Tuesday 16th July
Wednesday 17th July
Thursday 18th July
Friday 19th July
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Combining cross-nation and longitudinal perspectives in substantial social research 2 |
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| Convenor | Professor Jaak Billiet (KU Leuven) |
This session relates to the submissions that are encourages for ESRA 2013: methods for cross-national data analysis; longitudinal surveys; substantive topics.
It is inspired by past workshops and seminars within the context of QMSS_2 in the 2008-2012 period, in particular the program of research group 443 on Cross-nation comparisons.
This session will be focused on conceptual and methodological problem of overtime analysis in comparative research in the context of substantive studies. While there is a real interest in applying an overtime perspective among cross-national survey researchers, the combination of cross-national comparison with longitudinal analysis is an emerging rather than an established field. Against this background, the prime aim of the proposed session would be to discuss issues and tools in overtime analysis related to substantive studies (research examples) wherein best practice is shown.
In view of the scarcity of cross-nationally comparable panel data in social science research, we define overtime analysis in the broadest possible way. Specifically, in addition to the analysis of cross-national panel data, which is still rather rare, we would include different kinds of data and analysis under "overtime analysis": the analysis of repeated cross-sections to answer theoretical questions about trends or change over time in a comparative way, e.g. European Social Survey, European Election Study, etc.; macro-level time series data; combined multi-time and multi-level analysis; repeated measures with multi-level data...
Apart from technical and statistical issues in the context of substantive studies, theoretical and conceptual papers are also welcomed in which design aspects and the theoretical validity of variables at different levels are discussed.
Literature:
Billiet, J. (in press). Quantitative Methods with survey data in comparative research. In: Patricia Kenneth (Ed.). A Handbook of Comparative Social Policy. (3d edition, in press)