Tobias Rettig

Tobias Rettig
Doctoral Researcher
rettig [at] uni-mannheim.de
Phone: 
+49-621-181-3446
Fax: 
+49-621-181-2866
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2842
Postal Address
University of Mannheim, MZES
68131  Mannheim
Germany
Visiting Address
University of Mannheim, MZES
B6, 30-32
Room:346
68159  Mannheim

Profile/Career

We welcome in July 2022 Tobias Rettig to the MZES. Since January 2018, Tobias Rettig has been working as a doctoral researcher at the German Internet Panel. His office is in B6, 30-32, room 346; extension: 3446. He obtained his Bachelor's in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Jena and his Master's degree in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Bremen. Tobias is particularly interested in survey methodology, questionnaire design, and measurement error.

Publications

Journal Articles

Cornesse, Carina, Annelies G. Blom, Marie-Lou Sohnius, Marisabel Gonzalez Ocanto, Tobias Rettig and Marina Ungefucht (2023): Experimental Evidence on Panel Conditioning Effects when Increasing the Surveying Frequency in a Probability-Based Online Panel. Survey Research Methods, 17, issue 3, pp. 323-339. more
Gummer, Tobias, Tanja Kunz, Tobias Rettig and Jan Karem Höhne (2023): How To Detect and Influence Looking Up Answers to Political Knowledge Questions in Web Surveys?. Public Opinion Quarterly, 87, issue S1, pp. 507-541. more
Gummer, Tobias, Jan Karem Höhne, Tobias Rettig, Joss Roßmann and Mirjan Kummerow (2023): Is There a Growing Use of Mobile Devices in Web Surveys? Evidence From 128 Web Surveys in Germany. Quality & Quantity, 57, issue 6, pp. 5333-5353. more
Rettig, Tobias, and Bella Struminskaya (2023): Memory Effects in Online Panel Surveys: Investigating Respondents’ Ability to Recall Responses from a Previous Panel Wave. Survey Research Methods, 17, issue 3, pp. 301-322. more
Rettig, Tobias, Annelies G. Blom and Jan Karem Höhne (2023): Memory Effects: A Comparison Across Question Types. Survey Research Methods, 17, issue 1, pp. 37-50. more
Revilla, Melanie, Jan Karem Höhne and Tobias Rettig (2023): Differences in Measurement Quality Depending on Recall: Results for a Question About Trust in the Parliament. Quality & Quantity, 57, pp. 2125–2146. more
Cornesse, Carina, Ulrich Krieger, Marie-Lou Sohnius, Marina Fikel, Sabine Friedel, Tobias Rettig, Alexander Wenz, Sebastian Juhl, Roni Lehrer, Katja Möhring, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid and Annelies G. Blom (2022): From German Internet Panel to Mannheim Corona Study: Adaptable probability-based online panel infrastructures during the pandemic. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Statistics in Society, 185, issue 3, pp. 773-797. more
Cornesse, Carina, Marisabel Gonzalez Ocanto, Marina Fikel, Sabine Friedel, Ulrich Krieger, Tobias Rettig and Annelies G. Blom (2022): Measurement Instruments for Fast and Frequent Data Collection During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in Germany: Reflections on the Mannheim Corona Study. Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences, 4, (article no. 2), pp. 1-7. more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Carina Cornesse, Tobias Rettig, Marina Fikel, Sabine Friedel, Katja Möhring, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid and Ulrich Krieger (2021): Barriers to the Large-Scale Adoption of the COVID-19 Contact-Tracing App in Germany: Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23, issue 3, (article no. e23362). more
Mata, Jutta, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Katja Möhring, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse, Annelies G. Blom and Elias Naumann (2021): Health behaviors and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal population-based survey in Germany. Social Science & Medicine, 287, issue October 2021, (article no. 114333). more
Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse and Annelies G. Blom (2021): The COVID-19 pandemic and subjective well-being: longitudinal evidence on satisfaction with work and family. European Societies, 23, issue suppl. 1, pp. S601-S617. more
Blom, Annelies G., Carina Cornesse, Sabine Friedel, Ulrich Krieger, Marina Fikel, Tobias Rettig, Alexander Wenz, Sebastian Juhl, Roni Lehrer, Katja Möhring, Elias Naumann and Maximiliane Reifenscheid (2020): High Frequency and High Quality Survey Data Collection: The Mannheim Corona Study. Survey Research Methods, 14, issue 2, pp. 171-178. more
Blom, Annelies G., Carina Cornesse, Sabine Friedel, Ulrich Krieger, Marina Fikel, Tobias Rettig, Alexander Wenz, Sebastian Juhl, Roni Lehrer, Katja Möhring, Elias Naumann and Maximiliane Reifenscheid (2020): High-Frequency and High-Quality Survey Data Collection: The Mannheim Corona Study. Survey Research Methods, 14, issue 2, pp. 171-178. more
Naumann, Elias, Katja Möhring, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse and Annelies G. Blom (2020): COVID-19 policies in Germany and their social, political, and psychological consequences. European Policy Analysis, 6, issue 2, pp. 191-202. more
Naumann, Elias, Katja Möhring, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse and Annelies G. Blom (2020): COVID‐19 Policies in Germany and their Social, Political, and Psychological Consequences. European Policy Analysis, 6, issue 2, pp. 191-202. more

