Jörg Blasius – författare

This is a book for any researcher using any kind of survey data. It introduces the latest methods of assessing the quality and validity of such data by providing new ways of interpreting variation and measuring error. By practically and accessibly demonstrating these techniques, especially those derived from Multiple Correspondence Analysis, the authors develop screening procedures to search for variation in observed responses that do not correspond with actual differences between respondents. Using well-known international data sets, the authors exemplify how to detect all manner of non-substantive variation having sources such as a variety of response styles including acquiescence, respondents' failure to understand questions, inadequate field work standards, interview fatigue, and even the manufacture of (partly) faked interviews.

This is a book for any researcher using any kind of survey data. It introduces the latest methods of assessing the quality and validity of such data by providing new ways of interpreting variation and measuring error. By practically and accessibly demonstrating these techniques, especially those derived from Multiple Correspondence Analysis, the authors develop screening procedures to search for variation in observed responses that do not correspond with actual differences between respondents. Using well-known international data sets, the authors exemplify how to detect all manner of non-substantive variation having sources such as a variety of response styles including acquiescence, respondents' failure to understand questions, inadequate field work standards, interview fatigue, and even the manufacture of (partly) faked interviews.

This book provides an in-depth view on Bourdieu’s  empirical work, thereby specially focusing on the construction of the social space and including the concept of the habitus. Themes described in the book include amongst others: •          the theory and methodology for the construction of “social spaces”,•          the relation between various “fields” and “the field of power”, •          formal construction and empirical observation of habitus, •          the formation, accumulation, differentiation of and conversion between different forms of capital,•          relations in geometric data analysis.The book also includes contributions regarding particular applications of Bourdieu’s methodology to traditional andnew areas of research, such as the analysis of institutional, international and transnational fields. It further provides a systematic introduction into the empirical construction of the social space.

This book provides an in-depth view on Bourdieu’s  empirical work, thereby specially focusing on the construction of the social space and including the concept of the habitus. Themes described in the book include amongst others: •          the theory and methodology for the construction of “social spaces”,•          the relation between various “fields” and “the field of power”, •          formal construction and empirical observation of habitus, •          the formation, accumulation, differentiation of and conversion between different forms of capital,•          relations in geometric data analysis.The book also includes contributions regarding particular applications of Bourdieu’s methodology to traditional andnew areas of research, such as the analysis of institutional, international and transnational fields. It further provides a systematic introduction into the empirical construction of the social space.

Das Handbuch vergleicht systematisch Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede hinsichtlich Problemen, Prinzipien, Vorgehensweisen, Standards und Gütekriterien für verschiedene qualitative und quantitative Methoden der Sozialforschung. Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, diskutieren ausgewiesene Experten in 122 Beiträgen den aktuellen Stand der Forschung und bieten Forschenden, Lehrenden und Studierenden einen detaillierten Überblick über die verschiedenen Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung. Die Schwerpunkte liegen dabei auf der Datenerhebung, also auf digitalen Methoden, standardisierten und offenen Befragungen, sowie zahlreichen anderen aktuell verwendeten Datentypen.