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Victor Thiessen
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Latest papers
Should we trust survey data? Assessing response simplification and data fabrication.
Social science research · 2015 · senior author
Latest funding
- $54,540
Activating capital - changing odds, changing outcomes for youth
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
- $5,750,000
Canadian initiative on social statistics (CISS) data training schools & research centres
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
- $65,000
Bridging borders: international explorations of youth use of information and communication technology
SSHRC · 2007 · Co-investigator
1 publications.
Should we trust survey data? Assessing response simplification and data fabrication.
Blasius J, Thiessen V
Activating capital - changing odds, changing outcomes for youth
Principal investigators: Looker, E. Dianne
Keywords: youth; education; transitions to adulthood; life outcomes; occupational attainment; life satisfaction
Canadian initiative on social statistics (CISS) data training schools & research centres
Principal investigators: Spencer, Byron G
Keywords: Data Access; Micro-Data; Policy Relevant Research; Research Data Centres; Statistics
Bridging borders: international explorations of youth use of information and communication technology
Principal investigators: Looker, E. Dianne
Keywords: youth; education; information-communication technology; equity
Capitalizing on information communication technology: best cultural practices for high school
Principal investigators: Thiessen, Victor
Keywords: information and communication technology; minority groups; at-risk high school students
Research Data Centre Network
Principal investigators: Currie, Raymond F.
Teaching and learning technology: enhancing equity for Canadian youth
Keywords: information technology; youth; equity; distance education; informal education; digital divide; indigenous peoples; race; gender; socio-economic status; rural; Nunavut; Nova Scotia; internet; street youth; African-Canadian; Inuit; Mi'kmaq
Education and ICT: documenting the relationship
Principal investigators: Thiessen, Victor
Keywords: information and communication technology; youth; educational aspirations; educational expectations; rural; socio-economic status; gender; schools
Young adults plans and attainments: longitudinal research of women and men in rural and urban Canada
Principal investigators: Looker, E. Dianne
Keywords: life course; gender; rural/urban; family; education and work; longitudinal data; community
The family vacation: expectations, experiences, evaluations and the social construction of meaning
Principal investigators: Shaw, Susan
Keywords: family; vacation; gender; parents; children; meanings; tourism; leisure
Transitions to adulthood: a longitudinal analysis of young women and men in rural and urban contexts
Principal investigators: Looker, E. Dianne
Keywords: Life course; gender; rural/urban; youth; family; education and work; longitudinal data
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
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