Quantitative Methods in the
Social Sciences 2
Summer School on cross-national comparisons
Methodological aspects of the use of Composite scores in cross-cultural research
| Venue: | University of Vienna, Austria |
| Date: | 1 - 8 September 2010 |
| Tutors: | Willem Saris, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain Stefano Tarantola, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Eldad Davidov, University of Zurich, Switzerland Massimiliano Mascherini, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) Daniel Oberski, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Presentations: | Click here to access presentations from the summer school |
| Click here to see video streaming of most of the lectures |
Programme
| Wednesday 1 September | |
| 17.00 | Welcome party |
| Thursday 2 September | |
| 09.00 | Introduction of participants; introduction to the course, reflective and formative indicators, concepts and composite scores Eldad Davidov |
| 10.00 | Methodological aspects: normalization and weighting in cross-cultural research Stefano Tarantola and Massimiliano Mascherini |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Practical work |
| Friday 3 September | |
| 09.00 | Discussion of problems |
| 09.30 | Aggregation and robustness of scores Stefano Tarantola and Massimiliano Mascherini |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Practical work |
| Saturday 4 September | |
| 09.00 | Discussion of problems |
| 09.30 | The quality of the indicators and composite scores Willem Saris and Daniel Oberski |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Practical work |
| Sunday 5 September | |
| Day off | |
| Monday 6 September | |
| 09.00 | Discussion of problems |
| 09.30 | Comparability of composite scores across countries Eldad Davidov |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Practical work |
| Tuesday 7 September | |
| 09.00 | Discussion of problems |
| 09.30 | Using composite scores taking into account measurement error in cross-cultural research Willem Saris and Daniel Oberski |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Practical work |
| Wednesday 8 September | |
| 09.00 | Discussion of problems |
| 09.30 | Practical work |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Presentation of result |