ISSP Methodological Research

Organisational Structure and Working Principles Applying for Membership ISSP Methodological Research History of the ISSP

The methodological work in the ISSP is coordinated by a Methodology Committee, consisting of seven members elected by the General Meeting. The Methodology Committee is chaired by New Zealand.

The Methodology Committee co-ordinates currently the work of seven groups working on different areas of cross-cultural methods, all concerned with issues of equivalence:

demography
non-response
substitution
mode effects
questionnaire design
translation

For the latest information on the groups' research projects contact the following:

demography: Markus Quandt or Evi Scholz, GESIS, Germany
non-response: Dominique Joye, FORS, Switzerland
substitution: Tom Smith, NORC, USA
modes: Knut Kalgraff Skj�k, NSD, Norway
translation and questionnaire design: Philip Gendall, Massey University, New Zealand