Professor Tarek Al Baghal Deputy Director, Understanding Society, University of Essex

Email

talbag@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 874781

Office

2N2.5A.10

Personal homepage

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tarek_Al_Baghal/

• Psychology of survey response and questionnaire design
• Novel data sources and data linkage
• Measurement of socially undesirable behaviour
• Mixed-mode survey design
• Measurement errors in surveys

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Publications

Displaying all 14 publications

1. Linking Twitter and survey data: asymmetry in quantity and its impact

   Tarek Al Baghal, Alexander Wenz, Luke Sloan, et al.

   Journal Article, EPJ Data Science - 09 Jun 2021
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Social Networks
   3. Psychology
   4. Demography
   5. Survey Methodology
   6. Social Attitudes
   7. Surveys
   8. Social Behaviour

2. Views on social media and its linkage to longitudinal data from two generations of a UK cohort study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

   Nina H. Di Cara, Andy Boyd, Alastair R. Tanner, et al.

   Journal Article, Wellcome Open Research - Aug 2020
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Young People
   3. Survey Methodology
   4. Surveys

3. Linking survey and Twitter data: informed consent, disclosure, security, and archiving

   Luke Sloan, Curtis Jessop, Tarek Al Baghal, et al.

   Journal Article, Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics - 01 Feb 2020
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Social Networks
   3. Survey Methodology

4. The Longitudinal Item Count Technique: a new technique for asking sensitive questions in surveys

   Alessandra Gaia and Tarek Al Baghal

   Journal Article, methods, data, analyses - 2019
   1. Social Groups
   2. Survey Methodology

5. The effect of online and mixed-mode measurement of cognitive ability

   Tarek Al Baghal

   Journal Article, Social Science Computer Review - Feb 2019
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Psychology
   3. Survey Methodology

6. Usage and impact metrics for Parliamentary libraries

   Tarek Al Baghal

   Journal Article, IFLA Journal - Feb 2019
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Librarianship And Information Science
   3. Public Policy
   4. Government
   5. Research

7. Last year your answer was …: the impact of dependent interviewing wording and survey factors on reporting of change

   Tarek Al Baghal

   Journal Article, Field Methods - Feb 2017

8. Using data mining to predict the occurrence of respondent retrieval strategies in calendar interviewing: the quality of retrospective reports

   Robert F. Belli, L. Dee Miller, Tarek Al Baghal, et al.

   Journal Article, Journal of Official Statistics - Sep 2016
   1. Survey Methodology
   2. Life Course Analysis

9. Parallel associations and the structure of autobiographical knowledge

   Robert F. Belli and Tarek Al Baghal

   Journal Article, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition - Jun 2016
   1. Psychology
   2. Survey Methodology
   3. Life Course Analysis

10. Obtaining data linkage consent for children: factors influencing outcomes and potential biases

    Tarek Al Baghal

    Journal Article, International Journal of Social Research Methodology - 2016

11. The stability of mode preferences: implications for tailoring in longitudinal surveys

    Tarek Al Baghal and Jennifer Kelley

    Journal Article, methods, data, analyses - 2016

12. Using motivational statements in web-instrument design to reduce item-missing rates in a mixed-mode context

    Tarek Al Baghal and Peter Lynn

    Journal Article, Public Opinion Quarterly - 2015

13. Is vague valid? The comparative predictive validity of vague quantifiers and numeric response options

    Tarek Al Baghal

    Journal Article, Survey Research Methods - 2014

14. Estimating support for extremism and its correlates: the case of Pakistan

    Tarek Al Baghal

    Journal Article, ASK: Research & Methods - 2014
    1. Public Opinion
    2. Statistical Analysis
    3. Religion
    4. Social Attitudes
    5. Social Behaviour
    6. Social Psychology

Media

Displaying all 3 media publications

1. Right to die rejected

   Media - 12 Sep 2015

2. Poll backing assisted dying 'skewed and ambiguous': warning as MPs debate right-to-die bill

   Media - 11 Sep 2015

3. Warning as MPs debate right-to-die bill

   Media - 11 Sep 2015