RE-IDENTIFYING REGISTER DATA BY SURVEY DATA USING CLUSTER ANALYSIS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (05) ◽  
pp. 589-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHANN BACHER ◽  
RUTH BRAND ◽  
STEFAN BENDER
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Special Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sampling Fraction ◽  
Statistical Agencies ◽  
Life History Study ◽  
Sample Fraction

More and more empirical researchers from universities or research centres like to use register or survey data collected by statistical agencies or the social security system, since these data can by used for several empirical studies, e.g. the analysis of special groups or quantitative effects of economic or social policies. Most of the data required have to be (factually) anonymised before they are disseminated to preserve confidentiality. In the area of statistics on households and individuals this path has been pursued in Germany for several years. The transmission of de facto anonymised datafiles has proved to be a good form of co-operation between scientists and statisticians. Factual anonymity of the data depends on the costs and benefits of a potential re-identification. The paper assumes that the intruder only accepts low costs. Therefore he uses a cluster analysis module that is available in a standards statistical software package to re-identify persons. After a description of the method different factors influencing the re-identification risk are studied using German employment statistics (register data) and the German Life History Study (survey data). The factors are: sample fraction and number of (irrelevant) variables. The results show, that the number of identifiable persons is remarkable high. Furthermore it can be confirmed with the cluster analysis that the number of re-identifiable records increases with increasing sampling fraction and that irrelevant variables reduce this number.

scholarly journals Television in Australia: capitals, tastes, practices and platforms

2018 ◽  
Vol 167 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Bennett ◽  
Modesto Gayo ◽  
David Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Differential Distribution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Streaming Services ◽  
Genre Preferences

This article discusses the findings of a national survey of the social organisation of television viewing practices in contemporary Australia. These questions are addressed through multiple correspondence analyses of the aspects of television practices and tastes covered in the survey. These go beyond channel and genre preferences to include a sample of Australian and overseas produced television programmes and of 10 Australian TV personalities. The differential distribution of tastes across Australian and overseas programmes also throws significant light on different investments in the national culture across different social groups. The survey data also includes evidence regarding viewing platform and device preferences. In concluding, the article reviews the evidence of a cluster analysis, registering the effects of major changes within the television field in Australia, including the decline of free-to-air and ‘linear’ viewing, the rise of streaming services and the erosion of brand loyalty as it relates to television channels.

scholarly journals EXPRESS: How do managerial perceptions of performance feedback affect innovation?

2021 ◽  
pp. 147612702110194
Author(s):  
Nilesh Saraf ◽  
Srabana Dasgupta ◽  
Daniela Blettner
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Objective Performance ◽  
Managerial Perceptions ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
The Relationship

Although managers’ perceptions are core to the Performance Feedback Theory, few empirical studies measure managerial perceptions of their organization’s performance and theorize on the (in)consistency between perceptual and objective performance feedback. Based on longitudinal survey data of Canadian organizations, we examine how this (in)consistency affects the propensity for innovation in organizations. Our analysis broadly validates that inconsistency between the two types of feedback it dampens innovation. Second, positive perceptions strengthen the relationship between positive objective performance feedback and innovation, leading to increased innovation, whereas negative perceptions strengthen the relationship between negative performance feedback and innovation, echoing the problemistic search hypothesis. We also find that perceptions moderate the effect of objective performance feedback differently in the social and historical dimensions as well above and below the aspiration thresholds.

Overview and initial results of the National Center for Health Statistics’ Research and Development Survey1

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1199-1211
Author(s):  
Jennifer Parker ◽  
Kristen Miller ◽  
Yulei He ◽  
Paul Scanlon ◽  
Bill Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
Health Statistics ◽  
Mode Effects ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Statistical Agencies ◽  
Initial Results

The National Center for Health Statistics is assessing the usefulness of recruited web panels in multiple research areas. One research area examines the use of close-ended probe questions and split-panel experiments for evaluating question-response patterns. Another research area is the development of statistical methodology to leverage the strength of national survey data to evaluate, and possibly improve, health estimates from recruited panels. Recruited web panels, with their lower cost and faster production cycle, in combination with established population health surveys, may be useful for some purposes for statistical agencies. Our initial results indicate that web survey data from a recruited panel can be used for question evaluation studies without affecting other survey content. However, the success of these data to provide estimates that align with those from large national surveys will depend on many factors, including further understanding of design features of the recruited panel (e.g. coverage and mode effects), the statistical methods and covariates used to obtain the original and adjusted weights, and the health outcomes of interest.

