Thanks to Peter J. Lugtig
Deadline: 31 August 2014
Call for papers
Thematic issue on “The collection of survey data using mixed devices” - deadline
for abstracts 31 August 2014
The peer reviewed, free and open access journal "Methods, Data, Analyses (MDA)",
published by GESIS (www.gesis.org/mda) is soliciting contributions to a special
issue on the "collection of survey data using mixed-devices". Vera Toepoel and
Peter Lugtig from Utrecht University will serve as guest editors of this
special issue, to be published in the fall/winter issue of 2015.
Surveys can nowadays be completed on many devices. Respondents can usually
choose which device they want to use if they complete a web survey for example.
The devices range from a traditional desktop computer, to a tablet, smartphone
or hybrids of these. In more traditional surveys, interviewers may use
different devices within one interview to record survey data; for example a
CAPI survey instrument, along with specific devices to measure various aspects
of health. These mixes of devices between and within interviews poses
challenges to survey methodologists, mainly in questionnaire design and
measurement error, but also in sampling and nonresponse conversion.
We are seeking papers that highlight potential opportunities and problems in
mixed-device data collection, compare different approaches to deal with these
problems, and/or propose solutions. For example:
- how can mixed-devices help to draw more efficient samples, and reduce
noncoverage and nonresponse bias?
- can survey respondents be effectively nudged towards using a particular device
within a web-survey?
- can mixed-device survey open up new possibilities for measurement?
- how to design Web survey questionnaires effectively for use across
mixed-devices?
We welcome contributions that incorporate experimental as well as
non-experimental data, and are open to both small- and large-scale studies.
Submission procedure
If you are interested in submitting an article please submit a maximum 2-page
abstract, documenting your main research questions, design of the study, and
proposed analyses. We are open to abstracts for which data collection has
started or is starting soon, but is not completed yet. The "route to
publication" listed below allows time for data to be collected.
- deadline for abstracts submissions: 31 August 2014.
- feedback from editors about acceptance: 15 september 2014.
- deadline for paper submissions: 30 April 2015.
- peer review feedback: 30 June 2015.
- second submission: 31 August 2015.
- Special issue to press: 30 september 2015.
Please submit your abstract by 31 August 2014 to Vera Toepoel ([log in to unmask])
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