Joop J Hox
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3872885 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Joop J Hox |
| NOMBRES | Joop J |
| APELLIDO | Hox |
| FIRMA | HOX J J |
| AFILIACIONES | Utrecht University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 53 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 334 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 53 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1991 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Introduction to Multilevel Analysis
Multilevel Analysis
Applauded for its clarity, this accessible introduction helps readers apply multilevel techniques to their research. The book also includes advanced extensions, making it useful as both an introduction for students and as a reference for researchers. Basic models and examples are discussed in nontechnical terms with an emphasis on understanding the methodological and statistical issues involved in using these models. The estimation and interpreta…
Evaluating Bias of Sequential Mixed-mode Designs Against Benchmark Surveys
This study evaluated three types of bias-total, measurement, and selection bias (SB)-in three sequential mixed-mode designs of the Dutch Crime Victimization Survey: telephone, mail, and web, where nonrespondents were followed up face-to-face (F2F). In the absence of true scores, all biases were estimated as mode effects against two different types of benchmarks. In the single-mode benchmark (SMB), effects were evaluated against a F2F reference su…
Mixed-mode Surveys
Self-Administered Questionnaires
The Cornerstones of Survey Research
The goal of this chapter is to introduce the readers to the central issues in survey quality, to discuss the decisions that must be made when designing and implementing a survey, and to review the current methodological and statistical knowledge as presented in the Handbook. Principles important for designing good quality surveys are discussed in terms of the four cornerstones of survey research: coverage, sampling, response, and measurement. The…
Accommodating Measurement Errors
Collinear Latent Variables in Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Because variables may be correlated in the social and behavioral sciences, multicollinearity might be problematic. This study investigates the effect of collinearity manipulated in within and between levels of a two-level confirmatory factor analysis by Monte Carlo simulation. Furthermore, the influence of the size of the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and estimation method; maximum likelihood estimation with robust chi-squares and stan…
Handling Do-Not-Know Answers
An important decision in online and mixed-mode questionnaire design is if and how to include a “do-not-know” (DK) option. Mandatory response is often a default option, but methodologists have advised against this. Several solutions for the DK category are suggested. These include (1) not explicitly offering a DK, but skipping questions is allowed, (2) explicitly offering a DK option with visual separation from the substantive responses, and (3) u…
Facing off with Scylla and Charybdis
Measurement invariance (MI) is a pre-requisite for comparing latent variable scores across groups. The current paper introduces the concept of approximate MI building on the work of Muthén and Asparouhov and their application of Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling (BSEM) in the software Mplus. They showed that with BSEM exact zeros constraints can be replaced with approximate zeros to allow for minimal steps away from strict MI, still yielding …
A Meta-View of Multivariate Statistical Inference Methods in European Psychology Journals
We investigated the extent and nature of multivariate statistical inferential procedures used in eight European psychology journals covering a range of content (i.e., clinical, social, health, personality, organizational, developmental, educational, and cognitive). Multivariate methods included those found in popular texts that focused on prediction, group difference, and advanced modeling: multiple regression, logistic regression, analysis of co…
Measurement Effects of Survey Mode on the Equivalence of Attitudinal Rating Scale Questions
This study applies ordinal confirmatory factor analysis for multiple groups to assess equivalence of scale, random errors and systematic (nonrandom) errors of attitudinal questions surveyed on rating scales under different survey modes (Face-to-Face [F2F], Telephone, Paper, and Web). Empirical findings from a large-scale experiment are presented. Consistent with theoretical expectations, interviewer- and self-administered surveys measured all ass…
A checklist for testing measurement invariance
