Ms Nicole Watson

HILDA Deputy Director, Survey Methodology

Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

Contact details

Phone: +61 3 8344 2088
Fax: +61 3 8344 2111
Email: n.watson@unimelb.edu.au


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Location

Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
Level 6, Alan Gilbert Building
The University of Melbourne


Biography

Nicole joined the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) project team in October 2000. Until early 2010, she managed the fieldwork contract with Nielsen (waves 1-8) and Roy Morgan Research (wave 9) and the data team at the Melbourne Institute responsible for the data management, editing, imputation, weighting, and documentation for the HILDA data. Nicole produced the weights for six of the eight releases of the data to date, together with the imputation in four releases. From early 2010, Nicole has focused on the survey methodology issues for HILDA (weighting, imputation and the top-up sample planned for 2011) together with an ARC project on Assessing and Improving the Quality of Longitudinal Surveys.

Prior to joining the Melbourne Institute, Nicole worked for the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Victorian Department of Human Services, and a private statistical consulting company.

Research Interests / Current Projects

Non-response in longitudinal surveys

Imputation

Weighting

Recall errors

Mode effects

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Recent Publications / Papers


Book Chapters

Watson, N., Wooden, M. (2009), Identifying Factors Affecting Longitudinal Survey Response, in P. Lynn (ed.), Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, pp. 157-181.


Journal Articles

Watson, N. and Starick, R. (2011), ‘Evaluation of Alternative Income Imputation Methods for a Longitudinal Survey’, Journal of Official Statistics, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 693-715.

Schonlau, M., Watson, N. and Kroh, M. (2011), ‘Household survey panel: How much do following rules affect sample size’, Survey Research Methods, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 53-61.

Watson, N., and Wooden, M. (2010), The HILDA Survey: Progress and Future Developments, The Australian Economic Review 43, pp. 326-336.

Watson, N. (2007), Using Imputed Data: Examples from the HILDA Survey, The Australian Economic Review, vol. 40, pp. 453-461.

Wooden, M., and Watson, N. (2007), The HILDA Survey and its Contribution to Economic and Social Research (So Far), The Economic Record, vol. 83, pp. 208-231.


Conference, Technical and Discussion Papers

‘Methodology for the HILDA top-up sample’, HILDA Technical Paper Series 1/11, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, 2011.

‘Experimental change from paper-based interviewing to computer-assisted interviewing in the HILDA Survey’, HILDA Discussion Paper Series 2/11, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, 2011 (with R. Wilkins).

‘Re-engaging with survey non-respondents: The BHPS, SOEP and HILDA Survey experience’, HILDA Discussion Paper Series 1/11, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, 2011 (with M. Wooden).

The Causes and Effects of Non-Monotonic Attrition, paper presented at the 2nd Panel Survey Methods Workshop, University of Mannheim, 5-6 July 2010.

HILDA Imputation Methods, HILDA Technical Paper Series 2/09, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, 2009 (with C Hayes).

Challenges and Insights from Overlapping Seams in the HILDA Survey, paper presented at the 25th International Methodology Symposium, Longitudinal Surveys, Ottawa, Canada, 28-30 October 2009.

Mixed and Multiple Collection Modes: The HILDA Survey Experience, paper presented at the 25th International Methodology Symposium, Longitudinal Surveys, Ottawa, Canada, 28-30 October 2009 (with M Wooden).

Disentangling overlapping seams: The experience of the HILDA Survey, HILDA Conference Proceedings 2009, Melbourne, 16-17 July, 2009.

Quality of the Occupation and Industry Coding in the HILDA Survey, HILDA Discussion Paper Series 3/09, 2009 (with M Summerfield).

What is the value of an overlapping seam?, paper presented at the 1st Panel Survey Methods Workshop, University of Essex, 14-15 July 2008.

Assessing the Quality of the Height and Weight Data in the HILDA Survey, HILDA Technical Paper Series 1/08, 2008 (with M Wooden, P Agius and S Freidin).

Evaluation of Alternative Income Imputation Methods for the HILDA Survey, HILDA Discussion Paper Series 1/07, 2007 (with R Starick).