Working Papers

Working Paper 12: Mode effects on survey item measurement: A systematic review of the experimental evidence (PDF)

Georgia D. Tomova, Richard J. Silverwood, Liam Wright
January 2026


Working Paper 11: Measurement Mode Effects in Live Video Interviewing: Evidence from a Mixed-Mode Quasi-Experimental Survey (PDF)

Sebastian Kocar, Matt Brown, Carole Sanchez, George B. Ploubidis, Gabriele Durrant
December 2025


Working Paper 10: Effectiveness of the knock-to-nudge approach for establishing contact with the respondents: Evidence from the National Readership Survey in the UK (PDF)

Olga Maslovskaya, Cristian Domarchi, Peter W. F. Smith
November 2025


Working Paper 9: Can The Continuum of Resistance Model Be Applied to Understand Mode Selection in Sequential Mixed-Mode Surveys? (PDF)

Liam Wright, Georgia Tomova, and Richard J. Silverwood (all University College London)
November 2025


Working Paper 8: Assessing the impact of video interviewing on measurement quality: Evidence from an experimental study on mode effects (PDF)

Marc Asensio, Matt Brown, Richard Silverwood, Tim Hanson, and Gabriele Durrant
November 2025


Working paper 7: Are we stepping into the future? Exploring the representativeness of web-only surveys of the general population (PDF)

Pablo Cabrera-Álvarez, Annette Jäckle, Jamie C. Moore, Gabriele Durrant, Jonathan Burton, Peter W. F. Smith
November 2025 


Working Paper 6:  Still the gold standard in survey research? Comparing face-to-face and self-completion data collection in a repeat cross-sectional general social survey in Great Britain  (PDF)

Rory Fitzgerald, Nhlanhla Ndebele, Olga Maslovskaya, Cristian Domarchi, Peter Lynn, Tim Hanson, Ruxandra Comanaru
October 2025 


Working Paper 5: Navigating Challenges in Occupation Data Collection in a Mixed-Mode Longitudinal Survey: Insights into the Look-Up Approach (PDF)

Sebastian Kocar, Darina Peycheva, Matt Brown, Joseph W. Sakshaug, Claire Bhaumik, Lisa Calderwood
June 2025


Working Paper 4: Are interviewer administered follow-ups of web non-respondents still needed to maximise respondent dataset quality? Evidence using Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (PDF)

Jamie C. Moore, Pablo Cabrera Álvarez, Gabriele Durrant, Annette Jäckle, Peter W.F. Smith, and Jonathan Burton
May 2025


Working Paper 3: A Framework for Identifying and Addressing the Risks of Exclusion from Social Surveys (PDF)

Peter Lynn
October 2024


Working Paper 2: Live Video Interviewing as a Complementary Mode to In-Person Interviews: Evidence from the European Social Survey (PDF)

Tim Hanson, Roberto Briceno-Rosas, Mare Ainsaar and Hanna Kerstina Kartau
July 2024


Working Paper 1: Live Video Interviewing: Evidence of Opportunities and Challenges Across Seven Major UK Social Surveys (PDF)

Gabriele Durrant, Sebastian Kocar, Matt Brown, Tim Hanson, Carole Sanchez Martin Wood, Kate Taylor, Maria Tsantani and Tom Huskinson
May 2024