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Methods, Data, Analyses
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Erscheint: 2 issues/year
Methods, data, analyses (mda) publishes research on all questions important to quantitative methods in the social sciences, with a special emphasis on survey methodology. mda is released online as open-access journal. All content is freely available and can be distributed without any restrictions, ensuring the free flow of information that is crucial for scientific progress. mda does not raise any publication fees.
We especially invite authors to submit articles extending the profession's knowledge on the science of surveys, be it on data collection, measurement, or data analysis and statistics. We also welcome applied papers that deal with the use of quantitative methods in practice, the analysis of digital behavioural data, or that present the use of a particular state-of-the-art method using an example for illustration.
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Methods, Data, Analyses 18 (2024), 1
The field of panel data research is still growing, addressing the need for research on innovative panel data collection methods as well as panel data analysis techniques. On the methodological side, the quality of panel data collection is challenged by issues such as panel conditioning (e.g., learning effects), the…
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Methods, Data, Analyses 17 (2023), 2
This study investigates the extent to which video technologies – now ubiquitous – might be useful for survey measurement. We compare respondents’ performance and experience (n = 1,067) in live video-mediated interviews, a web survey in which prerecorded interviewers read questions, and a conventional (textual) web…
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Methods, Data, Analyses 17 (2023), 1
The ease with which large amounts of data can be collected via the Internet has led to a renewed interest in the use of non-probability samples. To that end, this paper performs a case study, comparing two non-probability datasets – one based on a river-sampling approach, one drawn from an online-access panel – to a…
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Methods, Data, Analyses 16 (2022), 2
Factorial survey experiments (FSEs) are increasingly used in the social sciences. This paper provides a review about the use of FSEs and aims to answer three research questions. (1) How has this specific research field developed over time? (2) Which methodological advances have been made in FSE research and to what…