Evaluating Data Sources for Research into Political Reforms: (Non)probability Online Surveys and Big Data (A08)

• Subject Area: Political Science
• Term: from 2014 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 139943784

The project aims to understand, how available data sources may be utilized for research on citizens’ acceptance of and preferences for political reform making in Germany. In this context, we investigate the representativeness and measurement properties of probability-based and non-probability online surveys and of (linked) Big Data and passive data collection via smartphones. The project compares the utility of the data sources across countries and over time.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 884: Political Economy of Reforms
• International Connection: Austria
• Applicant Institution: Universität Mannheim
• Co-Applicant Institution: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
• Project Heads: Professorin Annelies Blom, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Michael Bosnjak, until 12/2017; Professor Dr. Thomas Gschwend, Ph.D., until 12/2017; Professor Dr. Florian Keusch; Professorin Dr. Frauke Kreuter; Privatdozent James Lo, until 11/2014