GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology Applied Introduction to Bots in Web-based Studies 10 to 14 August 2025 | Hybrid (Cologne & online) Jan Karem Höhne & Joshua Claassen (both University Hannover)

Bots in web surveys - threat or opportunity? 🤖
In our #GESISsummerschool course, learn how bots operate, how to detect and prevent them, and even how to use them for pretesting, all while considering ethics and data integrity.

Info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/GSS26-C8

#LLMs #websurveys

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GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology Advanced Questionnaire Design 27 – 31 July 2026 | Cologne Marek Fuchs (Technical University of Darmstadt)

Go beyond the basics – it’s time for smarter questionnaires! Dive into advanced #QuestionnaireDesign and explore the latest innovations to maximize response quality across survey modes and question types at the #GESISsummerschool.

Info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/GSS26-C2

#websurveys
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3rd one this week on #WebSurveys. Updated #MetaAnalysis shows that web surveys still yield lower response rates than other modes:


The authors also point out that nonresponse rate alone does not address the problems of nonresponse error & nonresponse bias.

With younger cohorts approaching older age, the potentials for #websurveys among older people might be improved?

Authors:
Websurveys are feasible, but w/o offering a paper alternative, a small but important group will likely be missing:


#Epidemiology