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Experiment smartphone-first questionnaire layout
This paper presents the purpose, design, and results of a large-scale field experiment investigating the effects of a smartphone-first redesign of the login process and questionnaire layout for CBS...
A smart Travel Survey. What is the role of the respondent?
An evaluation of in-app respondent behvaiour in travel surveys.
Mode-specific measurement biases and selection biases in health statistics
Mixed-mode adaptive survey designs have become a standard in many survey settings. Also the combination of mixing modes and adapting effort has been elaborated and applied. However, the focus has...
A smart Travel Survey. Results of a push-to-smart field experiment in the Netherlands
An evaluation of push-to-smart methodology in travel surveys
Constructing behaviour profiles for answer behaviour across surveys
Dissertation on an evaluation of various forms of answering behaviour in surveys.
Counting for EU enlargement? Census-taking in Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia
Dissertation on the variation in census-taking outcomes in Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia to understand why even though they had the same EU conditions to comply with, their census processes were so...
Informed design of mixed-mode surveys: Evaluating mode effects on measurement and selection error
Dissertation on various mode-effect estimation methods based on re-interview studies.
Optimal resource allocation in Adaptive Survey Designs
Dissertation on an evaluation of different optimization strategies towards adaptive mixed-mode survey design accounting for measurement error.
Improving survey fieldwork with paradata
Dissertation on reducing survey non-response, the effects on the bias of the estimates, and the use of paradata to improve the survey design.
Difficult groups in survey research and the development of tailor-made approach strategies
Dissertation on groups that are difficult to observe in survey research and how to adapt the survey design accordingly.
The hunt for the last respondent: Nonresponse in sample surveys
Dissertation on the causes of nonresponse and how these insights can be used to use the budget for fieldwork efficiently.
Cognitive laboratory experiences: On pre-testing computerised questionnaires and data quality
Dissertation on practical experiences with pre-testing research.
Design and analysis of experiments embedded in complex sample surveys
This thesis develops design-based analysis methods for field experiments that take into account the design of the probability sample by which units are drawn from a finite population and the...
Computational aspects of survey data processing
Dissertation on formalizing the production process for clean (checked and corrected) survey data. Willenborg, L. C. R. J. (1988). Computational aspects of survey data processing. Dissertation,...
Eigenvalue techniques for qualitative data
Dissertation on different statistical techniques that can be used to analyse qualitative data.
Working with non-response (in Dutch)
Dissertation on processing sample survey data when non-response occurs in the collection stage.