[Forum SIS] Extended deadline - 1st Southern European Conference on Survey Methodology (SESM)

[ARPINO, BRUNO]

Salve a tutti,

comunico che la deadline per la sottomissione di proposte per sessioni
(workshops)
per la conferenza "1st Southern European Conference on Survey Methodology
(SESM)"
è stata estesa al 15 Marzo.

Cordiali saluti,

Bruno Arpino

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>From December, 12 to December 14, 2013 the 1st SESM Conference and the VI
Congreso de Metodología de Encuestas will be held in Barcelona (Spain). On
this occasion, we invite you to submit proposals for panels on topics
related to survey methodology and its applications.
The conference aims at bringing together national and foreign researchers
and companies interested in sharing knowledge on up-to-date best practices
in survey methodology and new scientific results, form bridges between the
academic world and companies using and doing surveys, strengthen
international cooperation and expertise transfers.
Given the international nature of the conference, sessions can be organized
either in Spanish or in English.
Panel proposals are invited in any area of survey methodology, or in
substantive applications of survey research. Topics of the conference
include but are not restricted to:

   - Measurement error
   - Web surveys
   - Collecting data trough social networks
   - Mixed mode of data collection
   - Sampling and sample design
   - Sampling elusive populations
   - Question testing and piloting
   - Interviewer effects
   - Questionnaire design
   - Multilevel models
   - Construction and evaluation of composite scores
   - Election polling and public opinion surveys
   - Small area estimation
   - Causal inference
   - Methods to analyse and prevent missing data
   - Fieldwork
   - Confidentiality and data access
   - Social desirability bias
   - Innovative ways of presenting results of statistical analyses
   - Experimental and quasi experimental survey designs


Each panel proposal must contain all pertinent information, including the
following:

   - panel title
   - short description of the topic (maximum length one A4 page)
   - names and contact information of the panel organizer(s)
   - language of the panel (Spanish or English).


Submissions should be sent via the conference website (
http://eventia.upf.edu/congresos/ficha.en.html?cc=123&). Deadline for
proposals submission is March 15, 2013. The decision about
acceptance/rejection of panel proposals will be made by the conference
scientific committee on the basis of the quality of the proposals and their
adequacy to the Conference program. Notification will be given by April 5.
The organizers of successful panels will be responsible for selecting or
redirecting paper proposals to be received once the “calls for papers” are
launched in May.






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*Bruno Arpino*

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Carrer Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27 | 08005 - Barcelona
[Tel.] +34 93 542 2366[Fax.] +34 93 542 2372
bruno.arpino a upf.edu
https://sites.google.com/site/brunoarpino/

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