A look back and an outlook on developments in the field of statistical research.Anhand eines persönlichen Rückblicks auf die Entwicklungen in den Bereichen Rechnerentwicklung, Datenzugang und Entwicklung von Statistik-Software werden Trends für die zukünftige Entwicklung der Statistik im...

This paper concentrates on the trends in peer-reviewed longitudinal panel studies under scientific direction. Household panel studies have succeeded in broadening their disciplinary scope. Numerous innovations such as questions dealing with psychological concepts, and age-specific topical...

Is it possible to count the earth's population from outer space? The answer is yes, in urban areas it is possible. However, this can only be done in an indirect manner: by identifying physical objects in the urban landscape in earth observation data and using these to estimate the number of...

Which code of behavior should form the basis of science and research? Replicability is definitely among these values. It is a pivotal feature of good scientific practice. Only replicable results are indeed scientific results. Studies that cannot be replicated are, strictly speaking, not...

This paper discusses how household panels in general - and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in particular - an serve as reference data for researchers collecting datasets that do not represent the full universe of the population of interest (e.g., through clinical trials, intervention...

A meeting was held in Berlin on the 22nd of June, 2010, under the aegis of the UK Data Forum and the German Data Forum (RatSWD). The purpose of this meeting was to consider the role of libraries and archives for the acquisition, management and preservation of research data in the behavioural,...

In this article, the two chairpersons of the German Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD: Rat fuer Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten) give a summary of the council’s work in the years 2004 to 2006 and its future plans for improving the statistical infrastructure for economic and social research