UK-Australia Network Promoting Longitudinal Survey Methods and Analysis

这项提议将在埃塞克斯大学社会和经济研究所（ISER）与澳大利亚墨尔本和昆士兰大学之间建立一个国际伙伴关系网络。该网络的目标是建立和交流知识，重点是小组调查方法与关键政策领域的实质性分析之间的联系。这项建议的经费将用于旅费、生活津贴和与组织一次会议、两次讲习班和国际研究人员交流访问有关的费用。这笔资金不会用于研究或员工费用。那些试图提高调查数据质量的人通常使用“总调查误差”的框架，该框架将调查可能存在的不同类型的误差分开。这些错误会影响所有的调查，但在纵向调查中尤其明显，因为纵向调查是对同一个人进行长期采访。对这些错误的研究通常集中在概括性的度量上，比如调查产生的平均值和百分比。然而，对重要政策领域的大多数实质性研究依赖于使用有关数据中响应分布的信息（回归、logit或probit模型）的多变量分析类型。调查误差对从这种多变量方法中得出的估计的影响不能通过只关注边际汇总测量来理解。实质性研究人员使用多变量分析的结果可能会因调查设计而产生的错误而严重扭曲，例如，如果调查的组织方式以不同的方式影响人们给出的答案。关于小组调查的设计如何影响长期实质性答案的稳定性，特别是在就业、健康、福祉、贫穷和家庭动态等关键政策领域，所知甚少。据我们所知，对纵向不一致的原因，最重要的是，对其实质性影响的研究是缺乏的。该网络将为与澳大利亚同事建立长期关系、交流思想和促进这些主题的研究提供机会。首先，该网络将针对数据收集期间和收集后提高数据质量的方法。然后，该网络将致力于发展可持续的研究合作，重点关注改进数据质量对实质性研究的影响，例如就业变化、健康或福祉变化或家庭动态的测量。该计划的资金将建立国际伙伴关系的基础设施，使研究人员能够在英国和澳大利亚之间进行研究项目合作。这些研究项目将分别得到资助。该计划的资金将建立国际伙伴关系的基础设施，使研究人员能够在英国和澳大利亚之间进行研究项目合作。这些研究项目将分别得到资助。国际合作伙伴对该项目的承诺程度可通过提议的共同供资程度得到体现。国际合作伙伴承诺在为期三年的项目中提供至多2.1万英镑的直接财政捐款。

This proposal would create an international partnership network between the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex and the Universities of Melbourne and Queensland in Australia. The objective of this network is to build and exchange knowledge focused on the link between panel survey methods and substantive analysis in key policy areas. The funding in this proposal would cover travel, subsistence and costs associated with the organisation of a meeting, two workshops and international researcher exchange visits. The funding would not be used for research or for staff costs. Those who work trying to improve the quality of survey data generally use a framework of "Total Survey Error", which separates the different types of errors that surveys can have. These errors affect all surveys but are particularly significant on longitudinal surveys where the same people are being interviewed over time. Research into these errors generally focus on summary measures such as the means and percentages generated by the survey. However, most substantive research into important policy areas relies on types of multivariate analysis which use information about the distributions of responses within the data (regression, logit or probit models). The impact of survey error on estimates derived from such multivariate methods cannot be understood by focusing only on marginal summary measures. The results of substantive researchers using multivariate analyses may be seriously distorted by errors that arise due to the design of the survey, for example, if the way that the survey was organised influences the answers that people give in different ways. Little is known about how the design of panel surveys affects the stability of substantive answers across time, particularly in the key policy areas of employment, health, well-being, poverty and family dynamics. To our knowledge research on the causes of longitudinal inconsistencies and, most importantly, their substantive effects is lacking.This network will provide opportunities to forge long-term relationships with Australian colleagues, to exchange ideas and to promote research on these topics. The network will, first, target methods for improving data quality, both during data collection and after collection. The network will then aim to develop sustainable research collaborations focused on the effect of improved data quality in substantive research, such as measures of employment change, changes in health or well-being, or family dynamics over time. The funding from this scheme would establish the infrastructure of an international partnership which would enable researchers to travel between the UK and Australia to collaborate on research projects. These research projects will be funded separately. The funding from this scheme would establish the infrastructure of an international partnership which would enable researchers to travel between the UK and Australia to collaborate on research projects. These research projects will be funded separately. The level of commitment to the project shown by the international partners is demonstrated by the level of proposed co-funding. The international partners are pledging direct financial contributions of up to £21,000 over the three year project.