Web Survey Bibliography
Most analyses of the effect of incentives on response rates have attempted to extrapolate to the Internet the already existing broad knowledge base of methodologies for personal surveys by telephone and post. However, such knowledge about existing methods is not directly applicable to the Internet-based interviews. This study therefore examines the manner in which different combinations of incentives can affect response to a survey over the Internet. With such a purpose incentives have been chosen based on draws that has been administered under the pre-incentives philosophy (giving the possibility to participate in a draw, independently that the questionnaire was stuffed or not) or post-incentives (giving the possibility to participate in a draw only those that stuffed the questionnaire). A surprising result is that the joint use of pre-incentives and post-incentives slightly improves response rates, although it also causes rates to be considerably lower than when these incentives are used separately.
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Web Survey Bibliography - Quality and Quantity (15)
- An assessment of equivalence between Internet and paper-based surveys: evidence from collectivistic...; 2012; Fang, J., Wen, C., Prybutok, V.
- Using screen video capture software to aide and inform cognitive interviewing; 2012; Chaney, B. H., Barry, A. E., Chaney, J. D., Stellefson, M. L., Webb, M. C.
- Does survey experience affect respondents’ reported level of satisfaction?; 2012; Schultz Christensen, A., Ladenburg, J.
- Item comparability in cross-national surveys: results from asking probing questions in cross-national...; 2012; Behr, D., Braun, M., Kaczmirek, L., Bandilla, W.
- The “frequency divide”: implications for internet-based surveys; 2012; Vicente, P., Reis, E.
- Testing for measurement equivalence of human values across online and paper-and-pencil surveys; 2011; Davidov, E., Depner, F.
- Features of the Z-scoring method in graphical two-dimensional web surveys: the case of ZEF; 2011; Selkälä, A., Ronkainen, S., Alasaarela, E.
- Testing for measurement equivalence of human values across online and paper-and-pencil surveys; 2011; Davidov, E., Depner, F.
- Using ad hoc measures for response styles: a cautionary note; 2010; de Beuckelaer, A.; Weijters, B.; Rutten, A.
- On possibilities and limitations of using self-anchoring scales in web surveys; 2010; Van Acker, F., Theuns, P.
- Improving the response rate and quality in Web-based surveys through the personalization and frequency...; 2010; Muñoz-Leiva, F., Sánchez-Fernández, J., Montoro-Ríos, F. J., Ibáñez-Zapata, J. A.
- An analysis of the effect of pre-incentives and post-incentives based on draws on response to web surveys...; 2010; Sánchez-Fernández, J., Muñoz-Leiva, F., Montoro-Ríos, F. J., Ibáñez-Zapata, J. A.
- Towards a flexible online mixed method design with a feedback loop; 2009; Lobe, B., Vehovar, V.
- Order effects in batteries of questions; 2006; Siminski, P.
- Conducting Online Surveys; 2006; Van Selm, M., Jankowski, N. W.