Current research projects

Projects at the Collaborative Research Center 884 “Political Economy of Reforms”
German Internet Panel (Project Z1)
Evaluating data sources for research into political reforms: (Non)probability online surveys and Big Data (Project A8)
Projects at the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES)
Modular Questionnaire Designs for Social Surveys: Statistical Modelling of Designed Missingness (Project A2.14)

Cornesse, C., Felderer, B., Fikel, M., Krieger, U. & Blom, A. G. (2021). Recruiting a probability-based online panel via postal mail: Experimental evidence. Social Science Computer Review : SSCORE, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393211006059
Cornesse, C., Krieger, U., Sohnius, M.-L., Fikel, M., Friedel, S., Rettig, T., Wenz, A., Juhl, S., Lehrer, R., Möhring, K., Naumann, E., Reifenscheid, M. & Blom, A. G. (2021). From German Internet Panel to Mannheim Corona Study: Adaptable probability-based online panel infrastructures during the pandemic. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in Society, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12749
Felderer, B., Herzing, J. M. E., Bruch, C., Krieger, U. & Blom, A. G. (2021). How does switching a probability-based online panel to a smartphone-optimized design affect response rates and smartphone use? Survey Methods : Insights from the Field, 2021, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.13094/SMIF-2021-00007
Mata, J., Wenz, A., Rettig, T., Reifenscheid, M., Möhring, K., Krieger, U., Friedel, S., Fikel, M., Cornesse, C., Blom, A. G. & Naumann, E. (2021). Health behaviors and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal population-based survey in Germany. Social Science & Medicine, 287(Article 114333) (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114333
Möhring, K., Naumann, E., Reifenscheid, M., Wenz, A., Rettig, T., Krieger, U., Friedel, S., Fikel, M., Cornesse, C. & Blom, A. G. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic and subjective well-being: longitudinal evidence on satisfaction with work and family. European Societies, 23(Suppl. 1), S601–S617. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2020.1833066
Blom, A. G., Cornesse, C., Friedel, S., Krieger, U., Fikel, M., Rettig, T., Wenz, A., Juhl, S., Lehrer, R., Möhring, K., Naumann, E. & Reifenscheid, M. (2020). High-frequency and high-quality survey data collection: The Mannheim Corona study. Survey Research Methods : SRM, 14(2), 171–178. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2020.v14i2.7735
Blom, A. G., Cornesse, C., Sakshaug, J. W. & Wenz, A. (2020). Recent advances in probability-based and nonprobability survey research. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology : JSSAM, 8(1), 2–3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smaa002
Cornesse, C. & Blom, A. G. (2020). Response quality in nonprobability and probability-based online panels. Sociological Methods and Research : SMR, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124120914940
Cornesse, C., Blom, A. G., Dutwin, D., Krosnick, J. A., de Leeuw, E., Legleye, S., Pasek, J., Pennay, D., Phillips, B., Sakshaug, J. W., Struminskaya, B. & Wenz, A. (2020). A review of conceptual approaches and empirical evidence on probability and nonprobability sample survey research. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology : JSSAM, 8(1), 4–36. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smz041
Höhne, J. K., Schlosser, S., Couper, M. P. & Blom, A. G. (2020). Switching away: Exploring on-device media multitasking in web surveys. Computers in Human Behavior, 111(Article 106417). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106417
Naumann, E., Möhring, K., Reifenscheid, M., Wenz, A., Rettig, T., Lehrer, R., Krieger, U., Juhl, S., Friedel, S., Fikel, M., Cornesse, C. & Blom, A. G. (2020). COVID‐19 policies in Germany and their social, political, and psychological consequences. European Policy Analysis : EPA, 6(2), 191–202. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1091
Stark, T. H., Silber, H., Krosnick, J. A., Blom, A. G., Aoyagi, M., Belchior, A., Bosnjak, M., Clement, S. L., Melvin, J., Guðbjörg, A. J., Lawson, K., Lynn, P., Martinsson, J., Shamshiri-Petersen, D., Tvinnereim, E. & Yu, R.-. (2020). Generalization of classic question order effects across cultures. Sociological Methods & Research : SMR, 49(3), 567–602. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124117747304
Wiśniowski, A., Sakshaug, J. W., Perez Ruiz, D. A. & Blom, A. G. (2020). Integrating probability and nonprobability samples for survey inference. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology : JSSAM, 8(1), 120–147. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smz051
Felderer, B. & Blom, A. G. (2019). Acceptance of the automated online collection of geographical information. Sociological Methods & Research : SMR, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124119882480
Herzing, J. M. E. & Blom, A. G. (2019). The influence of a person’s digital affinity on unit nonresponse and attrition in an online panel. Social Science Computer Review : SSCORE, 37(3), 404–424. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439318774758
Sakshaug, J. W., Perez Ruiz, D. A., Wiśniowski, A. & Blom, A. G. (2019). Supplementing small probability samples with nonprobability samples: A Bayesian approach. Journal of Official Statistics : JOS, 35(3), 653–681. https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2019-0027
Blom, A. G., Herzing, J. M. E., Cornesse, C., Sakshaug, J. W., Krieger, U. & Bossert, D. (2017). Does the recruitment of offline households increase the sample representativeness of probability-based online panels? Evidence from the German internet panel. Social Science Computer Review : SSCORE, 35(4), 498–520. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439316651584
West, B. T. & Blom, A. G. (2017). Explaining interviewer effects : a research synthesis. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology : JSSAM, 5(2), 175–211. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smw024
Blom, A. G., Bosnjak, M., Cornilleau, A., Cousteaux, A.-S., Das, M., Douhou, S. & Krieger, U. (2016). A comparison of four probability-based online and mixed-mode panels in Europe. Social Science Computer Review : SSCORE, 34(1), 8–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439315574825
Blom, A. G., Gathmann, C. & Krieger, U. (2015). Setting up an online panel representative of the general population : the German Internet panel. Field Methods, 27(4), 391–408. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X15574494
Pforr, K., Blohm, M., Blom, A. G., Erdel, B., Felderer, B., Fräßdorf, M., Hajek, K., Helmschrott, S., Kleinert, C., Koch, A., Krieger, U., Kroh, M., Martin, S., Saßenroth, D., Schmiedeberg, C., Trüdinger, E.-M. & Rammstedt, B. (2015). Are incentive effects on response rates and nonresponse bias in large-scale face-to-face surveys generalizable to Germany? Evidence from ten experiments. Public Opinion Quarterly : POQ, 79(3), 740–768. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfv014
Spindler, G., Blom, A. G. & Thorun, C. (2015). Die Evaluation der Button-Lösung : Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie. Multimedia und Recht : MMR, 18(1), 3–7.
Blom, A. G. (2014). Setting priorities : spurious differences in response rates. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 26(2), 245–255. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edt023
Blom, A. G. & Korbmacher, J. M. (2013). Measuring interviewer characteristics pertinent to social surveys : a conceptual framework. Survey Methods : Insights from the Field, [1]([1]), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.13094/SMIF-2013-00001
Blom, A. G. (2012). Explaining cross‐country differences in survey contact rates : application of decomposition methods. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in Society, 175(1), 217–242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-985X.2011.01006.x
Blom, A. G. & Kreuter, F. (2011). Preface [Special issue: International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse]. Journal of Official Statistics : JOS, 27(2), 151–152.
Blom, A. G., de Leeuw, E. & Hox, J. J. (2011). Interviewer effects on nonresponse in the European social survey. Journal of Official Statistics : JOS, 27(2), 359–377.
Blom, A. G., Doerr, L. A., Cheung, G.-., Liu, Y. & Harkness, J. (2006). Translations and interpreting : what do survey organizations do? Survey Research : Newsletter, 37(1/2), 1–6.

