Call for papers: WebDataNet Conference 2015
Nov 14 2014
The WEBDATANET conference aims to bring together researchers and experts throughout the world to exchange research on topics related to web-based data collection & analysis methods.
WEBDATANET network was established in 2011 to build a multidisciplinary network of web-based data collection & analysis experts - (web) survey methodologists, psychologists, sociologists, linguists, economists, Internet scientists, media researchers and public opinion researchers, statisticians - to accumulate and synthesize knowledge of methodological problems and their potential solutions that must be addressed to provide web-based data with the scientific validity that traditional research methods already enjoy. The Conference will be organized in paper presentations, poster presentations, roundtable sessions and keynotes.
To submit your paper or poster, please, use the following link: CALL FOR PAPERS and POSTERS
Deadline for paper submissions is January 15, 2015.
Notifications will go out by February 15, 2015.
I. PAPERS SESSIONS
We are looking for interesting and innovative proposals by researchers and experts throughout the world who are interested in topics which are directly linked to the main research themes of the WEBDATANET network.
The following list of sessions has been approved by the Scientific Committee to participate in the Call for Papers:
THEME 1: Quality issues of web surveys
* Evaluation of questionnaire quality / Ana Slavec (TF 2)
* Mode effects in the web surveys / Michele Ernst Stahli & Nejc Berzelak (TF 3)
* Data quality in online panels / Katja Lozar Manfreda (TF 4)
* Potentials and constraints of weighting to improve web survey quality / Stephanie Steinmetz (TF 1)
THEME 2: Innovations in web based data collection
* Web survey paradata / Ioannis Andreadis & Mick Couper (TF 20)
* Web questionnaire design to increase survey engagement / Katja Lozar Manfreda
* New and Traditional Research with Mobile Phones / Robert Pinter (TF 19)
* Exploiting microposts as a window to public opinion / Daniel Gayo-Avelló
* Innovation in Internet-based data collection / Ulf-Dietrich Reips
THEME 3: Guides, codes, standards, implementation and dissemination of web-based data
* Collecting online data on job titles, descriptions, task and required skills / Kea Tijdens
* Global web-based data collections of the WageIndicator websites / Kea Tijdens
* Big Data analysis and its applied areas / Rocío Martínez Torres
* Using web data for the study of labour: the eduworks project / Pablo de Pedraza & Kea Tijdens
* Web survey process and errors / Silvia Biffignandi & Fanney Thorsdottir (TF 10)
* Internet data collection in official statistics / Silvia Biffignandi
* Voting Advice Applications / Ioannis Andreadis & Andre Krouwel
* Legal needs for Personal Data in the 21st century / Pablo de Pedraza & Clemens A. Grunwald
* Personality and achievement testing on the Internet / Boris Mlacic and Ulf Dietrich Reips
In order to participate, please click in the following link: CALL FOR PAPERS
II. CALL FOR POSTERS
The Call for Posters will provide an opportunity for presenting late breaking results, on-going research projects and speculative or innovative work in progress. Posters are intended to provide authors and participants with the ability to connect with each other and to engage in the discussions about their work. We invite submissions relevant to the topics of research provided in the themes described above.
A space will be allocated for each participant. The organizers should be contacted well in advance of the conference in case of any special requirement (webdatanet@usal.es)
In order to participate, please click in the following link: CALL FOR POSTERS
III.ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
In a Rountable Session you will debate and discuss issues relating to your practice area with a small group of colleagues. The roundtable sessions include 20 minutes of presentation, followed by 40 minutes of discussion and feedback. Presenters should prepare targeted questions to pose to others at the table in order to learn from and with those attending.
These formats are among the most flexible offered at the conference and may look different from the standard session. When sharing ideas and interacting with others, the understanding of the topics by part of the presenters is greater than if you were on your own. For this reason the Scientific Committee has organized the following three roundtable sessions:
* Teaching Web Scraping Methods / Simon Munzert & Dominic Nyhuis
* Applied Economics and web data / Pablo de Pedraza & Nikos Askitas (TF 25)
IV. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
* RICHARD B. FREEMAN, Harvard University and NBER.
* DON A. DILLMAN, Ph.D. Regents Professor, Department of Sociology Deputy Director, The Social and Economic Sciences Research Center, Washington State, University Pullman.
For more details contact with:
Scientific Committee:
Pablo de Pedraza * Chair: pablodepedraza@usal.es
Stephanie Steinmetz * Vice Chair: S.M.Steinmetz@uva.nl
Katja Lozar Manfreda * MC Member - University of Ljubljana
Kea Tijdens * MC Member - University of Amsterdam
Lars Kaczmirek * MC Member – GESIS/ Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Ulf Reips * MC Member – University of Konstanz
Ioannis Andreadis * MC Member – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Silvia Biffignandi * MC Member - University of Bergamo
THEME 1: Quality issues of web surveys
Katja Lozar Manfreda - University of Ljubljana
Andrea Jonsdòttir - Social Science Research Institute
THEME 2: Innovations in web based data collection
Ulf Reips – University of Konstanz
Kathrin Kissau – NET- METRIX AG
THEME 3: Guides, codes, standards, implementation and dissemination of web-based data
Silvia Biffignandi - CASI/University of Bergamo
Fanney Thorsdottir – University of Iceland
TIMELINE
Call for papers opens September, 2014
Deadline for paper submissions January 15, 2015
Notification to authors February 15, 2015
For further information, please contact:
Fernando Pinto (Grant Holder): pintoyhernandez@gmail.com
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