Fluid Multilingual Practices among Youth in Cameroon and Mozambique

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torun Reite ◽  
Francis Badiang Oloko ◽  
Manuel Armando Guissemo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Theoretical Discussion ◽  
The South ◽  
African Cities ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
The Social

Inspired by recent epistemological and ontological debates aimed at unsettling and reshaping conceptions of language, this essay discusses how mainstream sociolinguistics offers notions meaningful for studying contexts of the South. Based on empirical studies of youth in two African cities, Yaoundé in Cameroon and Maputo in Mozambique, the essay engages with “fluid modernity” and “enregisterment” to unravel the role that fluid multilingual practices play in the social lives of urban youth. The empirically grounded theoretical discussion shows how recent epistemologies and ontologies offer inroads to more pluriversal knowledge production. The essay foregrounds: i) the role of language in the sociopolitical battles of control over resources, and ii) speakers’ reflexivity and metapragmatic awareness of register formations of fluid multilingual practices. Moreover, it shows how bundles of localized meanings construct belongings and counterhegemonic discourses, as well as demonstrating speakers’ differential valuations and perceptions of boundaries and transgressions across social space.

scholarly journals Changes in Value Orientations in Serbia, 2003–2018 . Patriarchy, Authoritarianism and Nationalism

Südosteuropa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-431
Author(s):  
Irena Petrović ◽  
Marija Radoman
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Ethnic Nationalism ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private And Public

AbstractThe authors analyze the changes in value patterns—patriarchy, authoritarianism and nationalism—in Serbia in the context of the social changes that have marked the postsocialist transformation period. They focus on the extent and intensity of two sub-patterns within each of these three basic value patterns: private and public patriarchy, general and specific authoritarianism, organic (natural) and ethnic nationalism. The conclusions about changes in these value patterns are drawn on the basis of three empirical studies conducted in 2003, 2012, and 2018. They show the prevalence of private patriarchy, general authoritarianism, and organic (natural) nationalism over their counterparts. Private patriarchy has weakened, which is largely to be explained by the significant structural changes in Serbia. On the other hand, support of general authoritarianism and organic (natural) nationalism has been on the rise, which clearly mirrors the unfavorable economic and political situation in the country.

Civic Participation and Social Embeddedness: Differences Between Urban and Rural Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-67
Author(s):  
Tuuli-Marja Kleiner
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Social Embeddedness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multi Level

Does civic participation lead to a large social network? This study claims that high levels of civic participation may obstruct individual social embeddedness. Using survey data from the German Survey on Volunteering (Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey; 1999–2009), this study conducts macro- as well as multi-level regressions to examine the link between civic participation and social embeddedness. Findings reveal that civic participation on the sub-national regional level is not generally associated with social embeddedness, but it affects the participants’ and non-participants’ possibilities for friendships differently. This holds especially true in urban areas, but the effect cannot be found in rural areas. The analysis has implications for further research to enhance the social embeddedness of the excluded.

Glandy Cross: A Later Prehistoric Monumental Complex in Carmarthenshire, Wales

2000 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 257-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Kirk ◽  
George Williams ◽  
A. Caseldine ◽  
J. Crowther ◽  
I. Darke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Historical Process ◽  
Project Report ◽  
The Social ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
George Williams

Excavations at the Glandy Cross monumental complex during 1991 and 1992 formed part of an integrated programme of evaluation, rescue, and research by Dyfed Archaeological Trust (DAT). Enclosures, pit circles, standing stones, and cairns were excavated and their environs systematically surveyed. Radiocarbon dates show the monumental complex to have been constructed between c. 2190–1530 cal BC. However, the earliest activity at the site may date to c. 4470–4230 cal BC. A defended enclosure was constructed on the peripheries of the complex c. 830–510 cal BC.The 1991–92 excavation results are presented along with a summary of survey, salvage, and research spanning the period 1981 to 1992. This new data set is tentatively interpreted in terms of historical process and the social practice of monumental construction. A brief commentary on heritage management at Glandy Cross is also presented.A note on authorship: one of the authors (George Williams) directed the Glandy Cross excavations during 1991–92 and prepared an initial draft of the project report. Following his retirement from DAT a project editor (Trevor Kirk) was commissioned by Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments to guide the project towards publication. This paper was largely penned by the project editor, though the excavation and survey data were produced by George Williams and his fieldwork team. The excavation and survey archives are held at the offices of DAT.

Social efficiency of internal affairs bodies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Egor Bunov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Social Effectiveness ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
Internal Affairs

The monograph contains a theoretical analysis of the social effectiveness of the internal affairs bodies as the degree of satisfaction of the population with the quality of law enforcement activities to protect their interests, rights and freedoms. The results of a multidimensional analysis of empirical studies of the influence of macro - and microsocial factors on the effectiveness of interaction between the population and law enforcement agencies are presented. The article substantiates the criteria for social assessment of the activities of the internal affairs bodies, the use of which allows for practical adjustment of the forms and methods of the management system. For a wide range of readers interested in the practice of applying legal measures of law enforcement.

scholarly journals #ODU2ODU: Testing the Benefits of a Partnership Between Sport Management Classrooms

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 18-35
Author(s):  
Brendan O'Hallarn ◽  
James Strode
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Real World ◽  
Sport Management ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Social Media Site ◽  
The Social

As sport management pedagogy has evolved, an effort has been made to incorporate popular and innovative social media technologies into classroom instruction. Academic research has suggested how the technology can be utilized to provide real-world skills for students and develop proficiencies in an area where many sport management graduates find employment. Notable among the recommendations about social media use by sport management scholars is a lack of research testing the efficacy of these tools in improving curricula. The current study relied on the recommendations of Sanderson and Browning (2015) to use the social media site Twitter to create online partnerships, testing the perceived benefits of such an arrangement through end-of-semester surveys with student participants. While the survey data show a true partnership may be difficult to realize—particularly during a single semester—the benefits of such an assignment were clearly articulated.

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