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Dear Colleagues,
We want to inform you of a session, which is taking place in Ljubljana
at the 5th conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA)
on July 15-19, 2013.
We are organizing a session with the title
Assessing the cross-cultural equivalence of Well-Being approaches
Session organizers: Wolfgang Aschauer, Reinhard Bachleitner, Martin
Weichbold (all University of Salzburg)
http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/sessions?meth=Substant
ive%20applications
<http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/sessions?meth=Substan
tive%20applications>
Abstracts should be submitted via the online submission system:
http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register
<http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register> .
Steps for submission of abstracts:
1. Log in or create an ESRA account (on the submission website) 2. (Go
to the submission website, log-in) and click on "Submit a paper"
3. Select the area of Substantive Applications for your submission and
choose our session from the drop down menu (fourth from top).
Please submit abstracts of 200-250 words and indicate five keywords.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 13, 2013 Applicants will
be notified if their papers are accepted by January 27, 2013
We kindly invite you to submit papers to this session and forward this
call to those who might be interested and does not receive this member
list news.
Thank you very much and best regards
Wolfgang Aschauer
MMag. Dr. Wolfgang Aschauer
Ass. Prof.
Division Sociology and Cultural Science
University of Salzburg
Rudolfskai 42
5020 Salzburg
e-mail: wolfgang.aschauer(a)sbg.ac.at <mailto:wolfgang.aschauer@sbg.ac.at>
homepage: http://www.uni-salzburg.at/soziologie/aschauer
<http://www.uni-salzburg.at/soziologie/aschauer>
Dear Colleagues,
The 5th European Survey Research Association (ESRA) conference will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from July 15-19, 2013. We invite you to submit a presentation to our session
*The Trouble with Logit and Probit: Teaching and Presenting Nonlinear Probability Models *
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While researchers in the social sciences have used Logit and Probit routinely since the 1990s, some of the difficulties in using various types of nonlinear probability models have received increased attention in recent years only. At least three important methodological problems have been raised in the discussion:
- The general interpretation of the coefficients is not as straightforward as in OLS
- Coefficients cannot easily be compared between subgroups
- Coefficients cannot easily be compared between nested models
Some of the difficulties stem from what has come to be known as "neglected heterogeneity". There are interesting suggestions on how to cope with neglected heterogeneity mathematically, and on how to interpret the coefficients in a meaningful way. Yet, these suggestions still have to trickle down to teaching quantitative methods, especially in undergraduate courses on multivariate statistics. Additionally, standards on how to present nonlinear models in publications still have to be established. Is the tabular presentation of coefficients we all are used to from linear models equally appropriate for Logit and Probit?
In this session we especially seek presentations on approaches to interpreting and presenting Logit and Probit results, as well as suggestions and experiences for teaching nonlinear models without neglecting these important problems.
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For submitting an abstract, please log onto the ESRA website, http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conferences/register. The deadline for abstract submission is January 13, 2013. During the submission process, you will be asked to select the area of survey methodology to which your presentation belongs. Here, please select "Survey analysis techniques" and then the title of this session: "The Trouble with Logit and Probit: Teaching and Presenting Nonlinear Probability Models".
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries about the session.
Thank you very much and best regards
Henning Best, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany, henning.best(a)gesis.org
Klaus Pforr, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany, Klaus.pforr(a)gesis.org
*XXXIII. Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network
for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), May 21 - 26, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany *
*Call for Abstracts*
*Deadline: December 31, 2012*
The Sunbelt XXXIII. program committee is soliciting abstracts for paper
and poster presentations at the upcoming 2013 conference in Hamburg,
Germany.
Submission closes on December 31 at 11:59:59 EST. We invite abstract
submissions for posters (120 minute poster session) and paper
presentations (20 minute talk) on topics relevant to social network
analysis, including theory, methods, and applications of social network
analysis. Please limit your abstracts to 250 words. If a series of
papers are being submitted as a single panel or session, please indicate
this in the "special note section" of the abstract submission website
(see FAQ's). Paper and poster presentations will begin on Wed May 22 and
conclude on Sun May 26. Presenting authors of accepted submissions must
be members of INSNA and must register for and present their work at the
meeting. This stipulation applies to both oral and poster presentations.
Each member may present only one paper at the conference.
*Abstract submissions are due by 31 December 2012. No abstracts can be
accepted after this date.*
If you want to submit an abstract, you will be asked to provide the
following information (for further information see FAQ's):
- Name/s of author/s with affiliation and email
- Title of the presentation
- Abstract (limit: 250 words)
- select "(oral) paper presentation", "poster presentation" or "no
preference"
- select a session title (list provided)
- select up to five key words (list provided)
Proceed to Abstract submission:
http://www.abstractserver.com/sunbelt2013/absmgm/
Overview of pre-conference Workshops:
http://hamburgsunbelt2013.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/2013-insna-workshop-d…
Find out more about the venue and conference registration
http://hamburg-sunbelt2013.org/
Proceed to more information about INSNA and Sunbelt Conferences
http://www.insna.org/sunbelt.html
Email address for local organizers of the Sunbelt 2013 conference is:
sunbelt2013(a)uni-hamburg.de <mailto:sunbelt2013@uni-hamburg.de>
See you in Hamburg, the organizing committee:
Betina Hollstein
Sonja Drobnic
Michael Schnegg
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Prof. Sonja Drobnic(, PhD
University of Hamburg
Institute of Sociology
Allende-Platz 1
D-20146 Hamburg
Germany
Phone ++49 (0)40 42838-4659
Phone (secr.) ++49 (0)40 42838-3230
Email: sonja.drobnic(a)uni-hamburg.de
http://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/index.php?id=1947