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Ipek Bilgen
Ph.D. student
Research Area:
 Interviewer Effect on Measurement and Nonresponse
Resume:
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Contact information:
 ipekbilgen@huskers.unl.edu
Expected graduation:
 Fall 2010
Brief Bio:

Ipek Bilgen is a 2006 graduate of SRAM masters program and currently is a doctoral student in the Survey Research and Methodology program with a minor in Statistics. She received her undergraduate degree in statistics from Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey). Currently, Ipek is working as a Research Assistant at the UNL-Gallup Research Center in Lincoln.

In the past, Ipek has worked on projects about translation in Cross-Cultural Surveys, answer scales and a Survey for the Nebraska Children Home Society Foundation and the Friendship Home and she coordinated the professional seminars in the Gallup Research Center. Also, as a SRAM student, she has presented papers in professional conferences.

Her current projects and interests include methodological problems in cross-cultural survey research, Event History Calendars (Verbal Behavior Coding) and Social Desirability, Faulty Memory, and Satisficing in Vote Over-Reporting from a Cross-National Perspective.
Journal/Conference papers presented:
  • Cross-National Harmonisation of Socio-Demographic Variables in the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP).
    Author/Authors: Bilgen, I., Evi, S.
    MAPOR. November 2006 - Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Everybody’s Talkin’: The impact of verbal behaviors in conventional and event-history calendar interviews.
    Author/Authors: Marincic, J., Belli, R., Bilgen, I.
    AAPOR. May 2007 - Anaheim, CA, USA.
  • Cross-National Harmonisation of Socio-Demographic Variables in the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP).
    Author/Authors: Bilgen, I., Evi, S.
    AAPOR. May 2007 - Anaheim, CA, USA.
  • Understanding Vote Over-Reporting, a Case Study: The British General Elections of 1992, 1997, and 2001
    Author/Authors: Bilgen, I., McCutcheon, A., Bautista, R.
    MAPOR. November 2005 - Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Understanding Vote Over-Reporting, a Case Study: The British General Elections of 1992, 1997, and 2001
    Author/Authors: Bilgen, I., McCutcheon, A., Belli, R., Bautista, R.
    AAPOR. May 2006 - Montreal, Canada.
  • Social Desirability, Faulty Memory, and Satisficing in Vote Over-Reporting: A Cross-National Comparison of the American and British Electorates.
    Author/Authors: McCutcheon, A., Bilgen, I., Belli, R., Bautista, R.
    AAPOR.May 2007 - Anaheim, CA, USA.
  • Developing Answer Scales in Multilingual Studies
    Author/Authors: Harkness, J., Chin, T., Yang, Y., Bilgen, I., Villar, A., Zeng, W., and members of the ISSP Questionnaire Design & Translation work groups
    The Fifth International Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation (CSDI). March 2007 - Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Guidelines for Best Practice in Cross-Cultural Surveys
    Author/Authors: Alcser, K., Clemens, J., Lien, C., Pennell, B., (ISR); Harkness, J., Villar, A., Bilgen, I. (UNL)
    The Fifth International Workshop on Comparative Survey Design and Implementation (CSDI). March 2007 - Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Mode, Measurement, and Mayhem: A Closer Look at Measurement Error in Mixed Mode Study AAPOR.
    Author/Authors: Kephart, Kathleen; Kaminska, Olena; Rao, Kumar; Bilgen, Ipek.
    AAPOR. May 2008 - New Orleans, LA, USA.
  • Item non-response and measurement error in event history calendars via life course health status.
    Author/Authors: Miller, D. R., Belli, R., Bilgen, I., & Tang, G.
    MAPOR. 2008 - Chicago, IL, USA.
  • What is the impact of different interviewing methods? : A verbal behavior comparison between calendar and standardized interviews
    Author/Authors: Bilgen, Ipek; Belli, Robert F.; Marincic; Jamie
    MAPOR. 2007 - Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Impact of within-study interviewer experience in different interviewing techniques
    Author/Authors: Bilgen, Ipek; Belli, Robert F.; Olson, Kristen
    AAPOR. May 2009 - Hollywood, FL, USA.
  • Flexibility and Structure in Health Status Measurement via Event History Calendars: 'Long Time, No Status Change'
    Author/Authors: Miller, Debra; Steele, Clarissa; Bilgen, Ipek; Belli, Robert
    AAPOR. May 2009 - Hollywood, FL, USA.