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Workshop on Question Database

The workshop on Question database organised by the Réseau Quetelet will take place in Paris on Friday, 28th January 2011. 

It will be the occasion for data archives specialists and social scientists to share thoughts and experiences on this topic. Several data archives will present their existing application or their project toward question database. The comparison of these applications will certainly bring up fruitful discussions on challenges for research and data archiving.

  • Workshop on Question Database

    January 28, 2011 – January 28, 2011

     

    The workshop on Question database organised by the Réseau Quetelet will take place in Paris on Friday, 28th January 2011. 

    The increase in the number of surveys archived and disseminated raises new challenges for data archives and researchers. Indeed, without new tools, the growth of the number of surveys makes it increasingly difficult for users to identify surveys that are relevant for them. Without new tools, combining different surveys with similar questions to conduct comparative research is also increasingly a daunting task. Survey designers who wish to reuse questions asked in previous surveys also need tools to find similar questions.

    This workshop will be the occasion for data archives specialists, data producers and social scientists to share thoughts and experiences on this topic. Several data archives will present their existing application or their project toward question database. The comparison of these applications will certainly bring up fruitful discussions on challenges for research and data archiving and data producers.

    For more information about existing question banks, consult the list provided by the UK Data Archive.


    REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
    Lunch is included only for registered attendees.

    Sciences Po
    98 rue de l'Université - 75007 Paris
    Room Annick Percheron

    The workshop venue can be accessed by the Paris underground:
    Metro 12, station Assemblée nationale or Solferino
    RER C, station Musée d'Orsay
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    Program


    8:30 - Registration, coffee
    9:00 – Introduction Laurent Lesnard (CDSP-Sciences Po, France) and Roxane Silberman (Réseau Quetelet, France)
    9:30 – Session 1 – New challenges for researchers, data producers and data archives

    11:00 – Coffee break

    11:30 – Discussion 1 – What do researchers and other users expect from question database?
    Pascale Breuil (INSEE, France), Tanvi Desai (LSE, United Kingdom), Dominique Joye (University of Lausanne, Swiss), Stéphane Legleye (INED, France), Vincent Tiberj (CEE-Sciences Po, France), Louis-André Vallet (CREST, France)

    12:30 – Lunch (sandwiches provided for registered attendees)
    14:00 – Session 2 – Implementation, design and documentation issues

    15:15 – Coffee break
    15:30 – Session 2 (continued)16:30 – Discussion 2 – What should data archives carry out?
    Uwe Jensen (GESIS, Germany), Brian Kleiner (FORS, Swiss), Laurent Lesnard (CDSP-Sciences Po, France), Roxane Silberman (Réseau Quetelet, France)

    18:00 – Cocktail reception

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