Web Survey Bibliography
Data collected through Web surveys, in general, do not adopt traditional probability-based sample designs. Therefore, the inferential techniques used for probability samples may not be guaranteed to be correct for Web surveys without adjustment, and estimates from these surveys are likely to be biased. However, research on the statistical aspect of Web surveys is lacking relative to other aspects of Web surveys. Propensity score adjustment (PSA) has been suggested as an alternative for statistically surmounting inherent problems, namely nonrandomized sample selection, in volunteer Web surveys. However, there has been a minimal amount of evidence for its applicability and performance, and the implications are not conclusive. Moreover, PSA does not take into account problems occurring from uncertain coverage of sampling frames in volunteer panel Web surveys. This study attempted to develop alternative statistical estimation methods for volunteer Web surveys and evaluate their effectiveness in adjusting biases arising
from nonrandomized selection and unequal coverage in volunteer Web surveys. Specifically, the proposed adjustment used a two-step approach. First, PSA was utilized as a method to correct for nonrandomized sample selection, and secondly calibration adjustment was used for uncertain coverage of the sampling frames. The investigation found that the proposed estimation methods showed a potential for reducing the selection and coverage bias in estimates from volunteer panel Web surveys. The combined two-step adjustment not only reduced bias but also mean square errors to a greater degree than each individual adjustment. While the findings from this study may shed some light on Web survey data utilization, there are additional areas to be considered and explored. First, the proposed adjustment decreased bias but did not completely remove it. The adjusted estimates showed a larger variability than the unadjusted ones. The adjusted estimator was no longer in the linear form, but an appropriate variance estimator has not been developed yet. Finally, naively applying the variance estimator for linear statistics highly overestimated the variance, resulting in understating the efficiency of the survey estimates.
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Web survey bibliography - 2004 (99)
- Questionnaire Design: How to Plan, Structure and Write Survey Material for Effective Market Research...; 2013; Brace, I.
- A study on tolerable waiting time: how long are Web users willing to wait?; 2004; Nah, F. F.-H.
- Snowball Sampling ; 2004; Berg, S.
- Usability Testing to Evaluate Computer-Assisted Instruments; 2004; Hansen, S. E.; Couper, M. P.
- Tips and Tricks for Raking Survey Data (a.k.a. Sample Balancing); 2004; Battaglia, M. P.; Izrael, D.; Hoaglin, D.C; Frankel, M. R.
- The Art & Science of Interpreting Market Research Evidence; 2004; Fletcher, J.; Smith, D.
- Statistical Design for Research; 2004; Kish, L.
- Results of an On-Line Survey of Patients with Hereditary Angioedema; 2004; Huang, S.-W.
- Understanding the effect of prizes on response rates; 2004; Porter, S. R., Whitcomb, M. E.
- Multiple surveys of students and survey fatigue; 2004; Porter, S. R., Whitcomb, M. E., Weitzer, W. H.
- Conducting longitudinal studies; 2004; Bauer, K. W.
- A Typology of Research Methods Within the Social Sciences; 2004; Beissel-Durrant, G.
- The Economist/YouGov Internet Presidential poll.; 2004; Fiorina, M., Krosnick, J. A.
- Using an access panel as a sampling frame for voluntary household surveys. Experiences from a pilot...; 2004; Korner, T., Nimmergut, A.
- Understanding the question-answer process; 2004; Bradburn, N. M.
- The illusion of public opinion: Fact and artifact in american public opinion polls; 2004; Bishop, G. F.
- On the primacy of affect in attitude-behavior research; 2004; Thomas, R. K., Schofield, C. M.
- Measuring expectations; 2004; Manski, C. F.
- Item response theory modelling for questionnaire evaluation; 2004; Reeve, B. B., Masse, L.
- Examining expert reviews as a pretest method; 2004; DeMaio, T., Landreth, A.
- EFAMRO - Quality standards for access panel - QSAP; 2004
- Developmnent and testing of web questionnaires; 2004; Baker, R. P., Crawford, S. D., Swinehart, J.
- An experiment in call scheduling; 2004; Cunningham, P., Martin, D., Brick, J. M.
- A Comparison of multi-Item Likert and Visual Analogue Scales for the assessment of transactionally defined...; 2004; Flynn, D., van Schaik, P., van Wersch, A.
- When the Ethic is Functional to the Method: The Case of E-Mail Qualitative Interviews; 2004; Olivero, N., Lunt, P.
- Virtual Research Ethics: A Content Analysis of Surveys and Experiments Online; 2004; Peden, B. F., Flashinski, D. P.
- How to conduct behavioral research over the Internet: A begginer s guide to HTML and CGI/Perl; 2004; Fraley, R. C.
- Propensity Score Adjustment As an Alternative Weighting Scheme for Web Survey Data; 2004; Lee, Su.
- The Prevalence of Wireless Substitution; 2004; Luke, J. V., Blumberg, S. J., Cynamon, M. C.
- The Impact of Wireless Substitution on Random-Digit-Dialed Health Surveys; 2004; Blumberg, S. J., Luke, J. V.
- Is It the Young and the Restless Who Only Use Cellular Phones?; 2004; Steeh, C. G.
- Cell Phone Owners and Usage Patterns; 2004; Tuckel, P. S., O’Neill, H.
- Will a "Perfect Storm" of Cellular-Linked Forces Sink RDD Sampling?; 2004; Lavrakas, P. J.
- A New Era for Telephone Surveys; 2004; Steeh, C. G.
- Web Search Savvy: Strategies and Shortcuts for Online Research; 2004; Friedman, B. G.
- Can Internet Surveys be Used for Social Surveys? : Results of an Experimental Study; 2004; Honda, N., Motokawa, A.
- Cooperation and Community on the Internet: Past Issues and Present Perspectives for theoretical-empirical...; 2004; Matzat, U.
- Response and Field Period Effects: The Effect of Time in Online Market Research and Consequences for...; 2004; Basso Larsen, R., Rathod, S.
- Statistical Estimation Methods in Volunteer Panel Web Surveys; 2004; Lee, Su.
- Instrument Design for a Blaise Multimode Web, CATI, and Paper Survey; 2004; Pierzchala, M., Wright, D., Wilson, Cl., Guerino, P.
- Design and Application of On-line Questionnaries: Experiences from Micronesia; 2004; O'Neill, J. G., Spennemann, D. H. R.
- Valuation of Natural Resource Improvements in the Adirondacks; 2004; Banzhaf, S., Burtraw, D., Evans, D., Krupnick A.
- Response latency as an indicator of optimizing. A study comparing job applicants and job incumbents...; 2004; Callegaro, M., Yang, Y., Bhola, D. S., Dillman, D. A.
- Fundamentals of Marketing Research; 2004; Smith, S. M., Albaum, G.
- Do print and Web surveys provide the same results?; 2004; Huang, H.-M.
- Will Web Surveys Ever Become Part of Mainstream Research?; 2004; Schonlau, M.
- Online or Not Online? A Comparison of Offline and Online Surveys Conducted in the Context of 2002 German...; 2004; Faas, T.
- Recruitment for online access panels; 2004; Goeritz, A.
- Does Voice Matter? An Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Experiment; 2004; Couper, M. P., Singer, E., Tourangeau, R.
- No calibration required. Expanding the use of on-line research for new initiatives; 2004; Rogers, G., Dierckx, J.-H.