Book Chapters

Juhl, Sebastian, Roni Lehrer, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Ulrich Krieger, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring and Maximiliane Reifenscheid (2022): Preferences for centralized decision-making in times of crisis: the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Pp. 1–27 in: Jan Sauermann, Markus Tepe, Marc Debus (Eds.) Jahrbuch für Handlungs-und Entscheidungstheorie: Band 12. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Rettig, Tobias, and Annelies G. Blom (2021): Memory Effects as a Source of Bias in Repeated Survey Measurement. Pp. 3-18 in: Alexandru Cernat, Joseph W. Sakshaug (Eds.) Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more

Thesis

Rettig, Tobias (2022): Respondent and Response Behavior in Online Panel Surveys. Mannheim: University of Mannheim. (Dissertation) more

Papers / Reports

Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Das Leben in Deutschland im Ausnahmezustand; Bericht zur Lage vom 20. März bis 29. April 2020. Mannheim more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse and Julian Axenfeld (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Das Leben in Deutschland im Ausnahmezustand; Bericht zur Lage vom 20. März bis 31. März 2020. Mannheim more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): The Mannheim Corona Study: Life in Germany in a State of Emergency; Report for March 20 to July 09, 2020. Mannheim more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): The Mannheim Corona Study: Life in Germany in a State of Emergency; Report for March 20 to June 30, 2020. Mannheim more
Blom, Annelies G., Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): The Mannheim Corona Study: Life in Germany in a State of Emergency; Report for March 20 to May 28, 2020. Mannheim more
Juhl, Sebastian, Roni Lehrer, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Demokratische Kontrolle in der Corona-Krise. Mannheim more
Juhl, Sebastian, Roni Lehrer, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz politischer Maßnahmen und befürchtete Konsequenzen für die Wirtschaft. Mannheim more
Lehrer, Roni, Sebastian Juhl, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Elias Naumann, Katja Möhring, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Die vier Phasen des Social Distancing in Deutschland. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zu Erwerbstätigkeit und Kinderbetreuung. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Friederich Heinemann, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zum subjektiven Arbeitslosigkeitsrisiko der Beschäftigten in Deutschland. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zur Erwerbstätigkeit in Deutschland 20.3.-15.4.2020. Mannheim more
Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Andreas P. Weiland, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zur Nutzung und Akzeptanz von Homeoffice in Deutschland während des Corona-Lockdowns. Mannheim more
Naumann, Elias, Jutta Mata, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Katja Möhring, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Ulrich Krieger, Sebastian Juhl, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel, Carina Cornesse and Annelies G. Blom (2020): Die Mannheimer Corona-Studie: Schwerpunktbericht zum Angstempfinden in der Bevölkerung; Untersuchungszeitraum 20. März bis 16. April 2020. Mannheim more

Web Publications

Möhring, Katja, Elias Naumann, Maximiliane Reifenscheid, Annelies G. Blom, Alexander Wenz, Tobias Rettig, Roni Lehrer, Sebastian Juhl, Ulrich Krieger, Sabine Friedel, Marina Fikel and Carina Cornesse (2020): Inequality in employment during the Corona lockdown: Evidence from Germany, JESP European Social Policy Blog, 2020 more