Rettig, T. & Blom, A. G. (2021). Memory effects as a source of bias in repeated survey measurement. In A. Cernat & J. W. Sakshaug (eds.), Measurement error in longitudinal data (S. 3–18). Oxford ; New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Blom, A. G. & Korbmacher, J. M. (2018). Linking survey data to administrative records in a comparative survey context. In D. L. Vannette (eds.), The Palgrave handbook of survey research (S. 267–273). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54395-6_34
Silber, H., Stark, T. H., Blom, A. G. & Krosnick, J. A. (2018). Implementing a multinational study of questionnaire design. In T. P. Johnson (eds.), Advances in comparative survey methods : multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts (3MC) (S. 161–180). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118884997.ch8
Blom, A. G. & Herzing, J. M. E. (2017). Face-to-face Rekrutierung für ein probabilistisches Onlinepanel. In F. Faulbaum (eds.), Methodische Probleme von Mixed-Mode-Ansätzen in der Umfrageforschung (S. 99–118). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15834-7_4
Blom, A. G. (2016). Survey fieldwork. In C. Wolf (eds.), The SAGE handbook of survey methodology (S. 382–396). London: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473957893.n25
Blom, A. G., Schaan, B. & Korbmacher, J. M. (2013). Paradaten im SHARE. In H.-G. Soeffner (eds.), Transnationale Vergesellschaftungen : Verhandlungen des 35. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Frankfurt am Main 2010 Bd. CD-ROM (S. ). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Blom, A. G. & Schröder, M. (2011). Sample composition 4 years on : retention in SHARE Wave 3. In M. Schröder (eds.), Retrospective data collection in the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe : SHARELIFE methodology (S. 55–61). Mannheim: MEA, Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Ageing.
Blom, A. G., Jäckle, A. & Lynn, P. (2010). The use of contact data in understanding cross‐national differences in unit nonresponse. In J. A. Harkness (eds.), Survey methods in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts (S. 333–354). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470609927.ch18

Projects at the Collaborative Research Center 884 “Political Economy of Reforms”

Projects at the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES)