<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear DDI Community,<br><br>Below is a call for papers for an international conference on survey methods. You will note that the possible topics include documentation and DDI.<br><br></div>Mary<br><br>***<br>
<div><br>CALL FOR INVITED PAPERS<br>
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Second International Conference on Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts (3MC)<br>
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July 2016, Chicago<br>
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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).<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Abstracts should be between 700– 1000 words. The deadline for submitting abstracts is <span tabindex="0" class=""><span class="">July 1, 2014</span></span>. They can be submitted at the CSDI website (<a href="http://www.csdiworkshop.org" target="_blank">http://www.csdiworkshop.org</a>); there you will link to 3MC 2016 under EVENTS.<br>
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If you have questions relating to submitting an abstract please contact Timothy Johnson at <a href="mailto:timj@uic.edu" target="_blank">timj@uic.edu</a> or Beth-Ellen Pennell at <a href="mailto:bpennell@umich.edu" target="_blank">bpennell@umich.edu</a>.<br>
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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.<br>
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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).<br>
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PRELIMINARY OUTLINE OF CONFERENCE SESSIONS<br>
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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.<br>
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• Theory of comparability<br>
• Study design in a comparative context, e.g., design tradeoffs (in the
context of total survey error), linkages (administrative data, ‘big’
data)<br>
• Sampling approaches, e.g., innovations, use of technology, tradeoffs<br>
• Quality control and monitoring, e.g., innovative uses of paradata,
standards development, standardization versus localization, global
survey production<br>
• Multi-cultural questionnaire design and testing, e.g., approaches,
response processes, use of scales, technical design (interface,
navigation, etc.)<br>
• Translation and adaptation, e.g., written and oral, evaluation and assessment, tools<br>
• Choice of mode and technical approaches, e.g., mixed mode designs, constraints, innovations<br>
• Regulatory environment and ethics reviews, e.g., informed consent, collecting biomarkers<br>
• 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<br>
• Innovative approaches to analysis<br>
• Data documentation and dissemination, e.g., knowledge management, DDI, new tools<br>
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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.<br>
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Timothy P. Johnson, Ph.D.<br>
Director, Survey Research Laboratory<br>
Professor, Public Administration<br>
University of Illinois at Chicago<br>
412 S. Peoria St.<br>
Chicago, IL 60607<br>
Office: <a href="tel:312-996-5310" value="+13129965310" target="_blank">312-996-5310</a><br>
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E-mail: <a href="mailto:timj@uic.edu" target="_blank">timj@uic.edu</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Mary Vardigan<br>Assistant Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)<br>P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106<br>
Phone: 734-615-7908<br>Fax: 734-647-8200<br>
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