scholarly journals Introduction

2012 ◽  
Vol 645 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas S. Massey ◽  
Roger Tourangeau
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Consumer Research ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Survey Nonresponse ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Principal Source

Surveys are the principal source of data not only for social science, but for consumer research, political polling, and federal statistics. In response to social and technological trends, rates of survey nonresponse have risen markedly in recent years, prompting observers to worry about the continued validity of surveys as a tool for data gathering. This introductory article sets the stage for the comprehensive review that follows of the causes and consequences of nonresponse for survey data and the approaches that have been developed to address it.

scholarly journals Rapid, remote and responsive research during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 205979912110085
Author(s):  
Jane Richardson ◽  
Barry Godfrey ◽  
Sandra Walklate
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Applied Research ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Practical Recommendations

In March 2020, the UK Research and Innovation announced an emergency call for research to inform policy and practice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This call implicitly and explicitly required researchers to work rapidly, remotely and responsively. In this article, we briefly review how rapid response methods developed in health research can be used in other social science fields. After outlining the literature in this area, we use the early stages of our applied research into criminal justice responses to domestic abuse during COVID-19 as a case study to illustrate some of the practical challenges we faced in responding to this rapid funding call. We review our use of and experience with remote research methods and describe how we used and adapted these methods in our research, from data gathering through to transcription and analysis. We reflect on our experiences to date of what it means to be responsive in fast-changing research situations. Finally, we make some practical recommendations for conducting applied research in a ‘nimble’ way to meet the demands of working rapidly, remotely, responsively and, most importantly, responsibly.

A Proposal to Establish: A National Archives for Social Science Survey Data

1963 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myron J. Lefcowitz ◽  
Robert M. O'Shea
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
National Archives

scholarly journals Response Problems in the Protest Survey Design: Evidence from Fifty-One Protest Events in Seven Countries*

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefaan Walgrave ◽  
Ruud Wouters ◽  
Pauline Ketelaars
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Valid Data

Protest surveys are increasingly used to tackle questions related to participation in social movements. However, it is unclear whether they generate useful and valid data. This study puts the protest survey design to the test by relying on data of 51 demonstrations (2009–2011) in seven European countries. We use data on 15,000 protest participants combined with screener questionnaires and extensive debriefing records of the interviewer teams. We account for noncontact (fieldwork problems), immediate and delayed refusal, and refusal bias. Results show that fieldwork problems are frequent, that immediate refusal is low, and that delayed refusal is considerable. Systematic refusal bias is only found for age and education. Differences between countries and protest issues are small but the issue determines the composition of an event which, in turn, leads to higher or lower refusal. Researchers should be cautious when using protest survey data to compare protest events across issues. The paper pleads for standardization and constant monitoring of the data-gathering process.

Ecological Regression Estimates: Alchemist’s Gold?

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-86
Author(s):  
Robert R. Dykstra
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Aggregate Data ◽  
Actual Behavior ◽  
Science History ◽  
Social Science History ◽  
Ecological Regression ◽  
Presidential Election Of 1972

Those skeptical of ecological regression in voting behavior studies continue to suggest that problems in applying the technique severely limit its utility. But the cautionary offered in the Winter 1985 number of this journal by William H. Flanigan and Nancy H. Zingale (“Alchemist’s Gold: Inferring Individual Relationships from Aggregate Data,” Social Science History 9: 71-91) goes so far as to suggest that these problems are insurmountable—or virtually insurmountable. As a user, I was prepared to be devastated, but in fact find myself cheered (if a little puzzled).Interested readers will recall that the centerpiece of the authors’ argument is a test involving this question: How did the voters of 1968 behave four years later in the presidential election of 1972? The test consists of comparing voters’ actual behavior, as determined by survey data, with ecological regression estimates of that same behavior. The tabulated results are alleged to be decisive in proving the authors’ point, but instead appear to prove just the opposite of what is intended, as a fresh look at the material reveals.

