Web Survey Bibliography
A web survey seems to be an attractive means of collecting survey data, because it provides simple, cheap and fast access to a large group of people. However, there are pitfalls. Due to methodological problems, the quality of the outcomes of web surveys may be seriously affected. This paper addresses one of these problems, and that is self-selection of respondents. Self-selection leads to a lack of representativity and thus to biased estimates. The effect of self-selection on the distributional characteristics of estimators is described in detail. It is shown that the bias of estimators in self-selection surveys can be much larger than in surveys based on traditional probability samples. A simulation study also shows what can go wrong in a self-selection web survey. It is explored whether some correction techniques (adjustment weighting and use of reference surveys) can improve the quality of the outcomes. It turns out that there is no guarantee for success.
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Web survey bibliography - Bethlehem, J. (21)
- The perils of non-probability sampling; 2017; Bethlehem, J.
- Sunday shopping – The case of three surveys; 2016; Bethlehem, J.
- Solving the Nonresponse Problem With Sample Matching?; 2016
- Using Web Panels for Official Statistics; 2014; Bethlehem, J.
- Web Surveys in Official Statistics; 2014; Bethlehem, J.
- Online panel research: History, concepts, applications and a look at the future; 2014; Callegaro, M., Baker, R., Bethlehem, J., Goeritz, A., Krosnick, J. A., Lavrakas, P. J.
- Using response probabilities for assessing representativity; 2012; Bethlehem, J.
- Web Surveys: Methodological Problems and Research Perspectives; 2012; Biffignandi, S., Bethlehem, J.
- Can web surveys provide an adequate alternative to phone and face to face surveys?; 2011; Bethlehem, J.
- Selection Bias in Web Surveys; 2010; Bethlehem, J.
- Can we make official statistics with self-selection web surveys?; 2009; Bethlehem, J.
- The rise of survey sampling; 2009; Bethlehem, J.
- New developments in survey methodology for official statistics; 2009; Bethlehem, J.
- Indicators for the representativeness of survey response; 2009; Schouten, B., Cobben, F., Bethlehem, J.
- Use of Web surveys in Official Statistics; 2009; Bethlehem, J.
- Applied Survey Methods: A Statistical Perspective (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology); 2009; Bethlehem, J.
- Nonresponse Bias in Surveys; 2009; Bethlehem, J., Vehovar, V., Stoop, I., Schouten, B., Shlomo, N., Skinner, C., Montaquila, J.
- Representativity of web surveys – an illusion?; 2008; Bethlehem, J.
- How accurate are self-selection web surveys?; 2008; Bethlehem, J.
- Blaise – Alive and kicking for 20 years; 2006; Bethlehem, J., Hofman, L.
- Methodological guidelines for Blaise web surveys ; 2003; Bethlehem, J., Hoogendoorn, A.