The analysis of measurement invariance of latent constructs is important in research across groups, or across time. By establishing whether factor loadings, intercepts and residual variances are equivalent in a factor model that measures a latent concept, we can assure that comparisons that are made on the latent variable are valid across groups or time. Establishing measurement invariance involves running a set of increasingly constrained struct…
International Handbook of Survey Methodology
Foundations. J.J. Hox, E.D. de Leeuw, D. Dillman, The Cornerstones of Survey Research. N. Schwarz, B. Knauper, D. Oyserman, C. Stich, The Psychology of Asking Questions. P. Lynn, The Problem of Nonresponse. J. A. Harkness, Comparative Survey Research: Goal and Challenges. E. Singer, Ethical Issues in Surveys. Design. S.L. Lohr, Coverage and Sampling. E.D. de Leeuw, Choosing the Method of Data Collection. F.J. Fowler, C. Cosenza, Writing Effective…
Nonresponse versus Measurement Error
Non-réponse versus erreur de mesure – Doit-on insister auprès des répondants réticents ? : Pour augmenter les taux de réponse, les enquêteurs intensifient leurs efforts pour amener les personnes échantillonnées parmi les répondants. La question est de savoir si les répondants « réticents » fournissent des réponses de qualité moindre que les répondants « impatients ». Nous définissons les répondants impatients comme des personnes qui répondent au …
Looking for homogeneous groups of respondents and nonrespondents using latent class analysis
Do implementation intentions help to eat a healthy diet? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the empirical evidence
Multilevel Analysis
""Dr. Hox is a master at presenting sophisticated statistical ideas and models in very pragmatic way... There have been many developments in the area of multilevel structural equation modeling and (Pox's] book is the only multilevel one that covers this important area...The additional chapters... make the book more... appealing... I would definitely use Hox's book... [and] recommend it to my colleagues."-Donald Hedeker, University of Illinois at …
The effect of estimation method and sample size in multilevel structural equation modeling
Multilevel structural equation modeling (multilevel SEM) has become an established method to analyze multilevel multivariate data. The first useful estimation method was the pseudobalanced method. This method is approximate because it assumes that all groups have the same size, and ignores unbalance when it exists. In addition, full information maximum likelihood (ML) estimation is now available, which is often combined with robust chi‐squares an…
Present but sick
Purpose The opposite of absenteeism, presenteeism, is the phenomenon of employees staying at work when they should be off sick. Presenteeism is an important problem for organizations, because employees who turn up for work, when sick, cause a reduction in productivity levels. The central aim of the present study is to examine the longitudinal relationships between job demands, burnout (exhaustion and depersonalization), and presenteeism. We hypot…
Intraindividual Variability in Adolescents’ Perceived Relationship Satisfaction
A daily diary method was used to examine the daily dynamics of adolescent conflict and perceived relationship satisfaction with mothers, fathers, and best friends among a sample of 72 Dutch adolescents (M = 15.59 years). Multilevel analyses revealed that perceived relationship satisfaction with mothers, fathers, and best friends was lower on days on which conflict occurred with mothers, fathers, and best friends than on days on which no conflict …
The Influence of Advance Letters on Response in Telephone Surveys
Recently, the leading position of telephone surveys as the \nmajor mode of data collection has been challenged. Telephone surveys \nsuffer from a growing nonresponse, partly due to the general nonresponse \ntrend for all surveys and partly due to changes in society and technology \ninfluencing contactability and willingness to answer. One way to \ncounteract the increasing nonresponse is the use of an advance letter. In \nmail and face-to-face su…
Daily negative interactions and mood among patients and partners dealing with multiple sclerosis (MS)
Receiving and providing support in couples dealing with multiple sclerosis
This study examined the effects of daily support exchanges in couples facing multiple sclerosis (MS). Two issues were examined: the imbalance between received and provided support, and the extent to which reciprocal exchanges of received and provided support are associated with end‐of‐day well‐being (positive and negative mood and self‐esteem). Guided by equity theory, we expected that one‐sided support provision or receipt would be harmful for w…
Comparative Survey Research
Multilevel Analysis Methods
This special issue of SMR is about the analysis of data collected at different levels of observation, such as groups and individuals within these groups, and about the methodological problems that are present when natural experimentation and observations nested within existing social groups are the object of study. The methodological problems are summarized in the term multilevel problems. A multilevel problem is a problem that inquires into the …
The Analysis of Factorial Surveys
Factorial surveys constitute a specific technique for introducing experimental designs in sample surveys. Respondents are presented with descriptions (vignettes) of a constructed world in which important factors are built in experimentally. Using balanced designs well known from the multivariate experimental tradition, it is possible to build in a relatively large number of factors and levels. Within this context, the normal hypothesis is that re…
Children as Respondents in Survey Research
Les enfants comme répondants dans les enquêtes - Développement cognitif et qualité des réponses. Quoique les enfants ne sont plus une population négligée des statistiques officielles et des enquétes, des études méthodologiques sur des enquêtes d'enfants sont rares. Les chercheurs doivent se baser sur des connaissances ad hoc venant des domaines aussi divers que la psychiatrie enfantine et les tests d'éducation, ou extrapoler à partir de la connai…
Meta-Analysis of Randomized Response Research
This article discusses two meta-analyses on randomized response technique (RRT) studies, the first on 6 individual validation studies and the second on 32 comparative studies. The meta-analyses focus on the performance of RRTs compared to conventional question-and-answer methods. The authors use the percentage of incorrect answers as effect size for the individual validation studies and the standardized difference score (d-probit) as effect size …
Hierarchical Regression Models for Interviewer and Respondent Effects
It is generally recognized that interviewers may have an important effect on the quality of the data collected in survey research. This article presents an application of the hierarchical regression model in the analysis of interviewer effects. The hierarchical regression model offers an elegant way of analyzing the simultaneous effects of specific interviewer and respondent characteristics. It is especially attractive if the research design does…
The Influence of Advance Letters on Response in Telephone Surveys
Recently, the leading position of telephone surveys as the \nmajor mode of data collection has been challenged. Telephone surveys \nsuffer from a growing nonresponse, partly due to the general nonresponse \ntrend for all surveys and partly due to changes in society and technology \ninfluencing contactability and willingness to answer. One way to \ncounteract the increasing nonresponse is the use of an advance letter. In \nmail and face-to-face su…
Collecting Data among Ethnic Minorities in an International Perspective
This article examines strategies to reduce nonresponse rates among ethnic minorities. The authors review nonresponse rates and data collection strategies among ethnic minorities with respect to response rates and response bias in six European countries. The national statistical institutes of these six countries use different definitions of ethnic minorities. This is why the definitions of ethnic minorities and their impact on the number of member…
A Comparison of Randomized Response, Computer-Assisted Self-Interview, and Face-to-Face Direct Questioning
This article assesses the validity of responses to sensitive questions using four different methods. In an experimental setting, the authors compared a computer-assisted self-interview (CASI), face-to-face direct questioning, and two different varieties of randomized response. All respondents interviewed had been identified as having committed welfare and unemployment benefit fraud. The interviewers did not know that respondents had been caught f…
Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing Tailored for Special Populations and Topics
Self-administered questionnaires have many advantages, especially when sensitive questions are asked. However, self-administered paper questionnaires have a serious drawback: Only relatively simple questionnaires can be used. Computer-assisted self-interviewing (CASI) can overcome these problems. CASI can be part of a personal interview in which the interviewer hands the computer over to the respondent for specific questions. It also can be a com…
Measurement Effects of Survey Mode on the Equivalence of Attitudinal Rating Scale Questions
This study applies ordinal confirmatory factor analysis for multiple groups to assess equivalence of scale, random errors and systematic (nonrandom) errors of attitudinal questions surveyed on rating scales under different survey modes (Face-to-Face [F2F], Telephone, Paper, and Web). Empirical findings from a large-scale experiment are presented. Consistent with theoretical expectations, interviewer- and self-administered surveys measured all ass…
Handling Do-Not-Know Answers
An important decision in online and mixed-mode questionnaire design is if and how to include a “do-not-know” (DK) option. Mandatory response is often a default option, but methodologists have advised against this. Several solutions for the DK category are suggested. These include (1) not explicitly offering a DK, but skipping questions is allowed, (2) explicitly offering a DK option with visual separation from the substantive responses, and (3) u…
Survey Participation as Reasoned Action; a Behavioral Paradigm for Survey Nonresponse
Résmné. La participation dans une enquête comme action raisonnée - Un paradigme comportemental pour la non-réponse d'enquête? La non-réponse d'enquête entame la valeur inférentielle des enquêtes par questionnaire. La non-réponse est d'ores et déjà un problème reconnu aux Etats-Unis et en Europe de l'Ouest. Pour lutter convenablement contre le problème de la non-réponse, une connaissance étendue des répondants et des non-répondants est nécessaire.…
Evaluating Bias of Sequential Mixed-mode Designs Against Benchmark Surveys
This study evaluated three types of bias-total, measurement, and selection bias (SB)-in three sequential mixed-mode designs of the Dutch Crime Victimization Survey: telephone, mail, and web, where nonrespondents were followed up face-to-face (F2F). In the absence of true scores, all biases were estimated as mode effects against two different types of benchmarks. In the single-mode benchmark (SMB), effects were evaluated against a F2F reference su…
The Influence of Interviewers' Contact Behavior on the Contact and Cooperation Rate in Face-to-Face Household Surveys
In surveys, interviewers serve as the agents of data collection. Their task includes contacting the target persons, gaining their cooperation, and conducting the interviews according to the rules of standardized interviewing. \n \nInterviewers are not equally successful at doing their job. They differ both in the quality of the data collected and in the response rate they achieve (Biemer & Lyberg, 2003, pp. 110–11, p. 156ff.). It is often difficu…
The Influence of Data Collection Method on Structural Models
In survey data, four potential sources of measurement error can jeopardize the results: the respondents, the interviewers, the questions, and the data collection method. In the past two decades, a shift has occurred in the way survey data are collected; telephone surveys and, to a lesser degree, mail surveys are now more extensively used. This has stimulated empirical research on the influence of the data collection method on data quality. Most o…
Intraindividual Variability in Adolescents’ Perceived Relationship Satisfaction
A daily diary method was used to examine the daily dynamics of adolescent conflict and perceived relationship satisfaction with mothers, fathers, and best friends among a sample of 72 Dutch adolescents (M = 15.59 years). Multilevel analyses revealed that perceived relationship satisfaction with mothers, fathers, and best friends was lower on days on which conflict occurred with mothers, fathers, and best friends than on days on which no conflict …
Daily negative interactions and mood among patients and partners dealing with multiple sclerosis (MS)
Nonresponse versus Measurement Error
Non-réponse versus erreur de mesure – Doit-on insister auprès des répondants réticents ? : Pour augmenter les taux de réponse, les enquêteurs intensifient leurs efforts pour amener les personnes échantillonnées parmi les répondants. La question est de savoir si les répondants « réticents » fournissent des réponses de qualité moindre que les répondants « impatients ». Nous définissons les répondants impatients comme des personnes qui répondent au …
Looking for homogeneous groups of respondents and nonrespondents using latent class analysis
I am Not Selling Anything
Journal Article I am Not Selling Anything: 29 Experiments in Telephone Introductions Get access Edith D. de Leeuw, Edith D. de Leeuw Edith D. de Leeuw, Ph.D., is associate professor of survey methodology at the Department of Methodology and Statistics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She also is director of MethodikA Amsterdam, consultants in methodology and statistics. Address correspondence to: Edith D. de Leeuw, Plantage Doklaan 40, NL-…
Nonresponse in Surveys
La non-réponse dans les enquêtes, élaboration de l'agenda de recherches futures: Dans cet article, nous décrivons les sujets de recherche et leurs priorités tels qu'ils nous ont été présentés par des chercheurs expérimentés dans le domaine de la non-réponse dans les enquêtes qui ont assistés à Copenhague à un séminaire international sur le sujet. Ces experts donnent la plus haute priorité à l'ajustement statistique et à des moyens de réduire la n…
The Analysis of Factorial Surveys
Factorial surveys constitute a specific technique for introducing experimental designs in sample surveys. Respondents are presented with descriptions (vignettes) of a constructed world in which important factors are built in experimentally. Using balanced designs well known from the multivariate experimental tradition, it is possible to build in a relatively large number of factors and levels. Within this context, the normal hypothesis is that re…
Hierarchical Regression Models for Interviewer and Respondent Effects
It is generally recognized that interviewers may have an important effect on the quality of the data collected in survey research. This article presents an application of the hierarchical regression model in the analysis of interviewer effects. The hierarchical regression model offers an elegant way of analyzing the simultaneous effects of specific interviewer and respondent characteristics. It is especially attractive if the research design does…
Multilevel Analysis Methods
This special issue of SMR is about the analysis of data collected at different levels of observation, such as groups and individuals within these groups, and about the methodological problems that are present when natural experimentation and observations nested within existing social groups are the object of study. The methodological problems are summarized in the term multilevel problems. A multilevel problem is a problem that inquires into the …
Survey Participation as Reasoned Action; a Behavioral Paradigm for Survey Nonresponse
Résmné. La participation dans une enquête comme action raisonnée - Un paradigme comportemental pour la non-réponse d'enquête? La non-réponse d'enquête entame la valeur inférentielle des enquêtes par questionnaire. La non-réponse est d'ores et déjà un problème reconnu aux Etats-Unis et en Europe de l'Ouest. Pour lutter convenablement contre le problème de la non-réponse, une connaissance étendue des répondants et des non-répondants est nécessaire.…
Covariance Structure Modeling in Windows
Modélisation de la structure de la covariance sous Windows: Une analyse multitratsmultiméthodea utilisant Amos, Eqs, et Lisrel. Cet article étudie les trois grands logiciels d'analyse de la structure de la covariance sous Windows. Le point essentiel de la comparaison réside en une analyse d'une matrice 5x5 multitraits-multiméthodes. On montre ainsi que la possibilité de différents fonctions d'ajustement et de procédures bootstrap dans les program…
Introduction - Multilevel Analysis
The authors of this article, who are also the guest editors for this issue on multilevel analysis, give an overview and brief history of multilevel analysis and present the following four research articles. Multilevel Analysis - Overview. Methods. History
The Influence of Data Collection Method on Structural Models
In survey data, four potential sources of measurement error can jeopardize the results: the respondents, the interviewers, the questions, and the data collection method. In the past two decades, a shift has occurred in the way survey data are collected; telephone surveys and, to a lesser degree, mail surveys are now more extensively used. This has stimulated empirical research on the influence of the data collection method on data quality. Most o…
Multilevel Modeling
The validity of international surveys of reading literacy
On Going Research/Recherche En Cours
Détecter des formes de réponses aberrantes sur des échelles multi-réponses: Des indices non-paramétriques et un logiciel. La littérature de psychologie expérimentale comprend plusieurs indices de mesurer censés identifier des formes de réponses aberrantes. Cet article examine trois indices non-paramétriques bien connus, donne des exemples d'application et présente un logiciel qui calcule ces indices
Social networks of visually impaired and blind adolescents. Structure and effect on well-being
Children as Respondents in Survey Research
Les enfants comme répondants dans les enquêtes - Développement cognitif et qualité des réponses. Quoique les enfants ne sont plus une population négligée des statistiques officielles et des enquétes, des études méthodologiques sur des enquêtes d'enfants sont rares. Les chercheurs doivent se baser sur des connaissances ad hoc venant des domaines aussi divers que la psychiatrie enfantine et les tests d'éducation, ou extrapoler à partir de la connai…
A Comparison of Randomized Response, Computer-Assisted Self-Interview, and Face-to-Face Direct Questioning
This article assesses the validity of responses to sensitive questions using four different methods. In an experimental setting, the authors compared a computer-assisted self-interview (CASI), face-to-face direct questioning, and two different varieties of randomized response. All respondents interviewed had been identified as having committed welfare and unemployment benefit fraud. The interviewers did not know that respondents had been caught f…
The Accuracy of Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling With Pseudobalanced Groups and Small Samples
Hierarchical structured data cause problems in analysis, because the usual assumptions of independently and identically distributed variables are violated. Muthén (1989) described an estimation method for multilevel factor and path analysis with hierarchical data. This article assesses the robustness of the method with unequal groups, small sample sizes at both the individual and the group level, in the presence of a low or a high intraclass corr…
Multilevel Analysis
This book is an introduction to multilevel analysis for applied researchers featuring models for hierarchical or nested data. This book presents two types of models: The multilevel regression and multilevel covariance structures models. Despite the book being an introduction, it includes a discussion of many extensions and special applications. As an introduction, it will be useable in courses in a variety of fields, such as psychology, education…
Nonresponse in Surveys
La non-réponse dans les enquêtes, élaboration de l'agenda de recherches futures: Dans cet article, nous décrivons les sujets de recherche et leurs priorités tels qu'ils nous ont été présentés par des chercheurs expérimentés dans le domaine de la non-réponse dans les enquêtes qui ont assistés à Copenhague à un séminaire international sur le sujet. Ces experts donnent la plus haute priorité à l'ajustement statistique et à des moyens de réduire la n…
Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing Tailored for Special Populations and Topics
Self-administered questionnaires have many advantages, especially when sensitive questions are asked. However, self-administered paper questionnaires have a serious drawback: Only relatively simple questionnaires can be used. Computer-assisted self-interviewing (CASI) can overcome these problems. CASI can be part of a personal interview in which the interviewer hands the computer over to the respondent for specific questions. It also can be a com…
The Effect of Interviewer and Respondent Characteristics on the Quality of Survey Data
This chapter contains sections titled: Review of Previous Research Multilevel Models for Interviewer Effects Data Collection Results Summary and Discussion
Robustness issues in multilevel regression analysis
A multilevel problem concerns a population with a hierarchical structure. A sample from such a population can be described as a multistage sample. First, a sample of higher level units is drawn (e.g. schools or organizations), and next a sample of the sub‐units from the available units (e.g. pupils in schools or employees in organizations). In such samples, the individual observations are in general not completely independent. Multilevel analysis…
The influence of violations of assumptions on multilevel parameter estimates and their standard errors
Response Effects in Surveys on Children and Adolescents
I am Not Selling Anything
Journal Article I am Not Selling Anything: 29 Experiments in Telephone Introductions Get access Edith D. de Leeuw, Edith D. de Leeuw Edith D. de Leeuw, Ph.D., is associate professor of survey methodology at the Department of Methodology and Statistics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. She also is director of MethodikA Amsterdam, consultants in methodology and statistics. Address correspondence to: Edith D. de Leeuw, Plantage Doklaan 40, NL-…
Sufficient Sample Sizes for Multilevel Modeling
Sufficient Sample Sizes for Multilevel Modeling
An important problem in multilevel modeling is what constitutes a sufficient sample size for accurate estimation. In multilevel analysis, the major restriction is often the higher-level sample size. In this paper, a simulation study is used to determine the influence of different sample sizes at the group level on the accuracy of the estimates (regression coefficients and variances) and their standard errors. In addition, the influence of other f…
Meta-Analysis of Randomized Response Research
This article discusses two meta-analyses on randomized response technique (RRT) studies, the first on 6 individual validation studies and the second on 32 comparative studies. The meta-analyses focus on the performance of RRTs compared to conventional question-and-answer methods. The authors use the percentage of incorrect answers as effect size for the individual validation studies and the standardized difference score (d-probit) as effect size …
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