The organisers of the Second International Conference on the Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys (MOLS2) to be held at the University of Essex in July 2018, are now inviting submissions of monograph paper proposals.
This international conference will bring together scholars and research professionals involved in the design, implementation and analysis of longitudinal surveys, to share methodological research findings and to discuss the state of the art in carrying out longitudinal surveys.
Monograph papers will be presented orally at the conference at the University of Essex, on 25-27 July 2018 and will be prepared for publication as chapters in a book to be published by Wiley in their survey methodology series.
What is the criteria for the monograph papers?
Monograph papers should provide an overview of current knowledge on a particular topic and/or important new research that provides theoretical or empirical insights.
The focus should be on issues that are specific to the context of longitudinal data collection. This means any type of quantitative survey that involves collecting information on multiple occasions from the same subjects.
Topics of interest include, but need not be limited to:
- Dynamic sampling for the representation of dynamic populations, including sample rotation and refreshment sampling;
- Methods for tracking mobile sample members over time;
- Methods for maintaining co-operation over time;
- Targeted design features for response maximisation;
- The use of longitudinal survey paradata for field management;
- Measurement error issues specific to longitudinal surveys, including respondent conditioning;
- Advances in dependent interviewing techniques;
- Instrument design for longitudinal surveys;
- New data collection methods and technologies to improve or extend longitudinal survey measurement;
- Maximising consent to data linkage – and understanding the informed consent process – in a longitudinal context;
- The opportunities and challenges of longitudinal data linkage;
- The design of longitudinal surveys for cutting-edge biosocial research;
- Mixed mode designs for longitudinal surveys;
- Imputation methods for longitudinal surveys;
- Advances in statistical modelling for complex longitudinal survey data;
- Analysis methods for repeated measures, duration and event data;
- Methods for dealing with sampling and nonsampling errors in the analysis of longitudinal data;
- Issues in weighting for longitudinal surveys;
- Variance estimation for longitudinal surveys.
How to submit a paper?
Abstracts of not more than 400 words should be submitted to mols2@understandingsociety.ac.uk by 19 June 2017, preferably as a Word document.
Please include the name, affiliation and email address of each author, and ensure that the abstract states clearly the topic, how you will address it, what data or methods you will use, and what the take home messages are likely to be. Informal enquiries regarding possible submissions can be sent to the conference Chair, Peter Lynn
Authors will be informed whether or not their submission has been accepted by 28 July 2017. Details of the process for drafting and revising papers will then be communicated to monograph authors: this will involve submitting a first full draft by January 2018, a revised draft by June 2018, and a final manuscript by December 2018. Monograph authors will present their paper at the conference.
Further details of the conference can be found on the conference website. A call for contributed papers will follow in July 2017.
MOLS2 Conference Scientific Committee: Peter Lynn (Chair), Mick Couper, Annette Jäckle, Nicole Watson