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André Pirralha
Survey methodologist and data analysis expert with 7+ years of experience in designing and implementing large surveys and analyzing data for research and private settings. Specialized in assessing the quality of data and highly trained to prevent sources of error. Open science and R coding enthusiast.
Work Experience
Researcher
LIfBi - Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories
Bamberg, Germany
2020
- Survey-Methodological Research and Innovation
Research Fellow
Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM)
Barcelona, Spain
2020 - 2016
- Project management skills and experience managing other researchers on ongoing scientific collaboration with the Data Quality Assessment team of the European Social Survey resulting in 6 publications and acquiring over 100.000€ for the research center funding.
- Cutting-edge consultant of best survey practices as demonstrated by several successful consultancy appointments and awarded grants.
- Detailed and systematic knowledge of the critical points that cause surveys to fail its goals, as evidenced by academic publications on the topic of measurement error and comparability of survey data.
Publication officer
Survey Research Methods
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2020 - 2014
- Resourceful and independent manager of relationships and communications as well as conflict resolution skills demonstrated by growth of readers, reviewers and submissions.
- Knowledge of the latest trends of survey research and future directions as well as close contact with the most prominent researchers in the world as shown by the publication factor ranking.
PhD Candidate
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
2015 - 2011
- Research tasks such as literature review, empirical analyses, coding and presentation of results
Researcher
Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM)
Barcelona, Spain
2015 - 2011
- Research tasks such as literature review, empirical analyses, coding and preparation of reports for the ESS and SQP
Research Assistant
National Institute of Engineering Technology and Innovation (INETI)
Lisbon, Portugal
2010 - 2008
- Research tasks such as literature review, empirical analyses and preparing reports about the effects of scientific mobility on public policies for scientific research
Research Assistant
Instituto de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
2007 - 2006
- Research tasks and survey phone interviewer
Education
M.A. Comparative Politics
Instituto de Ciências Sociais Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
2008 - 2005
- Thesis on the social movements that participated on the Portuguese 1998 Abortion referendum
Licentiate Degree Political Science and International Relations
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
2004 - 2000
- Major in Political Science, Minor in International Relations
Publications
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The source code is available at github.com/andrepir55/cv.
Last updated on 2020-11-05.
Correction for measurement error in invariance testing: An illustration using SQP
Plos One 15 (10)
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2020
- Authored with Wiebke Weber
The Link Between Political Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Three Wave Causal Analysis of the German SOEP Household Panel
Social Indicators Research 138 (2)
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2017
Political Participation and Wellbeing in the Netherlands: Exploring the Causal Links
Applied Research in Quality of Life 12(2)
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2017
Working Papers
Testing the effects of framing and policy design on public support for a carbon tax in Spain
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2020
How comparable is Political efficacy in Europe? A measurement invariance approach
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2019
Exact and approximate measurement invariance in the ESS: comparing the alignment and Bayesian SEM with Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis
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2019
Between acquiescence and measurement invariance: the detrimental effects of Reversed items in Likert scales
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2019
- Authored with Diana Zavala-Rojas and Wiebke Weber
All measures are equal but are there some more equal than others? Assessing measurement models of political trust in Europe
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2018
The relationship of Political Participation and Life Satisfaction: A multi-level analysis of the European context
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2017
Does Political Participation enhance life satisfaction? A causal analysis using longitudinal panel data
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2016
Evaluation of the measurement of the concepts Political Satisfaction and Quality of state services
RECSM Working Papers
Barcelona, Spain
2014
- Authored with Wiebke Weber
Teaching Experience
Political Participation
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
2015 - 2014
- Associate Professor
Introduction to Political Science
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
2014
- Lecturer
Official Reports
Evaluation of measurement quality and cross-country comparison of complex concept ‘Energy Efficacy Beliefs’
European Social Survey ERIC
London, UK
2018
- Authored with Wiebke Weber
Evaluation of measurement quality and cross-country comparison of complex concept
European Social Survey ERIC
London, UK
2018
- Authored with Wiebke Weber
Report on the evaluation of complex concepts
European Social Survey ERIC
London, UK
2017
Grants & Fellowships
Doctoral Fellowship
Science and Technology Foundation (FCT)
Portugal
2014 - 2010
ELECDEM workshop Grant
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Instambul, Turkey
2012
Grant to attend the ECPR Summer School in Methods and Technics
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain
2010
Conference Activity
Reexamining political efficacy: measurement and comparative research using the ESS
4th Graduate International ESS Conference
Mannheim, Germany
2019
- Panel Organizer
Conducting Online Panel Surveys in Arabic and Western Countries: Comparing Survey Quality Indicators
8th ESRA conference
Zagreb, Croatia
2019
The Detrimental Effects of Reverse Worded Items on Measurement Invariance: An Example from the ESS
8th ESRA conference
Zagreb, Croatia
2019
How comparable is Political efficacy in Europe? A measurement invariance approach
4th International ESS Conference
Mannheim, Germany
2019
Measurement Invariance in the ESS: assessing the comparability of Political Trust
1st Congress Sociedad Española en Perspectiva Comparativa: 15 años de ESS en España
Madrid, España
2019
Measurement equivalence with correction for measurement error: a comparison using the ESS
13th Conference of the European Sociological Association
Athens, Greece
2017
Assessing the comparability of Political Efficacy: measurement invariance and correction for measurement error
7th ESRA conference
Lisbon, Portugal
2017
Measurement Equivalence of Trust in Political Institutions: A longitudinal European analysis using the ESS
WAPOR Congress Political Trust in Contemporary Representative Democracies
Barcelona, Spain
2016
Political Participation and Life Satisfaction: correcting for measurement error with the SQP
5th ESRA conference
Ljubliana, Slovenia
2013
Political Participation and Wellbeing: exploring the causal links
11th International Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS)
Venice, Italy
2012
Political Participation and Wellbeing: The Russian Case
4th Graduate Network Conference
Berlin, Germany
2012
Journal Reviewer
Journal of Happiness Studies
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Revista CIDOB d’Afers Internacionals
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Survey Research Methods
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Central European Journal of Public Policy
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Plos One
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Courses Taken
Causal Inference II (Survey Experiments)
RECSM
Barcelona, Spain
2019
- Taught by DJ Flynn (School of Global and Public Aairs IE University)
Probability Sampling Methods
RECSM
Barcelona, Spain
2017
- Taught by Tarek Al Baghal (University of Essex)
Structural Equation Modelling in longitudinal research
RECSM
Barcelona, Spain
2015
- Taught by Yves Rosseel (Ghent University Belgium)
Multilevel Modelling
RECSM
Barcelona, Spain
2014
- Taught by Leonardo Grilli (University of Florence Italy)
My First Bayes: Why and How to Run Your First Bayesian Model using MPlus
RECSM
Barcelona, Spain
2013
- Taught by Rens van de Schoot (Utrecht University The Netherlands)
Continuous time modeling of panel data by means of structural equation modeling (SEM)
RECSM
Barcelona, Spain
2013
- Taught by Han Oud (Radboud University Nijmegen the Netherlands) and Manuel Voelkle (Max Plack Institute for Human Development Germany)
Panel Data Analysis
ESS Short Course
Barcelona, Spain
2012
- Taught by Alvaro Martínez (ICOSS University of Sheffield)
Statistical methods for policy evaluation and causal inference in observational studies
RECSM
Barcelona, Spain
2012
- Taught by Bruno Arpino (UPF Barcelona Spain)
Attitudes and their measurement using subjective reference points
RECSM
Barcelona, Spain
2010
- Ákos Münnich (University of Debrecen Hungary)
Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Comparative Crossnational Surveys Data
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Technics
Ljubliana, Slovenia
2010
- Taught by Bruno Cautrès (Sciences Po Paris France)
External Survey Consultancy
CIDOB Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
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2019
Maastricht School of Management (MSM)
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2018
Research Projects
Survey Quality Predictor a free license software for the prediction of measurement quality of survey questions
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2020 - 2011
Professional Appointments
Review Editor
Frontiers in Political Science
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2019
Scientific Collaborator
Sociometric Research Foundation
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2018
Social Indicators Research
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