Prof. Dr. Natalja Menold

Chair of Methods in Empirical Social Research

Ms Prof. Dr. Natalja Menold

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ABS, Haus 116 "Blaues Haus", 05-002 August-Bebel-Straße 30

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Tuesday:: 13:30 - 14:30; bis 29.11.2022

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Curriculum Vitae

since Apr 2019	W3-Professorship "Methods in Empirical Social Research", Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science, TUD Dresden University of Technology
May 2017	Habilitation(venia legendi "Social Science Methodology") at the University of Mannheim, Faculty of Social Sciences
Apr 2011 - Mar 2012	Deputy Professor of Methods in Political Science at the Institute of Political Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen
Jan 2007 - Mar 2019	Research Associate at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences 2008 - 2019: Project consultant 2011 - 2019: scientific team leader
Jul 2006	Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the University of Dortmund
2002 - 2006	Doctoral scholarship holder of the Hans Böckler Foundation
2001 - 2004	Research Associate at the University of Dortmund
1995 - 2000	Studied psychology at the University of Tübingen

Research interests

Measurement theory, measurement equivalence, measurement quality in empirical social research, questionnaire construction, response formats, question formulation, cognitive process, interviewer effects, falsification in surveys, use of social media in survey research, informed consent, mixed-mode surveys, surveys of migrants, methods of quality assurance of measurement instruments, intercultural comparisons, media analysis, harmonization of survey data, attitudes towards surveys

Further scientific activities

since 2019	Editor-in-chief of Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (SMIF)
since 2018	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Education Barometer, ifo Institute, Munich
2017 - 2019	Associate Editor of Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (SMIF)
since 2016	Elected member of the Board of Appeal of the German Market and Social Research Council
2015 - 2019	Founder and responsible editor of the GESIS Survey Guidelines

Publications

85 Entries

2024

The Effect of Operationalization on the Correlation between Objective and Subjective Socioeconomic Status: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisRichter, L. & Menold, N., Aug 2024, In: Survey methods : insights from the field. 2, 2, p. 1-13, 13 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Review article
Coefficient alpha and reliability of communication science measurement scales: A note on Hayes and CouttsRaykov, T., Marcoulides, G. A. & Menold, N., 2 Jul 2024, In: Communication Methods and Measures. 18, 3, p. 205-218, 14 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Do Different Devices Perform Equally Well with Different Numbers of Scale Points and Response Formats?: A test of measurement invariance and reliabilityMenold, N. & Toepoel, V., May 2024, In: Sociological Methods & Research. 53, 2, p. 898-939, 42 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Financial Distress in German Cancer Patients: Results from a Quantitative SurveyPauge, S., Zueger, A., Mathies, V., Mehlis, K., Surmann, B., Ernst, T., Greiner, W. & 3 others, Feb 2024, In: Oncology Research and Treatment. 47, Suppl 1, p. 13-13, 1 p., 663Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Meeting abstract
Evaluating Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha and Testing Its Identity to Scale Reliability: A Direct Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis ProcedureRaykov, T., Marcoulides, G., Anthony, J. & Menold, N., 2 Jan 2024, In: Measurement : interdisciplinary research and perspectives. 22, 1, p. 78-89, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Bayesian Maximal Reliability Evaluation Using Latent Variable ModelingRaykov, T., Marcoulides, G. A. & Menold, N., 2024, In: Applied Measurement in Education. 37, 2, p. 165-176, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Scientific advice and the COVID-19 pandemic: Revisiting the asian disease problemNeumann, R., Brust, O., Kadel, J., von Hermanni, H. & Menold, N., 2024, In: International journal of public opinion research / publ. by the World Association for Public Opinion Research. 36, 2, edae021Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2023

Financial distress of a cancer disease in Germany: A new patient reported outcome measure (PROM) and first results from a bi-centered cross-sectional analysisPauge, S., Richter, L., Zueger, A., Mehlis, K., Mathies, V., Ernst, T., Greiner, W. & 2 others, Oct 2023, In: Annals of oncology. 34, p. S1007-S1008, 2 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Meeting abstract
Ensuring cross-cultural data comparability by means of anchoring vignettes in heterogeneous refugee samplesMenold, N., Biddle, L., von Hermanni, H., Kadel, J. & Bozorgmehr, K., 28 Sep 2023, In: BMC Medical research methodology. 23, 1, 213Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
On the Importance of Coefficient Alpha for Measurement Research: Loading Equality Is Not Necessary for Alpha's Utility as a Scale Reliability IndexRaykov, T., Anthony, J. C. & Menold, N., Aug 2023, In: Educational and psychological measurement : EPM ; a bimonthly journal devoted to the development and application of measures of individual differences. 83, 4, p. 766-781, 16 p., 766 - 781Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article