[DDI-users] Call for Invited Papers

[Mary Vardigan]

Dear DDI Community,

Below is a call for papers for an international conference on survey
methods. You will note that the possible topics include documentation and
DDI.

Mary

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CALL FOR INVITED PAPERS

Second International Conference on Survey Methods in Multinational,
Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts (3MC)

July 2016, Chicago

As part of an ongoing effort to promote quality in multipopulation surveys
and to raise the level of methodological expertise in various applied
fields of comparative survey research, the Second International Conference
on Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural
Contexts will be held July 2016 in Chicago (3MC 2016).

This conference will bring together researchers and survey practitioners
concerned with survey methodology and practice in comparative contexts. It
will provide a unique opportunity to discuss and present research that
contributes to our understanding of survey needs and methods in
multi-cultural, multi-national, and multi-lingual contexts. Conference
contributions will help document current best practices and stimulate new
ideas for further research and development.

We invite all interested researchers and practitioners to submit abstracts
to be considered for Invited Papers. An accompanying edited volume
presenting state-of-the-art research and practice will be published with
John Wiley & Sons. The expectation is that Invited Papers become chapters
in the edited volume.

Abstracts should be between 700- 1000 words. The deadline for submitting
abstracts is July 1, 2014. They can be submitted at the CSDI website (
http://www.csdiworkshop.org); there you will link to 3MC 2016 under EVENTS.

If you have questions relating to submitting an abstract please contact
Timothy Johnson at timj at uic.edu or Beth-Ellen Pennell at bpennell at umich.edu.

Unless advised otherwise, we will pass on abstracts which cannot be
accepted as Invited Papers to have them considered as Contributed Papers at
the conference. The first individual call for Contributed Papers at the
conference will follow in late 2014.

CSDI is the acronym for the International Workshop for Comparative Survey
Design and Implementation, which heads the initiative for this conference.
CSDI meets every year for an annual workshop. More information is available
on the CSDI website (see above).

PRELIMINARY OUTLINE OF CONFERENCE SESSIONS

The following is a list of possible topics under large headings planned for
the conference sessions and the monograph. These may be expanded and
re-organized, depending on submissions. Some overlap of sub-themes at this
preliminary stage is intentional. Those submitting abstracts are not
required to indicate where they think their abstract might "fit." The
examples are not meant to be exhaustive but illustrative of the types of
submissions that might be considered.

* Theory of comparability
* Study design in a comparative context, e.g., design tradeoffs (in the
context of total survey error), linkages (administrative data, 'big' data)
* Sampling approaches, e.g., innovations, use of technology, tradeoffs
* Quality control and monitoring, e.g., innovative uses of paradata,
standards development, standardization versus localization, global survey
production
* Multi-cultural questionnaire design and testing, e.g., approaches,
response processes, use of scales, technical design (interface, navigation,
etc.)
* Translation and adaptation, e.g., written and oral, evaluation and
assessment, tools
* Choice of mode and technical approaches, e.g., mixed mode designs,
constraints, innovations
* Regulatory environment and ethics reviews, e.g., informed consent,
collecting biomarkers
* 3m data collection challenges and approaches, e.g., nonresponse, capacity
building, organizing field work, recruiting and training interviewers,
interview privacy, collecting biomarkers and other physical measures
* Innovative approaches to analysis
* Data documentation and dissemination, e.g., knowledge management, DDI,
new tools

On behalf of the 2016 3MC Conference organizing committee: Timothy Johnson,
Beth-Ellen Pennell, Lars Lyberg, Peter Ph. Mohler, Alisu Schoua-Glusberg,
Tom W. Smith, Ineke Stoop, Christof Wolf.

Timothy P. Johnson, Ph.D.
Director, Survey Research Laboratory
Professor, Public Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago
412 S. Peoria St.
Chicago, IL 60607
Office:  312-996-5310
Fax:     312-996-3358
E-mail:  timj at uic.edu

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Mary Vardigan
Assistant Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR)
P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Phone: 734-615-7908
Fax: 734-647-8200
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