Searching for equivalence : an exploration of the potential of online probing with examples from national identity

Meitinger, Katharina

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URL:	https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/40965
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-409656
Document Type:	Doctoral dissertation
Year of publication:	2016
Place of publication:	Mannheim
University:	Universität Mannheim
Evaluator:	Braun, Michael
Date of oral examination:	3 June 2016
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (GESIS) School of Social Sciences > Methoden d. empirischen Sozialforschung insbes. Internet Panel Survey-Forschung (Juniorprofessur) (Blom 2012-2017)
Subject:	300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Subject headings (SWD):	Nationalbewusstsein , Umfrage , Kognitives Interview , Empirische Sozialforschung , Forschungsmethode
Keywords (English):	Online Probing , Cognitive Interviewing , Measurement Invariance Tests , National Identity , Mixed Methods
Abstract:	Online probing is an innovative method that has been developed recently. The method has two main goals: Assessing the validity of survey items and uncovering equivalence problems in cross-national surveys. The overarching goal of this dissertation project is to explore the potential of the method of online probing vis-à-vis cognitive interviewing and measurement invariance tests, two methods that share similar goals than online probing, and to evaluate the potential of online probing as an assessment tool of single-item indicators in cross-national research. The research field of national identity serves as a substantive application for this dissertation.