Boris Heizmann

Researcher at the GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. Private account.

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2024-09-30

In a new paper, I simulate the consequences of combining survey data without proper harmonization techniques.

I demonstrate that there is a plausible risk of biased correlative analyses based on the integrated data, if we do not harmonize measurement units across different survey sources and instruments first.

#surveyresearch #surveymethods #harmonization

doi.org/10.5964/miss.11217

A figure from the paper showing simulation results. The x-Axis measures how large the difference in measurement units is for the survey variables formed from two survey data sources. They y-axis shows the possible bias for correlative analyses using such integrated variables. The result is t hat as the measurement unit problem increases, the potential for biased correlation also increases.
Boris Heizmannborisheizmann
2024-09-19

📣 Job Alert 📣 One pre- and one postdoc for the project "Eurobarometer Modular Cumulation (EBMC)" funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). We are setting up a Eurobarometer cumulation infrastructure 📐🛠️⚙️

hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.J

hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.J

Boris Heizmann boosted:
GESIS German Microdata Labgesis_gml@sciences.social
2024-06-26

🌟📢 Call for Abstracts! 🌟

The 9th EU User Conference on EU Microdata will take place on March 6-7, 2025, in Mannheim! Organized by the German Microdata Lab in coop with Eurostat.

👉 Submission deadline: October 13, 2024 👈

Further information & submissions: tinyurl.com/y3pknkz7 #EU #GESIS #microdata

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2024-06-24

Updated data available:
EVS/WVS (2024): Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 Dataset (Joint EVS/WVS). GESIS, Cologne. ZA7505 v5.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/1.14320

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2024-06-13

Ich hab mich mal ad hoc mit einem pseudonymen Google-Konto bei TikTok neu angemeldet. Der Algorithmus kannte mich also noch nicht. Zu den ersten Videos, die der mir gleich nach dem Aufschlagen dort angeboten hat, waren:
* Ich bin trotz aller Warnungen nach Russland ausgewandert und das ist echt toll da jetzt, nicht mehr wie früher, als die Mafia regierte.
* Die 10 Städte in Rheinland-Pfalz mit den meisten Türken.
* AFD zerlegt klimareligiösen Linksradikalen der behauptet Deutschland ist an allem schuld (gemeint war ein junger Mann aus dem Publikum der Wahlarena-Sendung).
* Eine freudenstrahlende Alice Weidel nach der Wahl.
* Ein Blick auf die Türklingeltafel eines großen Wohnhauses in Frankfurt, mit lauter Namen, so der Sprecher, die klingen wie Cevapcici.
* AfD 16% wundern einen jungen Mann gar nicht, weil seit Jahren alles teurer wird.
* Annalena Baerbock habe letztes Jahr 135.000 Euro für Makeup ausgegeben - auf Steuerzahlerkosten.
* Junge Deutschtürken, die zugeben, schon mal kriminell gewesen zu sein.
Und so geht das in einer Tour weiter. Und nun stelle man sich Leute, die sich so ein Programm jeden Tag stundenlang am Handy reinziehen, in einer Wahlkabine vor.

Boris Heizmann boosted:

@EUCommission If you are a researcher and want access to the actual micro-level survey data behind the Commission's reports, go here:
gesis.org/en/eurobarometer-dat

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2024-06-04

What do Europeans think about their present and expect for the future?

For half a century, we have been busy collecting, understanding, and tracking your views.