Tighter nets for smaller fishes: Mapping the development of statistical practices in consumer research between 2011 and 2018

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb ◽  
Benjamin Scheibehenne
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Consumer Research ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Consumer Psychology ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Sample Sizes ◽  
P Values ◽  
Central Hypothesis ◽  
Empirical Social Science ◽  
Over Time

Following vital discussion around the replicability of published findings, researchers demanded increased efforts to improve research practices in empirical social science. Consequentially, journals publishing consumer research implemented new measures to increase the replicability of published work. Nonetheless, no systematic empirical analysis on a large sample has investigated whether published consumer research has changed along with the discussion. To address this need, we surveyed three indicators for the replicability of published consumer research over time. We used text mining to quantify sample sizes, effect sizes, and the distribution of published p-values from a sample of N = 923 articles published between 2011 and 2018 in the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Consumer Psychology, and the Journal of Consumer Research. To test the developments over time, we focused on a subsample of hand-coded articles and identified central hypothesis tests herein. Results show a trend toward increased sample sizes and decreased effect sizes across all three journals in the subset as well as the entire set of articles.

Philosophical Alignments in Social Science Inquiry: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 346-350
Author(s):  
F. B. Tende
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Science Inquiry ◽  
Methodological Triangulation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Fact Finding

This review seeks to understand the implications of empiricism, interpretivism, phenomenology, hermeneutics, pluralism, and solipsism in social science inquiry within social reality, using scoping review method. An in-depth review of the literature was conducted to understand the various philosophical alignments or paradigms applied in social sciences research. The study is aimed at understanding and applying these paradigms with the view of having a deep comprehension of the turbulences plaguing society and proffering solutions to them. From the review, it was discovered that the various philosophical alignments in social science inquiry provide the scientist or researcher with a worldview of the different perspectives and multiple levels of analysis of the social world. Thus, creating a systematic lens from which individuals (at several levels), groups, and organizations are examined to know the; “when”, “how”, and “why” they behave the way and manner that they do. It was concluded that an adequate understanding of these paradigms would better shape the methodology to be adopted in conducting research studies within the social and/or behavioural sciences. This will help determine its objectivity, rigor, or the extent to which scientific methodology is applied within social science researches. Lastly, a combination of these paradigms creates a mixed-method, which demonstrates knowledge validity and objectivity in investigator triangulation (which involves; observation, questionnaire administration, and interview), data triangulation (which encompasses collecting data at different times from different people in different places as a cross-check for validity and to check the interpretation and conclusion arrived at), methodological triangulation (which includes within-method triangulation and between method triangulation: the former entails the application of various techniques within the same method, while the latter applies a combination of research methods), generalization, verification, explanation, and deductions. This will allow for data gathering and/or fact-finding, in search of new knowledge, and subsuming new valid knowledge, enhance research results and findings efficacy.

The Nature and Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Pages Holdings, Inc.

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
JUDY ANN ONG FERRATER GIMENA
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Operating Policies ◽  
Management Staff ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Generally, various acts of citizenship exhibited by workers influence thesuccess of an organization. The study assessed the extent of manifestation of thevarious dimensions of the organizational citizenship behaviour and its antecedentsin Pages Holdings, Inc. (PHI) for crafting an intervention scheme. This studywas done because majority of the employees in PHI exhibit complacency inaccomplishing their tasks. This study utilized the descriptive survey method.Researcher-made questionnaire was used for data gathering. Statistical treatmentsused for data analysis were percentages, weighted mean and Fisher’s T-test ofdifference. The respondents were the regular management staff and the rankand-fileemployeesof the companies under PHI.Considering the findings, thestudyconcludes that organizational citizenshipbehaviour is necessaryfor thesustainabilityand the good functioning of PHI.The presenceof employeeswhowillinglydo thingsthat beyondtheir respectivejobdescriptionsindicatesthatthePHIworkersaremotivatedto performwellbyexertingeffortsaboveandbeyondthe formal workrequirements. Inspite of these positiveresults,the PHImanagementneeds to revisitcertainaspects of its operating policies and mandatetosustain the willingness of their workersto engage in OCB.Keywords: Social Science, organizational citizenship behavior, altruism, descriptivedesign, Philippines

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