Web Survey Bibliography
One promising trend in social science research is towards a relational explanation of social phenomena. Rather than explaining outcomes through differences in individual attributes, a relational – or network – approach, seeks to understand outcomes through differences in concrete interpersonal interactions. The Internet provides researchers with a wealth of data through which such relational analysis can take place. For example, networks of web logs (or blogs) reveal patterns of information diffusion and clusters of affinity; online co-citation networks show both global and local properties of science production; e-mail inboxes reveal patterns in communication balance and network change over time; and analysis of newsgroups offers new understandings of reciprocity.
This chapter aims to give a clear conception of what is meant by a social network online, differentiating it from other equally interesting online networks and data structures, and to give the reader a realistic sense of the tools and skills required to harvest these networks intact. The chapter will walk readers through concrete examples of how online social networks were gathered and analyzed. The focus will be on the ‘behind the scenes’ work of gathering and analyzing online social networks, to assist researchers in managing expectations about the requirements of online social research from a network perspective. It will also give readers a taste for the differing approaches (both qualitative and quantitative) which can meaningfully contribute to larger scholarly dialogs, both in Internet research and in social network analysis.
Web survey bibliography (4086)
- Understanding the decision to participate in a survey: motives for refusal and preferred forms of contact...; 2008; Álvarez, R. M., Sevillano, V.
- Non-response in cross-national telephone surveys after the mobile telephone revolution; 2008; Manchin, R., De Keulenaer, F.
- Optimization of costs and errors in mixed-mode surveys; 2008; Vehovar, V., Berzelak, N., Lozar Manfreda, K.
- Cost efficiency in a mixed-mode survey – The Norwegian Rent Marked Survey; 2008; Lagerstrom, B. O.
- Panel Surveys; 2008; Sikkel, D., Hoogendoorn, A.
- Internet Survey Software Tools; 2008; Kaczmirek, L.
- Overview: Online Surveys; 2008; Vehovar, V., Lozar Manfreda, K.
- Analyzing Social Networks via the Internet; 2008; Hogan, B.
- General Approaches to Data Quality and Internet-generated Data; 2008; Rasmussen, K. B.
- Understanding and Managing Legal Issues in Internet Research; 2008; Charlesworth, A.
- Design effects in web surveys: comparing trained and fresh respondents; 2008; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Processing fluency and judgment: Implications for web survey design; 2008; Schwarz, N.
- Graph comprehension: an experiment in displaying data as bar charts, pie charts and tables with and...; 2008; Schonlau, M.
- Online interviews and data quality: A multitrait-multimethod study ; 2008; Scherpenzeel, A.
- Increasing item completion rates in matrix questions ; 2008; Kaczmirek, L.
- The effects of incentives in internet panels: a review; 2008; Goeritz, A.
- Does experience and sample attrition affect response behavior in internet panels? ; 2008; Binswanger, J., Schunk, D.
- The Ethics of Internet Research; 2008; Eynon, R., Fry, J., Schroeder, R.
- The Internet as a Research Medium: An Editorial Introduction to The Sage Handbook of Online Research...; 2008; Lee, R. M., Fielding, N., Blank, G.
- Survey mode effects in smoking status assessment; 2008; Burns, E., Levinson, A.
- Uses of self-anchoring scales in web surveys; 2008; Van Acker, F., Theuns, P.
- Open-ended questions and online surveys: the mode effect in relation to length; 2008; Denscombe, M.
- New survey strategies for radio: the RFM’s “Ouvinte Mais” case study; 2008; Cordeiro, P.
- Dependent Interviewing: Effects on Respondent Burden and Efficiency of Data Collection; 2008; Jaeckle, A.
- From paper to pixels: A comparison of paper and computer formats in psychological assessment ; 2008; Naus, M. J., Philipp, L. M., Samsi, M.
- Web-based network sampling - Efficiency and efficacy of respondent-driven sampling for online research...; 2008; Wejnert, C., Heckathorn, D. D.
- An Evaluation of Respondent Selection Methods for Household Mail Surveys; 2008; Battaglia, M. P., Frankel, M. R., Osborn, L., Mokdad, A., Link, M. W.
- Web-based surveys facilitate undergraduate research and knowledge ; 2008; Steele, S. R.
- The Impact of Nonresponse Rates on Nonresponse Bias; 2008; Groves, R. M., Peytcheva, E.
- Designing and conducting online interviews to investigate interesting consumer phenomena; 2008; Gruber, T., Szmigin, I., Reppel, A. E., Voss, R.
- Comparing response rates from Web and mail surveys: A meta-analysis; 2008; Shih, T.-H., Fan, X.
- Psychological questionnaires and research on the Internet: A literature review; 2008; Orosa, F. J. E., Pinto, I. F., Sales PP
- Health behaviours in people who respond to a web-based survey advertised on regional news media; 2008; Adams, Je., White, Ma.
- Going online - experiences with a web survey; 2008; Kalucy, E., Hordacre, A. L., Patterson, S.
- Response Rates to Expect from Web-Based Surveys and What to Do About It ; 2008; Archer, T. M.
- A very low response rate in an on-line survey of medical practitioners; 2008; Aitken, C., Power, R., Dwyer, R.
- A Primer on Web Surveys; 2008; Austin, T. M., Richter, R. R., Reinking, M. F.
- Measuring ego-centered social networks on the web: Questionnaire design issues ; 2008; Vehovar, V., Lozar Manfreda, K., Koren, G., Hlebec, V.
- Effect of Incentives on Web-Based Surveys; 2008; Su, J., Shao, P., Fang, J.
- Phone respondents reported less mental health problems whereas mail interviewee gave higher physical...; 2008; Ravens-Sieberer, U., Erhart, M., Wetzel, R., Krügel, A., Brambosch, A.
- Does Gender Influence Online Survey Participation? A Record-Linkage Analysis of University Faculty Online...; 2008; Smith, W. G.
- Current Issues Survey Report, 2008; 2008; Allison, D. H., DeBlois, P. B.
- Asking the age question in mail and online surveys; 2008; Gendall, P., Healey, B.
- Mixed mode: the only 'fitness' regime?; 2008; Blyth, B.
- The journal's 50th anniversary; 2008; Mouncey, P.
- Online Research: Painting a Truer Picture; 2008; Lewis, J.
- The business value of quality online research; 2008; Slotwiner, D.
- Assessing the Accuracy of Online Panel Research: A Toolkit for Decision Makers; 2008; Graham, P.
- Key Issues in Research Accuracy: Sources of bias and error in online research; 2008; Dennis, J. M., Callegaro, M.
- Making Quality Real: Delivering on a Promise of the Best Service and Online Survey Sample ; 2008; Dennis, J. M.