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Authors: Vávra, Martin, Yana Leontiyeva
Chapter introduces the problem of data comparability with a special focus on international surveys. The issue of standardization is regarded primarily as a standardization of variables in resulting data files. The authors discuss the principles and techniques of variable standard...
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Authors: Bernard, Josef, Hana Daňková, Petr Vašát
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a survey method for hidden populations and, as such, it offers a suitable approach for sampling the homeless. Surprisingly, the practical use of RDS in surveying homeless populations has only sporadically been described in the professional lite...
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Authors: Soukup, Petr
Chapter is devoted to the analysis of the problem of standardization in international surveys using the example of educational achievement. Author focuses on international classification of education (ISCED a CASMIN), discusses the methodological problems related to measurement o...
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Authors: Krejčí, Jindřich (ed.)
Collection of scientific based studies provides an overview of Czech election survey research and comments the issues relating to the quality and the use of results, e.g. importance for representative democracy, impact of the publication of results, relationship between research...
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Authors: Šafr, Jiří, Dalibor Holý
Authors discuss the problem of standardization of measures of social status and social class in international comparative surveys. Apart from presenting occupational scales: occupational prestige SIOPS and socioeconomic status ISEI-08, the authors also discuss in detail the princ...
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Authors: Krejčí, Jindřich
The purpose of the study is to familiarise readers with the issue of how results of social sample surveys are applied in a democratic society, and to provide an overview of Czech surveys, their types and methodology, and make a critical assessment of Czech survey research in comp...
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Authors: Vinopal, Jiří
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Authors: Daňková, Hana, Josef Bernard, Petr Vašát
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a survey method used to create samples of populations that are hidden and hard to reach. Even though the method has been used since the 1990s in studies internationally, it has not yet been used in Czech research. The RDS methodology tends to b...
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Authors: Krejčí, Jindřich, Johana Chylíková
The text presents an overview of the importance of comparative research with special reference to databases containing information on the most important international research projects where there has been Czech participation. This chapter provides some basic information about th...
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Authors: Krejčí, Jindřich
The article has two goals: (1) bring attention to the problem of inappropriate treatment of survey data quality issues in the social sciences, and (2) introduce the basic principles of contemporary approaches to survey quality. If quality evaluation focuses solely on sampling err...
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Authors: Chylíková, Johana
The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the problems associated with the fielding of questions of a socially sensitive nature  typically dealing with crime, health, and sexual activity in nationally representative sample surveys. This article presents an overvie...
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Authors: Michaela Kudrnáčová, Ilona Trtíková
As a social science data archive, we focus on collecting research data and archiving it. However, there are more responsibilities that come with data archiving: cooperation on international social surveys (ISSP, ESS), supporting secondary data analysis and much more. Significant...
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Authors: Lyons, Pat
This chapter provides an inventory and evaluation of the large number of survey datasets dealing with political and public policy topics that have been fielded in the Czech Republic since 1990. The text contains an evaluation of survey based research for elections to the Chamber...
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Authors: Krejčí, Jindřich
This paper summarises the main conditions affecting the quality of questionnaire surveys in the Czech Republic. It addresses the tradition of survey research, the breadth and depth of professional background, the market environment and competition, the possibilities for applying...
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Authors: Benešová, Romana
The article informs about possibilities of using the data from international survey SHARE.
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Authors: Raudenská, Petra, Topinková, Renáta
This study focused on science communication on the websites of Czech research institutions. Particularly, we inquired to what extent Czech science is shared with the public on the Internet and what differences can be found between the websites of social and natural science instit...

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