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THURSDAY 21 JULY 1633.42.3 Requesng Consent to Link Survey Data to Administrave RecordsJ. Pascale 11 US Census Bureau, United StatesAdministrave records have begun to play a key role in survey research and, while policies regarding consentare sll in flux, there is general agreement that research is needed on how to request consent from respondentsto link their survey data with administrave records. Previous research found that 26 percent of those iniallyopposed to data sharing shied their posion when prompted with arguments about potenal improvementsin accuracy and reducons in cost (Singer and Presser, 1996). In order to take these findings further, in thespring of 2010 a field experiment was carried out by the US Census Bureau which included three panels, eachpresenng a different raonale to the respondent for data linkage: improved accuracy, reduced costs, and reducedrespondent burden. Somewhat contrary to expectaons, there was no stascally significant differencein consent rates across the three versions of the consent queson...3.42.4 Stascal Matching of the German Ageing Survey and the Sample of Acve Pension Accounts as aSource for Analysing Life Courses and Old Age IncomesJ. Simonson 1 , L. Romeu Gordo 1 , N. Titova 11 German Centre of Gerontology, GermanyThe paper examines the combinaon of the German Ageing Survey with the Sample of Acve Pension Accountsvia stascal matching as an example for linking survey and administrave data. Stascal matching isa technique increasingly applied for combining informaon from different data sources when a record linkagebased on a unique idenfier is not possible due to confidenality restricons or aempts to avoid the arionrate linked to the informed consent requirements.3.43 Challenges in Educaonal Surveys IIITo be held on July 21, 2011 from: 16:00 to 17:30, in room 315.1.Coordinated by:• Hans Kiesl - University of Applied Sciences Regensburg, Germany• Alina Matei - Instute of Stascs, University of Neuchatel; Instute of Pedagogical Research and Documentao,Switzerland• Leyla Mohadjer - Westat, United States3.43.1 What is the appropriate me frame for measuring the frequency of educaonal acvies?S. Porter 1 , A. Ryder 11 Iowa State University, United StatesQuesons about the frequency of behaviors are common in educaonal surveys, as researchers seek to understandhow oen students engage in posive educaonal behaviors. Surprisingly lile research has beenconducted on the appropriate me frame to use, in either the educaonal literature or the broader surveymethods literature (Chang& Krosnick, 2003). This is due to the difficulty of validang the frequency quesons; generally, data externalto the survey are needed.3.43.2 Measuring the quality of teaching – A crical analysis of students’ evaluaons of teaching effec-venessS. Schief 1 , C. Young 11 University of Fribourg, Switzerland