In der Wissenschaft wird – zu Recht – viel von den Daten der Volkszählung (VZ) 2010/2011 erwartet. Dem ersten Zensus seit der deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Bislang gab es keinen großen politischen Streit um diese „Totalerhebung“, die in den 80er Jahren in Westdeutschland hoch kontrovers...

Die Analyse der Statik und Dynamik sozialer Phänomene anhand von empirischen Daten hat in den Sozialwissenschaften eine lange Tradition (Adorno 1970; Lowe 1926). Am Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts können Forschende auf eine Vielzahl qualitativ hochwertiger Daten zurückgreifen (Fachinger u. a. 2010),...

Experience Sampling refers to the repeated sampling of momentary experiences in the individual’s natural environment. Methodological advantages include the minimization of retrospective response biases and the maximization of the validity of the assessment. Conceptual benefits include the...

To our knowledge, no comprehensive, interdisciplinary initiatives have been taken to examine the role of genetic variants on patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes. The overall objective of this paper is to describe the establishment of an international and interdisciplinary consortium, the...

With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an integrated information system is recently discussed and required. In particular the reconstruction of household...

Paneldaten haben gegenüber Querschnittsdaten zahlreiche Vorteile. Amtliche Daten sind zudem eine wichtige Quelle für die Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Viele amtliche Datenerhebungen sind als Panel konzipiert und durchgeführt oder können zu Panels zusammengefügt werden. Diese Arbeit...

High-quality data from large-scale surveys provide a solid basis for outstanding research in the social sciences. Because of the unique demands of survey measurement in terms of the resources and skills required, it should be viewed as a specific sector of the research data infrastructure. In...

Online surveys and interviews, the observations of chat rooms or online games, data mining, knowledge discovery in databases (KDD), collecting biomarkers, employing biometrics, using RFID technology - even as implants in the human body - and other related processes all seem to be more promising,...

During the last five years higher education research in Germany seems to be in a significant upturn. This is a side effect partly of the obvious boom of empirical educational research in general and partly of the reform movement that has affected the German higher education system since middle...