Lars Kaczmirek

Lars Kaczmirek
University of Vienna | UniWien

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April 2020 - June 2020
Australian National University
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
April 2017 - April 2020
Australian National University
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  • Professor (Associate)
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  • at the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
November 2016 - present
University of Vienna
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  • Head of Department

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Publications (52)
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Eine Studienübersicht mit Profilen zu elf Standarduntersuchungen sowie der Darstellung weiterer Datenquellen soll dem Leser bei der Identifikation von relevanten Quellen zur Online-Kommunikation helfen. Die Schwerpunkte liegen hierbei in den Bereichen der Mediennutzungsforschung. Neben alljährlich durchgeführten Erhebungen und Auswertungen (z.B. AG...
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Along with the dynamic development of open access, the question of how to handle open access publication charges is increasingly dis- tion charges. As a result, it became clear that these organisations are aware of the issue. For their members, they seek to develop mechanisms to facilitate publishing in author fee-based open access journals. In 2 H...
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Das Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA) wurde im Jahr 2017 als Infrastruktur für die Sozialwissenschaften in Österreich ins Leben gerufen. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Artikels wird die Rolle des Archivs innerhalb der österreichischen sozialwissenschaftlichen Community beschrieben. Es werden die bedeutendsten Meilensteine des Archivs in seiner R...
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This study is a meta-analysis of overall recruitment rate (ORR) in probability-based online panel research. In this study, we included 23 general population probability-based online panels (out of 28 identified and described) covering 15 countries and provided a comprehensive overview of their methodological approaches to recruitment. We calculated...
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With the rising popularity of web surveys and the increasing use of paradata by survey methodologists, assessing information stored in user agent strings becomes inevitable. These data contain meaningful information about the browser, operating system, and device that a survey respondent uses. This article provides an overview of user agent strings...
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This chapter provides an overview of the methodology of web pr College of Arts and Social Sciences obing and of its use in cross‐national studies. To begin with, we present the strengths and weaknesses of the method and additionally draw a brief comparison between cross‐national web probing and cross‐national cognitive interviewing. In terms of imp...
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Eine Studienübersicht mit Profilen zu 18 Standarduntersuchungen und Datenquellen bietet Unterstützung bei der Identifikation von relevanten Quellen zur Online-Kommunikation. Enthalten sind sowohl weltweit vergleichende Studien als auch Studien über Bevölkerungsgruppen in Deutschland. Einige der berichteten Studien wurden für den Vergleich in Europa...
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Eine Studienübersicht mit Profilen zu 18 Standarduntersuchungen und Datenquellen bietet Unterstützung bei der Identifikation von relevanten Quellen zur Online-Kommunikation. Enthalten sind sowohl weltweit vergleichende Studien als auch Studien über Bevölkerungsgruppen in Deutschland. Einige der berichteten Studien wurden für den Vergleich in Europa...
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Occupation coding, an important task in official statistics, refers to coding a respondent’s text answer into one of many hundreds of occupation codes. To date, occupation coding is still at least partially conducted manually, at great expense. We propose three methods for automatic coding: combining separate models for the detailed occupation code...
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Occupation coding, an important task in official statistics, refers to coding a respondent's text answer into one of many hundreds of occupation codes. To date, occupation coding is still at least partially conducted manually at great expense. We propose two new methods for automatic coding: a hybrid method that combines a rule-based approach based...
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One of the methods for evaluating online panels in terms of data quality is comparing the estimates that the panels provide with benchmark sources. For probability-based online panels, high-quality surveys or government statistics can be used as references. If differences among the benchmark and the online panel estimates are found, these can have...
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In light of the growing importance of web-based data in the social and behavioral sciences, WEBDATANET was established in 2011 as a COST Action (IS 1004) to create a multidisciplinary network of web-based data collection experts: (web) survey methodologists, psychologists, sociologists, linguists, economists, Internet scientists, media and public o...
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Since 1995 the ISSP runs a module on National Identity. With increasing number of participating countries a need to test the data for cross-national comparability has become necessary. Besides data analytical approaches, cognitive interviewing has become a popular tool to uncover differences in item interpretation. Two studies conducting cognitiv...
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Cognitive processes shape the way respondents answer survey questions: how they understand a question, retrieve the relevant information, form a judgment and how they communicate it. At the different steps of this process respondents can encounter problems. Cognitive interviewing is a technique which aims to uncover the cognitive processes of res...
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The growth of online survey research has led to an increased demand for probability-based online panels. Several of such panels are established in Europe and in the USA. As probability-based online panels are being used by scientific institutions to collect data and make inferences about the target population, questions about the quality of such da...
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The literature on human-computer interaction consistently stresses the importance of reducing the cognitive effort required by users who interact with a computer in order to improve the experience and enhance usability and comprehension. Applying this perspective to Web surveys, questionnaire designers are advised to strive for layouts that facilit...
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This article focuses on assessing item comparability in cross-national surveys by asking probing questions in Web surveys. The “civil disobedience” item from the “rights in a democracy” scale of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) serves as a substantive case study. Identical Web surveys were fielded in Canada (English-speaking), Denmark...
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Due to the increase in social media communication in the context of elections, researchers have been able to collect and analyze data from social media platforms in a meaningful way. Our research focuses on social media communication related to the 2013 election of the German parliament [Bundestagswahl 2013]. We constructed several social media dat...
