Quantitative Methods in the
Social Sciences 2
QMSS 2 Crossnational comparisons
Seminar “Quality and Comparability of Measures for Constructs in Comparative Research: Methods and Applications”
Bolzano (Bozen), Italy
10-13 June 2009
| Organizers: | Willem Saris | Universitat Ramon Llull |
| Eldad Davidov | University of Cologne | |
| Sylvia Kritzinger | University of Vienna |
In this seminar, we want to bring together methodologists and substantive researchers working in different fields to get a good picture of the used (in practice) and required procedures for evaluating the comparability of measures across countries.
The idea is to have 4 sessions of half a day. In these sessions the applied procedures for different topics will be discussed by methodologists in that field and substantive researchers.
In each session three papers will be discussed of specialists in this field. These papers are expected to be sent around before June 5, 2009 to all participants (see list below). The emphasis in the meeting will be on the discussion of the papers between the presenters in the session and the other participants in the seminar. This means that the presentations will be rather brief (15 minutes at most). For each paper a discussion of an hour is planned and one extra hour for general discussions about the topic and the procedures.
If we want this conference to succeed, it is essential that the participants have read the papers in advance .
PROGRAMME
| Wednesday 10 June | |
| Arrival | |
| Thursday 11 June | |
| 9.00 – 13.00 | Session 1: Social and political Trust (Chair person: Willem Saris) |
Discussion of the papers by: Patrick Sturgis Ian Brunton-Smith William van der Veld |
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| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 – 18.00 | Session 2: Schwartz Human Value Scale (Chair person: Sylvia Kritzinger) |
Discussion of the papers by: Shalom Schwartz Eldad Davidov Desiree Knoppen |
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| Friday 12 June | |
| 9.00 – 13.00 | Session 3: Media use or exposure to specific topics in the media (Chair person: Eldad Davidov) |
Discussion of papers by Dietram Scheufele Hajo Boomgaarden Willem Saris |
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| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch |
14.00 – 18.00 |
Session 4: Background variables (Chair person: Sylvia Kritzinger) |
Discussion of the papers by: Harry Ganzeboom Multiple Indicator Models for Social Background Silke Schneider Duane Alwin |
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| Saturday 13 June | |
| Departure | |
PARTICIPANTS