Publications
2023
Scholarly publications
Meitinger, K., Schmidt, P., & Braun, M. (2023). Detecting and explaining missing comparability in cross-national studies: The case of citizen evaluation of patriotism. Survey Research Methods, 17(4), 493–507. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2023.v17i4.8249
Leitgöb, H., Seddig, D., Asparouhov, T., Behr, D., Davidov, E., De Roover, K., Jak, S., Meitinger, K., Menold, N., Muthén, B., Rudnev, M., Schmidt, P., & van de Schoot, R. (2023). Measurement invariance in the social sciences: Historical development, methodological challenges, state of the art, and future perspectives. Social Science Research, 110, Article 102805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102805
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Neuert, C., Meitinger, K., & Behr, D. (2023). Open-ended versus closed probes: Assessing different formats of web probing. Sociological Methods and Research, 52(4), 1981-2015. Article 00491241211031271. https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241211031271
2022
Scholarly publications
Aleman, J., Schmidt, P., Meitinger, K., & Meuleman, B. (2022). Comparative political science and measurement invariance: Basic issues and current applications. Frontiers in Political Science, 4, 1-5. Article 1039744. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.1039744
Kunz, T., & Meitinger, K. (2022). A Comparison of Three Designs for List-style Open-ended Questions in Web Surveys. Field Methods, 34(4), 303-317. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X221115831
Meitinger, K., & Kunz, T. (2022). Visual Design and Cognition in List-Style Open-Ended Questions in Web Probing. Sociological Methods and Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241221077241
Meitinger, K. M., Toroslu, A., Raiber, K., & Braun, M. (2022). Perceived Burden, Focus of Attention, and the Urge to Justify: The Impact of the Number of Screens and Probe Order on the Response Behavior of Probing Questions. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 10(4), 923–944. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smaa043
2021
Scholarly publications
Yerkes, M., Meitinger, K., & van Hedel, K. (2021). Adding a layer of complexity: Comparative measurement of capabilities to access local policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented at ESPAnet, Leuven, Belgium.
Neuert, C., Meitinger, K., Behr, D., & Schonlau, M. (2021). Editorial: The use of open-ended questions in surveys. Methods, data, analyses, 15(1), 3-6. https://mda.gesis.org/index.php/mda/article/view/366/280
Arts, I., Fang, Q., van de Schoot, R., & Meitinger, K. (2021). Approximate Measurement Invariance of Willingness to Sacrifice for the Environment Across 30 Countries: The Importance of Prior Distributions and Their Visualization. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1-18. Article 624032. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.624032
Meitinger, K. M. (2021). Using Apples and Oranges to Judge Quality? Selection of Appropriate Cross-National Indicators of Response Quality in Open-Ended Questions. Social Science Computer Review, 39(3), 434-455. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439319859848
2020
Scholarly publications
Meitinger, K. M., Davidov, E., Schmidt, P., & Braun, M. (2020). Measurement Invariance: Testing for It and Explaining Why It is Absent. Survey Research Methods, 14(4), 345-349. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2020.v14i4.7655
Meitinger, K. M., Ackermann-Piek, D., Blohm, M., Edwards, B., Gummer, T., & Silber, H. (2020). Fieldwork Monitoring Strategies for Interviewer-Administered Surveys. Survey Methods: Insights from the Field. https://doi.org/10.13094/SMIF-2020-00007
Braun, M., Meitinger, K. M., & Behr, D. (2020). Combining Quantitative Experimental Data with Web Probing: The Case of Individual Solutions for the Division of Labor Between Both Genders. Methods, data, analyses, 14(2), 215-240. https://doi.org/10.12758/mda.2020.03
Meitinger, K. M., Stadtmüller, S., Silber, H., Auriga, R., Bergmann, M., Blohm, M., Blumenberg, M., Christmann, P., Felderer, B., Frodermann, C., Griese, F., Gummer, T., Hähnel, S., Koch, A., Kottwitz, A., Krell, K., Krieger, U., Liebau, E., Martin, S., ... Zabal, A. (2020). Fieldwork Monitoring in Practice: Insights from 17 Large-scale Social Science Surveys in Germany. Survey Methods: Insights from the Field. https://doi.org/10.13094/SMIF-2020-00006
Meitinger, K. M., & Johnson, T. (2020). Power, Culture and Item Nonresponse in Social Surveys. In P. S. Brenner (Ed.), Understanding Survey Methodology: Sociological Theory and Applications (pp. 169-191). (Frontiers in Sociology and Social Research; Vol. 4). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47256-6_8
Lee, S., Meitinger, K. M., McClain, C., & Behr, D. (2020). Exploring mental models behind self-rated health and subjective life expectancy through web probing. Field Methods. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X20908575
2019
Scholarly publications
Braun, M., Behr, D., Meitinger, K. M., Repke, L., & Raiber, K. (2019). Using Web Probing to Elucidate Respondents’ Understanding of ‘Minorities’ in Cross-Cultural Comparative Research. ask: Research & Methods, 28(1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.18061/ask.v28i1.0001
Behr, D., Meitinger, K. M., Braun, M., & Kaczmirek, L. (2019). Cross-national web probing: an overview of its methodology and its use in cross-national studies. In Advances in Questionnaire Design, Development, Evaluation and Testing (pp. 521-543). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119263685.ch21
2018
Scholarly publications
Schultz, S., Meitinger, K. M., Braun, M., & Behr, D. (2018). Who's bad? Eine Analyse zur internationalen Vergleichbarkeit von Maßen krimineller Einstellungen mittels des Web-Probing Ansatzes. In Kriminologische Welt in Bewegung (pp. 406-417). (Neue Kriminologische Schriftenreihe der Kriminologischen Gesellschaft e.V; Vol. 117). Forum-Verlag Godesberg.
Meitinger, K., Braun, M., & Behr, D. (2018). Sequence matters in web probing: The impact of the order of probes on response quality, motivation of respondents, and answer content. Survey Research Methods, 12(2), 103-120. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2018.v12i2.7219
Meitinger, K. M. (2018). What does the general national pride item measure? Insights from web probing. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 59(5-6), 428–450. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020715218805793
2017
Scholarly publications
Kaczmirek, L., Meitinger, K. M., & Behr, D. (2017). Higher data quality in web probing with EvalAnswer: a tool for identifying and reducing nonresponse in open-ended questions. GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-51100-0
Behr, D., Meitinger, K. M., Braun, M., & Kaczmirek, L. (2017). Web probing – implementing probing techniques from cognitive interviewing in web surveys with the goal to assess the validity of survey questions. GESIS. https://doi.org/10.15465/gesis-sg_en_023
Meitinger, K. M. (2017). Necessary but Insufficient: Why Measurement Invariance Tests Need Online Probing as a Complementary Tool. Public Opinion Quarterly, 81(2), 447-472. Article 81(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfx009
2016
Scholarly publications
Meitinger, K., & Behr, D. (2016). Comparing Cognitive Interviewing and Online Probing: Do They Find Similar Results? Field Methods, 28(4), 363-380. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X15625866