Reflections on the quality of cross-national surveys: lessons of the European Social Survey

Abstract

Jaak Billiet, one of the core members of the European Social Survey (ESS) team, discusses his practical experiences with the ambition of ESS to maximize cross-country comparability of individual-level measures. The ESS has set pathbreaking standards of survey quality and Billiet takes stock of the achievements and remaining desiderata.www.concepts-methods.orgstatus: publishe