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Two formats of labeling in rating scales are commonly used in questionnaires: verbal labels for end categories only (END form) and verbal labels for each of the categories (ALL form). We examine attention processes and respondents’ burden in using verbal labels in rating scales. Attention was tracked in a laboratory setting employing eye-tracking t...
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We report sample composition discrepancies related to demographic and personality variables occurring in different stages of development of a probability-based online panel. The first stage—selecting eligible participants—produces differences between Internet users and nonusers in age, education, and gender distribution as well as in the personalit...
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When items eliciting attitudes or beliefs toward immigrants are used in cross-national research, equivalence of measurement across countries is a necessary prerequisite. Equivalence requires that respondents in all countries have at least "comparable" groups of immigrants in mind, although this might include different groups in terms of ethnicity,...
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In this study, we explore to what extent the visual presentation of open-ended probes, in connection with different prior probing exposure, impacts on response quality. We experiment with two text box sizes for a specific immigrant probe (Which type of immigrants were you thinking of when you answered the question?). On the one hand, we use a stand...
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This article examines the use of probing techniques in web surveys to identify validity problems of items. Conventional cognitive interviewing is usually based on small sample sizes and thus precludes quantifying the findings in a meaningful way or testing small or special subpopulations characterized by their response behavior. This article invest...
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Cognitive interviewing is a well-established method for evaluating and improving a questionnaire prior to fielding. However, its present implementation brings with it some challenges, notably in terms of small sample sizes or the possibility of interviewer effects. In this study, the authors test web surveys through nonprobability online panels as...
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Along with the dynamic development of open access, the question of how to handle open access publication charges is increasingly discussed. German research organisations have been involved in this discussion as part of their activities within the Priority Initiative “Digital Information” of the “Alliance of German Science Organisations” since 2008....
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What is in it for you? Do you collect data via the Internet in your research? If you do, this European network is important for you. The network collects and combines experiences and research on the methodology of online data collection. It provides access to expertise that may be important in your re-search. [...] WEBDATANET is a unique multidisci...
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An important objective in survey question design is to write clear questions that respondents find easy to understand and to answer. This contribution identifies the factors that influence question clarity. Theoretical and empirical evidence from psycholinguistics suggests that specific text features (e.g., low-frequency words (LFRWs), left-embedde...
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Kaum eine Technologie hat sich so schnell verbreitet und das mediale und kommunikative Verhalten weiter Bevölkerungskreise verändert wie das Internet. Es kann deshalb auch nicht überraschen, dass die Möglichkeiten dieser Technik innerhalb der Markt- und Sozialforschung zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnen. Die auf das Jahr 2006 bezogenen Zahlen des Arbe...
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Response rates are a key quality indicator of surveys. The human-survey interaction framework developed in this book provides new insight in what makes respondents leave or complete an online survey. Many respondents suffer from difficulties when trying to answer survey questions. This results in omitted answers and abandoned questionnaires. Lars K...
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Question difficulty poses a serious threat to the reliability and validity of survey data. However, very little is known about the factors that determine question difficulty. Only recently have survey researchers started to look at specific text features in order to explain why some questions are easier to comprehend or have less cognitive burden t...
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To compare the effectiveness of different prenotification and invitation procedures in a web-based three-wave access panel survey over 3 consecutive months, we experimentally varied the contact mode in a fully crossed two-factorial design with (a) three different prenotification conditions (mobile short messaging service [SMS], e-mail, no prenotice...
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This paper presents guidelines for the design of self-administered surveys for visually impaired and blind people within a mixed mode approach. The different needs of the target group are fulfilled by offering different modes of participation (paper-based, braille-based, Web-based). Reading aids have in common that they enhance the focus of a speci...
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This paper presents guidelines for the design of self-administered surveys for visually impaired and blind people within a mixed mode approach. The different needs of the target group are fulfilled by offering different modes of participation (paper-based, braille-based, Web-based). Reading aids have in common that they enhance the focus of a speci...
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More and more information such as short text messages (SMS) or emails is stored on mobile phones. Retrieving the right information at the right time has become a diffi-cult task when using traditional interfaces included in to-day's cell phones. We created two novel user interfaces (one textual and one graphical) and compared both to the classical...
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The first part of this paper introduces three general recommendations (be user-friendly, be trustworthy, be explicit) which should guide the process of conducting and implementing a web survey. The second part develops the recommendations into a list of guidelines grouped according to the different stages of conducting a web survey.
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Bei Ergebnisseiten von Suchmaschinen nutzen Anwender die Informationen in den Linkbeschreibungen, um zu entscheiden, ob ein Link für die Suche relevant ist und weiterverfolgt werden soll. Die Linkbeschreibung ist damit ein Kernelement im Selektionsprozess der Suche. Ein neues Modell für eine systematische und differenzierte Forschung über Ergebniss...
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"Aufgabe des WebSM Projektes ist die Bereitstellung einer breiten und tiefgehenden Wissensstruktur zu Methoden von Web-Umfragen und weiteren Methoden webbasierter Datenerhebungstechniken. Dies soll die Qualität von Webumfragen erhöhen, die Kommunikation zwischen Forschern und Anwendern aus der Wirtschaft fördern und die Forschung auf diesem Gebiet...

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