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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- Statistical Foundations of Cell-Telephone Surveys; 2008; Wolter, K., Smith, P.
- Wireless-Mostly Households: Estimates from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey; 2008; Blumberg, S. J., Luke, J. V.
- The Impact of the Spacing of the Scale Options in a Web Survey; 2008; Kennedy, C., Tourangeau, R., Conrad, F. G., Couper, M. P., Redline, C. D.
- Experiments in Visual Survey Design for Mobile Devices; 2008; Peytchev, A., Hill, C.
- Computing Metrics for Online Panels; 2008; Callegaro, M., DiSogra, C.
- 2006 Canadian Census Internet Mode Effect Study; 2008; Grondin, C., Sun, L.,
- Mode Effects on In-Person and Internet Surveys: A Comparison of the General Social Survey and Knowledge...; 2008; Smith, T. W., Dennis, J. M.
- Cell Phone Survey Sampling and Weighting; 2008; Battaglia, M. P.
- An Analysis of Mode Effects in Three Mixed-Mode Surveys of Veteran and Military Populations; 2008; Rachev, B., Yang, M., Davis, D., Szoc, R.
- Cell Phone–Only Household in a National MailSurvey: Who Are They?; 2008; Han, D., Cantor, D.
- Statistical Challenges Facing Cell Phone Surveys; 2008; Battaglia, M. P., Frankel, M. R.
- Cell Phone–Only Research at Arbitron: Statistical Analyses; 2008; Griffi, R.
- Identifying Nonresponse Bias Using a Survey Subset in Follow-Up; 2008; Gordek, H., Lynch, J., Chen, P., Morgan, T.
- Surveying Cell Phone Numbers in the United States; 2008; Lavrakas, P. J.
- Redesigning the American Community Survey (ACS): Computer-Assisted Personal Interview Sample; 2008; Castro, E. C., Hefter, S.
- Using Paradata to Actively Manage Data Collection; 2008; Laflamme, F., Pasture, T., Talon, J., Maydan, M., Miller, A.
- Survey Respondent Incentives: Research and Practice; 2008; Groves, R. M., Harris-Kojetin, L., Kulka, R. A., Mooney, G.
- Internet Surveys: Can Statistical Adjustments Eliminate Coverage Bias?; 2008; Dever, J. A., Rafferty, A., Valliant, R. L.
- Summary Report of a Survey of Learning Space Design in Higher Education; 2008; Grummon, P.
- Join the research - participant-led open-ended questions ; 2008; Verhaeghe, A., De Ruyck, T., Schillewaert, N.
- Optimising the language of email survey invitations; 2008; Moskowitz, H., Martin, B.
- How to Conduct Surveys: A Step-by-Step Guide; 2008; Fink, A.
- What's Really Important?; 2008; Grapentine, T., Teas, K. R.
- Top concerns for our industry; 2008; Grapentine, T.
- Surveys by Design; 2008; Hopewell, N.
- Measuring social desirability in web surveys through client-side paradata ; 2008; Van Acker, F., Theuns, P.
- Comparing the Reliability of Responses to Telephone-Administered versus Self-Administered Web-Based...; 2008; Rankin, K. M., Rauscher, G. H., McCarthy, B., Erdal, S.
- Can the internet replace postal surveys?; 2008; Sullman, M.
- Maximising response rates in household telephone surveys; 2008; O'Toole, J., Sinclair, M., Leder, K.
- Web Mining: A Survey Of Current Research, Techniques, And Software; 2008; Zhang, Q., Segall, R. S.
- Does a Probability-Based Household Panel Benefit from Assignment to Postal Response as an Alternative...; 2008; Rookey, B. D., Hanway, S., Dillman, D. A.
- Panel surveys go mobile; 2008; Weber, M., Denk, M., Oberecker, K., Strauss, C., Stummer, C.
- How accurate are self-selection web surveys?; 2008; Bethlehem, J.
- Antecedents of Anonymity Perceptions in Web-based Surveys; 2008; Whelan, T. J.
- Internet Research: Developments, problems, and potential; 2008; Welker, M., Matzat, U.
- Longitudinal tracking of voter perceptions during the 2007-2008 election cycle using a probability-based...; 2008; Tompson, T., Lawrence, M., Subias, S.
- Individual payments as a longer-term incentive in online panels ; 2008; Goeritz, A., Wolff, H.-G., Goldstein, D. G.
- Universal Design for Web Surveys: Practical Guidelines; 2008; Matulewicz, H., Coburn, J.
- An Iranian Experience of Internet Surveys; 2008; Khoshgooyanfard, A. R.
- Developing the Online Survey ; 2008; Gordon, J. S., McNew, R.
- Online image quality surveys based on response time; 2008; Rasmussen, D. R.
- Eliciting Subjective Probabilities in Internet Surveys; 2008; Delavande, A., Rohwedder, S.
- A Comparison of Item Nonresponse in Web and Pen-and-Paper Surveys of Sexual Behaviour; 2008; Evans, A. R., Elford, J., Bolding, G., Wiggins, D.
- Parallel Phone and Web-based Interviews: Effects of Sample and Weighting on Comparability and Validity...; 2008; Thomas, R. K., Krane, D., Taylor, H., Terhanian, G.
- Modern Telephony, the Web and Survey Management; 2008; Olsen, R. J.
- Mobile Web Survey Design; 2008; Peytchev, A. Hill, C.
- Impact of new technologies in data collection methods; 2008; Callegaro, M.
- Integration of the web into survey data collection: Balancing costs and errors; 2008; Vehovar, V., Berzelak, N., Lozar Manfreda, K.
- Response Non-Differentiation and Response Styles in Web-Based Studies: Causes and Consequences ; 2008; Frisina, L. T., Thomas, R. K.
- Communicative Channels, Cognitive Processes and Question Understanding: Results from a Randomized Field...; 2008; Fuchs, M.