Fieldwork experiences and monitoring techniques based on round 9 of the European social survey (ESS)
Fieldwork experiences and monitoring techniques based on round 9 of the European social survey (ESS)

Summary/Abstract: The paper outlines fieldwork monitoring techniques that have been used in the fieldwork phase of the European Social Survey (ESS) in Slovenia in round 9 (2018), previous rounds and other national surveys in Slovenia. The transition to computer-assisted personal interviewing which we adopted a decade ago at the Public Opinion and Mass Communication Research Centre (POMCRC), University of Ljubljana, has been consistently used throughout the national research program. The ESS was one of the first surveys through which we established higher standards by using digitized survey tools. Over the years, these tools have been continuously developed and digitalization of contact data has been introduced, which has opened up additional possibilities for monitoring and maintaining survey data quality. Because of our awareness of unwanted interviewer behaviour and the human factor in recording people’s opinion, we anticipate various anomalies that might occur and could be observed and dealt with during the fieldwork and later on, such as: response rate, interviewers' week-by-week work dynamics, the result of the last visit, logical and consistency checking, duration of an interview and other factors. In the report we would like to show some of these indicators in a comparative context.

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