Prof. Dr. Natalja Menold

Chair of Methods in Empirical Social Research

Ms Prof. Dr. Natalja Menold

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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

2015

Gestaltung von Ratingskalen in Fragebögen (Version 1.1)Menold, N. & Bogner, K., 1 Jan 2015, GESIS Survey GuidelinesElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
The impact of frequency rating scale formats on the measurement of latent variables in web surveys - An experimental investigation using a measure of affectivity as an exampleMenold, N. & Kemper, C. J., 2015, In: Psihologija. 48, 4, p. 431-449, 19 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2014

The influence of sampling method and interviewers on sample realization in the European Social SurveyMenold, N., Jun 2014, In: Survey Methodology. 40, 1, p. 105-123, 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article
How Do Respondents Attend to Verbal Labels in Rating Scales?Menold, N., Kaczmirek, L., Lenzner, T. & Neusar, A., Feb 2014, In: Field methods. 26, 1, p. 21-39, 19 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Qualitätsstandards zur Entwicklung, Anwendung und Bewertung von Messinstrumenten in der sozialwissenschaftlichen UmfrageforschungRammstedt, B., Beierlein, C., Brähler, E., Eid, M., Hartig, J., Kersting, M., Liebig, S. & 5 others, 1 Jan 2014, In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : journal of contextual economics. 134, 4, p. 517-546Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
How Do Real and Falsified Data Differ?: Psychology of Survey Response as a Source of Falsification Indicators in Face-to-Face SurveysMenold, N. & Kemper, C. J., 2014, In: International journal of public opinion research / publ. by the World Association for Public Opinion Research. 26, 1, p. 41-65, 25 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Nuisance or Remedy?: The Utility of Stylistic Responding as an Indicator of Data Fabrication in SurveysKemper, C. J. & Menold, N., 2014, In: Methodology : European journal of research methods for the behavioral and social sciences. 10, 3, p. 92-99, 8 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2011

Standardisierte Erfassung von Verweigerungsgründen in face-to-face-UmfragenMenold, N. & Züll, C., 20 Jul 2011, In: Methoden, Daten, Analysen : mda ; Zeitschrift für empirische Sozialforschung / hrsg. von GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. 5, 1, p. 91-108Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article
Suggestions for the Standardized Collection of Reasons for Refusals in Face-to-Face SurveysMenold, N. & Zuell, C., 2011, In: Methoden, Daten, Analysen : mda ; Zeitschrift für empirische Sozialforschung / hrsg. von GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. 5, 1, p. 91-108, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article

2009

How to Use Information Technology for Cooperative Work: Development of Shared Technological FramesMenold, N., Feb 2009, In: Computer supported cooperative work : CSCW ; an international journal. 18, 1, p. 47-81, 35 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article