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Morren, Meike

Bias and equivalence in cross-cultural survey research: An analysis of instrument comparability in the SPVA survey

Meike Morren (PhD student)
MTO, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Tilburg University
P.O. Box 90153
5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 13 466 8046
E-mail: Meike Morren

Project: NWO project at Tilburg University
Project running from: 1 February 2007 – 1 February 2011
Supervisors:

- Prof. dr J.K. Vermunt (Tilburg University)
- Dr J.P.T.M. Gelissen (Tilburg Univertsity)

Summary

Sociological cross-cultural survey studies often ignore the problem of cross-cultural equivalence, thereby tacitly assuming that concepts and terminology are being equally and equivalently evaluated by members in all respondent groups. This project sets out to invest igate to what extent comparabilit y holds for inst ruments included in the publicly and scientifically important Dutch survey “Sociale Positie en Voorzieningengebruik van Allochtonen (SPVA)” . The research uses a mixed-methods research design. The survey is first analyzed with statistical methods for bias detection. Focus groups act as a follow-up that provide information about respondents’ underlying thought processes and assists in interpreting the statistical results.

Date of defence:   1  July 2011
Title of thesis: