Statistics, Utrecht University. ...

5. Round 3 Rotating Modules
(ESS Fieldwork/Questionnaire)

... Institute and Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Zsolt Spéder, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Hungary    ...

6. Developing Attitudinal Indicators - Background
(Methodological Research/Developing Attitudinal Indicators)

... statistics, and between declining trust in government and falling electoral turnouts.  Arriving at an appropriate and achievable long-list of new indicators will thus require extensive scrutiny ...

7. Mixing Modes of Data Collection - Milestones
(Methodological Research/Mixed Modes of Data Collection)

... mixed mode designs for end users of ESS data, focused on the question of whether and how measurement error related to mode can be corrected for statistically.  This work will be led by City, with ...

8. Improving the Questionnaire - Work Description
(Methodological Research/Improving the Questionnaire)

...    Task 1:   Statistical efficiency The classic MTMM design and analysis method that was developed by Andrews (1984) and adapted, largely for the ESS, by Saris et al (2004) ...

9. Improving Representativeness and Response - Background
(Methodological Research/Non-response)

... Philippens, 2004; Stoop, 2004).   Adjusting for non-response. Experts still argue over the extent to which statistical adjustments or modelling ought to be applied to correct for remaining non-response. ...

10. Training Courses: No 3
(Dissemination/Training Courses)

... has wide experience in survey and sampling design internationally, including on European social surveys such as the European Community Household Panel, EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions), ...

11. Contextual and Event Data
(ESS Fieldwork/Questionnaire)

... Country-based demographic and socio-economic macro statistics are only part of this story. Equally important are contextual socio-political factors in a particular country such as the proximity to fieldwork ...

12. The Development of a Methodological Tool for Event Reporting
(Methodological Research/Event Reporting)

... differences Country-based demographic and socio-economic macro statistics are only part of this story. Equally important are contextual socio-political factors in a particular country such as ...

13. Developing Attitudinal Indicators
(Methodological Research/Developing Attitudinal Indicators)

... between self-rated health and morbidity statistics, and between declining trust in government and falling electoral turnouts.  Arriving at an appropriate and achievable long-list of new indicators ...

14. ESS Edunet
(Dissemination/EduNet)

... designed to guide users through the research process, from a theoretical problem to the interpretation of statistical results. Four topics are now available, drawing upon data from the first two rounds ...

15. Round 4
(Project Background/Participants)

... University of Turku Funding organisation: Academy of Finland Survey organisation: Statistics Finland National Coordinators: Daniel Boy and Nicholas Sauger Sciences Po Funding organisation: ...

16. Round 3
(Project Background/Participants)

... Coordinator: Heikki Ervasti University of Turku Funding organisation: Academy of Finland Survey organisation: Statistics Finland National Coordinators: Daniel Boy, Bruno Cautrès, Nicholas ...

17. Round 2
(Project Background/Participants)

... Estonian Science Foundation and University of Tartu Survey organisation: Statistical Office of Estonia National Coordinator: Heikki Ervasti University of Turku Funding organisation: Academy ...

18. Round 1
(Project Background/Participants)

Click on the country to view details: National Coordinator: Karl Müller Institute for Advanced Studies Department of Sociology Vienna Funding organisation: Bundesministerium für ...

19. Matthias Ganninger
(Project Background/Organisational Structure)

... Research Assistant at the chair of Methods of the empirical social sciences held by Prof. Dr. Rainer Schnell (2003-2005) Activities in Scientific Societies: Member of the German Statistical Association ...

20. Peter Lynn
(Project Background/Organisational Structure)

Presently: Professor of Survey Methodology, University of Essex (2001-). Editor-in-Chief of Survey Research Methods. Referee for numerous journals and book publishers. Member of UK National Statistics ...