Julia Jerke

• Doctor of Philosophy
• University of Zurich

Yu, Tian, and Tang (2008) proposed two new techniques for asking questions on sensitive topics in population surveys: the triangular model (TM) and the crosswise model (CM). The two models can be used as alternatives to the well-known randomized response technique (RRT) and are meant to overcome some of the drawbacks of the RRT. Although Yu, Tian,...

Misreporting of sensitive characteristics in surveys is a major concern among survey methodologists and social scientists across disciplines. Indirect question formats, such as the Item Count Technique (ICT) and the Randomized Response Techniques (RRT), including the Crosswise Model (CM) and the Triangular Model (TM), have been developed to protect...

The Zurich Survey of Academics is a large-scale and representative web survey among scientists at universities in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria (DACH region). The survey was conducted in 2020 and includes N=15,972 scientists from 236 universities. The survey is motivated by recent developments, such as the significant increase of team work in s...

This research analyzes the effectiveness of the list experiment and crosswise model in measuring self-plagiarism and data manipulation. Both methods were implemented in a large-scale survey of academics on social norms and academic misconduct. As the results lend little confidence about the effectiveness of the methods, researchers are best advised...

While publication bias has been widely documented in the social sciences, it is unclear whether the problem aggravated over the last decades due to an increasing pressure to publish. We provide an in-depth analysis of publication bias over time by creating a unique data set, consisting of 12340 test statistics extracted from 571 papers published in...

The persistent “leaky pipeline”, i.e. women remaining underrepresented in advanced academic roles, often links to the adverse impact of parenthood on women’s careers compared to men’s. This study delves into how the struggle to balance academic success and family life might be pushing female scientists out of academia, and how the less-studied conc...

Selten wurde über in der Öffentlichkeit stehende Personen so hitzig debattiert wie im Jahre 2011 über Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg und einige weitere ähnliche Fälle weniger prominenter Politikerinnen und Politiker. Sie stolperten nicht über eine politische Affäre oder einen peinlichen Fauxpas im Umgang mit Medienvertretern, sondern über folgenschwere...

Plagiarism in Student Papers: An Empirical Study Using the Triangular Model Sensitive questions in social surveys often yield problems such as item nonresponse and response bias. Yu, Tian and Tang (2008) proposed two new models to overcome these problems: the crosswise model (CM) and the triangular model (TM). Both models can be seen as an alternat...

Yu, Tian, and Tang (2008) proposed two new techniques for asking questions on sensitive topics in population surveys: the triangular model (TM) and the crosswise model (CM). The two models can be used as alternatives to the well-known randomized response technique (RRT) and are meant to overcome some of the drawbacks of the RRT. Although Yu, Tian,...