Revilla, Melanie (Date of defense: 2012-09-26)
This dissertation studies the impact of the mode of data collection on the quality of answers to survey questions, defined as the product of reliability and validity. Using data from the Netherlands ...
Weber, Wiebke (Date of defense: 2013-01-21)
The left-right concept is considered to facilitate communication and orientation in the political world. It has a long tradition in European politics due to its capacity to absorb different associations ...
Pirralha, André (Date of defense: 2016-03-11)
Is there a relationship between political participation and individual life satisfaction? The idea that political participation makes people more satisfied with their lives has long been debated. However, ...
Moncagatta, Paolo (Date of defense: 2015-06-02)
Citizen support for democratic rule is considered by many scholars as a necessary condition for the consolidation and stability of democratic systems. This dissertation studies support for democracy ...
Zavala-Rojas, Diana (Date of defense: 2016-12-20)
The present dissertation explores language effects in a comparative survey i.e. to what extent linguistic diversity affects equivalence in a comparative survey. This is done by studying three different ...