Web Survey Bibliography
The article discusses the Internet is growing rapidly when it comes to marketing research. This is represented by the members of the American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO) Council. One-third of the 165 member listed in the CASRO Web site membership have their own Web sites and 86 percent of the members offer Internet-based datacollection. Because the market researchers continually seek data collection methods that are cheap, fast, and unbiased, any analysis of the alternative methods must cover several dimensions. The early researchers suggested three dimensions: validity, reliability, and practicality.
Four methods of collecting survey data are compared and it is revealed that newer methods have significant but not overwhelming advantages over older methods, such as mail. While conventional mail and fax continue to garner slightly higher response rates than e-mail and Web forms, they are of course slower and more expensive. Unlike most earlier studies on this issue, fixed and variable costs of the methods were looked at and an argument was made that for an increasing proportion of the North American population, the cost and convenience advantages of the newer methods can often make up for lower response rates and inaccurate e-mail addresses.
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Web survey bibliography - Magazine article (28)
- How Sliders Bias Survey Data; 2013; Sellers, R.
- The Gamification of Marketing Research; 2013; Donato, P., Link, M. W.
- Data Use: A systematic method for checking online questionnaires; 2011; Arbittier, J.
- Understanding the pros and cons of mixed-mode research; 2011; Mora, M.
- FAQs for first-time clients of online qualitative; 2010; Langer, J.
- Are Internet access panels a lemon market?; 2010; Haynes, D.
- The impact of gender in e-mailed survey invitations; 2009; Derham, P.
- Using interactive technology to improve online questionnaire design; 2009; Chen, Te., Estrin, D.
- Faster than a speeding survey: Part II: The physician's perspective; 2009; Maciolek, T., Palish, J.
- Faster than a speeding survey: Part I: Rules of the road for online research with physicians; 2009; Maciolek, T., Palish, J.
- An examination of strategies for panel-blending; 2009; Fallig, M. A., Allen, D.
- 10 ways to keep your panel respondents happy; 2009; Hardy, N.
- By the Numbers: The pros and cons of sampling modes; 2008; Piekarski, L.
- A look at the impact of boredom on the respondent experience; 2008; Puleston, J., Sleep, D.
- Microsoft sues testing material vendors; 2006; Johnston, S. J.
- Web Surveys For the Enterprise; 2004; King, N.
- Web Survey's Hidden Hazards; 2003; Morrel Samuels, P.
- Online versus postal data collection methods: an examination of issues and a comparison of results; 2003; Adam, S., McDonald, H.
- A D-minus for computer exams; 2002; Mayfield, K.
- The power of online research; 2000; Taylor, H.
- Making Web research pay off: A research manager roundup; 1999; Smith, P.
- Principis's Web Survey competent for basic tasks; 1999; Marshall, T.
- Pollsters.com; 1999; Mitofsky, W. J.
- Cyber Research: The Impact of the Internet on Data Collection; 1998; Weible, R., Wallace, J.
- Social Science: Technology, Experimentation, and the Quality of Survey Data; 1998; Bloom, D. E.
- Market research on the web; 1998; McCullough, D.
- The Internet: Access grows, policies lag; 1997; Frost, M.
- Is May Research Ethical?; 1996; Duncan, G. T.