In these 50 years, our Eurobarometer surveys have recorded the 🇪🇺 journey and who lived it, including:

✔the increasing satisfaction of Europeans with the life they lead
✔Europe’s single currency success story – with 70% of EU citizens now favouring it
✔our growing sense of belonging to the #EU

Discover more: europa.eu/!xVvy4V

Photo of Jacques-René Rabier, Special Adviser of the CEC in charge of public opinion surveys (Eurobarometer) sitting at his desk with hundreds of papers piled before him. Text says 50 years of Eurobarometer.
Boris Heizmann boosted:
2024-04-24

New data available:
European Commission, Brussels
(2024): Flash Eurobarometer 537 (SMEs and Skills Shortages). GESIS, Cologne. ZA8781 v1.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/1.14313

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2024-03-28

#Intersectionality #Gender-BasedViolence
Out now: Humbert, Strid, Tanwar, Lipinsky, Schredl: The Role of Intersectionality and Context in Measuring Gender-Based Violence: doi.org/10.1177/10778012241231

The aim of the article is to discuss how thinking about gender-based violence intersectionally and in context can not only enrich our understanding but also lead to transformative change in organizations.

Boris Heizmann boosted:

Finally officially out now - a special issue of the International Journal of Comparative Sociology:
"Comparative Studies of National identity, Nationalism, Patriotism and Globalization"

This is for the survey research folks among you. (And I guess most of the results are even more relevant now that globalization cannot be taken for granted anymore...)

journals.sagepub.com/toc/cosa/
@sociology @politicalscience

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2024-03-12

New data available:
European Commission, Brussels
(2024): Eurobarometer 99.4 (2023). GESIS, Cologne. ZA7997 v1.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/1.14167

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2024-02-01

New data release: Flash #Eurobarometer 3153/FL012EP “Media & News Survey 2023” (#EuropeanParliament) on media-related attitudes and behaviour in the European Union. Example item: “Which news sources do you trust the most?” dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14244
@europarl_en

Boris Heizmannborisheizmann
2023-11-23

It just does not stop. Paper idea: "Weird hair as a precondition of populist electoral success?"

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2023-11-23

Ist euch mal aufgefallen, dass unsere #Ampel-#Regierung ein wunderbares #Deuterium-Atom abgibt?

Den Kern bilden - mit viel positiver Energie - die #Grünen flankiert von der inerten, absolut potenzialfreien #SPD. Darum herum kreist in absurdem Tempo eine nörgelnde, stets negativ geladene #FDP.

Aufgrund der Gesetze der #Quantenmechanik findet man in dieser Anordnung übrigens den #Kanzler umso schwieriger, je intensiver man nach ihm sucht. 😉

Drei Emojis in Form eines Atoms. Ein grünes lachendes und ein rotes schafendes bilden den Kern. Ein gelbes, wütendes umkreist es.
Boris Heizmann boosted:
2023-11-13

Mainstream parties frequently attempt to recapture the support of right-wing voters by adopting more anti-immigration and nativist positions. While this strategy is often a public topic, the study conducted by Antonia C. May (GESIS) and Christian S. Czymara (Tel Aviv Uni) suggests that it is likely to backfire. Rather than reclaiming swing voters who previously supported far-right ideologies, this approach seems to further strengthen the support for far-right parties.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

Boris Heizmannborisheizmann
2023-11-13

@sfdb Disgusting and worrying. At the same time, I can hardly believe that he hasn't done this before...

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2023-11-09

New book chapter "Putting the AI into social science – How artificial intelligence tools are changing and challenging research in the social sciences" published within the open access edited volume "Beyond Quantity. Research with Subsymbolic AI" available here: transcript-verlag.de/978-3-837

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2023-11-08

New data available:
Klein, Markus, Spier, Tim, & Strünck, Christoph (2023): Die Deutsche Parteimitgliederstudie 2017: Parteimitgliederbefragung. @GESIS. v2.0.0, doi.org/10.7802/2634

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2023-11-08

This is Gordon Allport writing in 🥁 🥁 🥁 1954

Boris Heizmann boosted:
2023-11-03

Unsere Mission ist die Unterstützung der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung. Machen Sie mit bei unserer Zielgruppen-Umfrage und helfen Sie uns, unsere Angebote an Ihren Bedarfen auszurichten.

gesis.org/info/gesis-zielgrupp

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