Web Survey Bibliography
The current organization of Consumer Price survey in Italy is based on a nonintegrated approach where data is collected either on paper or on portable PCs and handled by a software written in COBOL. Data transmission to Istat is performed by loading sequential files on a web site. After the Municipal Offices of Statistics (MOS) have loaded micro data, Istat recovers them on its own archives and after a detailed data check, edits micro data. The current process is not integrated because Istat archives and MOS archives are physically separated entities: therefore intervention carried out on Istat archives has to be repeated on the MOS archives. It is evident that the use, though partial, of paper questionnaires and the archives duplication are sources of non sample errors due in particular to measurement errors. This makes it more and more difficult to accomplish in an efficient way the increasing quality requirements in terms of accuracy coupled with timeliness and coverage. A project currently being carried out at Istat has the aim of realizing a in-depth reengineering of the whole Consumer Price (CP) survey IT environment, in order to reduce the possible sources of non sampling errors and improve the possibility to measure data quality through different set of indicators. The new IT architecture is based on a centralized relational database that stores all the survey data. The new data collection application, running on mobile PCs, allows data collectors to load data directly into the database right after they are collected. The new control and correction application allows to perform checks and editing on micro data directly on the database, with no confusing data redundancy. Moreover it makes available different set of indicators to monitor data quality. In this paper we describe in detail the new IT architecture that will support the survey and the improvements in data quality expected from its introduction.
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- Qualitative Research via Internet: Asynchronous Online Discussions and the Use of WebCT; 2009; Giatsi Clausen, M., Nicol, M., Gill, J.
- Representativeness of Mobile Internet Surveys - A comparative study of CAMI vs. CATI ; 2009; Maier, U., Neubarth, W., Grosser, A., Hombach, A.
- The use of online data-collection in financial services market measurement research : the FRS experience...; 2009; Cooke, M., Watkins, N.
- Using flash type questions – stroke of luck or curse for data quality?; 2009; Laufer, S., Klapproth, U., Noll, S.
- Pause Mechanism in Complex Online Surveys; 2009; Milewski, J.
- Sensitive Questions in Online Surveys: Experimental Results for the Randomized Response Technique (RRT...; 2009; Coutts, E., Jann, B.
- Results from 6 Independent Web Experiments Comparing Visual Analogue Scales with Categorical Scales; 2009; Funke, F., Reips, U. -D.
- Data Collection online: Can do, must (not) do, Should do; 2009; Diesner, J., Gadeib, A., Lüttschwager, F., Sassinot-Uny, L.
- Gay and Lesbian People: The Use of Online Communication Services; 2009; Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B. U., Kryspin-Exner, I.
- Does the seriousness check really sieve out datasets with bad data quality?; 2009; Stieger, S., Reips, U. -D.
- Respondents’ Evaluations of Questionnaires: A Single-Item Open-Ended Instrument for Quality Control...; 2009; Baier, C., Kaczmirek, L., Züll, C.
- Propensity Score Adjustment for Web Survey of Voting Behavior: A Case in Japan; 2009; Kobayashi, T.
- Verbal Vs Visual Response Options: Reconciling Meanings Conveyed by a Computer Aided Visual Rating Scale...; 2009; Garland, P., Cape, P.
- Strategies for Increasing Response Rates in Web Surveys and their Differential Effects on Sample Composition...; 2009; Haas, I., Bosnjak, M., Bandilla, W., P., Galesic, M.Couper, M. P.
- Increasing response rates in list based samples; 2009; Keusch, F., Kurz, H., Penzkofer, P.
- GPCP: A German Version of the Scale for Online Privacy Concern and Protection for Use on the Internet...; 2009; Oostlander, J., Reips, U. -D., Buchanan, T.
- Resolving the Privacy Paradox? - How Privacy Concerns, Strategic Self-presentation, and Norms Influence...; 2009; Utz, S.
- Measuring Network Quality: Strengths and Weaknesses of different Evaluation Methods (SMS, w@p and web...; 2009; Wallisch, A., Schwab, H.
- Challenges in Recruiting Special Groups in Internet Panel Research; 2009; Marchand, M., Vis, C.
- Comparing the results of Web surveys on volunteer versus probabilistically selected panels of participants...; 2009; Mirta, G.
- Panel Conditioning in Web Surveys: A Comparison between Trained and Fresh Respondents; 2009; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Using Tag Clouds to Analyse and Visualise Results of Open Ended Questions; 2009; Melles, T., Jaron, R.
- Understanding the willingness to participate in mobile surveys: Exploring the role of hedonic, affective...; 2009; Bosnjak, M., Metzger, G.
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- Formatting Error with Visual Analogue Scales in Web Surveys; 2009; Funke, F., Reips, U. -D.
- The new IT environment for the Italian consumer price survey; 2009; Giannini, R., Polidoro, F., Sgamba, A. M., Silipo, M., Spagnuolo, F., Virgillito, A.
- Comparative analysis among open source and commercial software for the development of electronic questionnaires...; 2009; Capparucci, L., Degortes, M., Landriscina, M., Murgia, M.
- The automatic coding of Economic Activities descriptions for WEB users; 2009; Colasanti, C., Macchia, S., Vicari, P.
- Privacy concerns and electronic data collection: group and individual response to social change in communications...; 2009; Odella, F.
- Optimal Contact Strategy in a Mail and Web Mixed Mode Survey ; 2009; Holmberg, A., Lorenc, B., Werner, P.
- Optimising survey costs in mixed mode environment; 2009; Vehovar, V., Berzelak, N., Lozar Manfreda, K., Belak, E.
- A guide to conducting online research; 2009; Gaiser, T. J., Schreiner, A. E.
- Social Web and Self-Disclosure = Participation vs. Privacy? Exploring How Users Manage this Dilemma...; 2009; Taddicken, M., Jers, C., Schenk, M.
- Money for Surveys: What about Data-Quality?; 2009; A.Krosnick, J. A.
- Online Research Essentials: Designing and Implementing Research Studies; 2009; Russell, B., Purcell, J.
- Creating Online Surveys: Some Wisdom from the Trenches Tutorial ; 2009; Singh, A., Taneja, A., Mangalaraj, G.
- Attrition Bias in a US Internet Survey of Alcohol Use Among College Freshmen ; 2009; McCoy, T. P., Ip, E. H., Blocker, J. N., Champion, H., Rhodes, S. D., Wagoner, K. G., Mitra, A., Wolfson...
- Short Message Service (SMS) Technology in Alcohol Research-A Feasibility Study; 2009; Kuntsche, E., Robert, B.
- Online Survey Tools: Ethical and Methodological Concerns of Human Research Ethics Committees; 2009; Buchanan, E. A., Hvizdak, E. E.
- The Video-Enhanced Web Survey Data Quality and Cognitive Processing of Questions; 2009; Fuchs, M.
- Forum - Research 2.0: engage or give up the ghost?; 2009; Oxley, M., Light, B.
- Summaries of Address-Based Sampling Presentations at the AAPOR Annual Meeting; 2009; W., Daily, G., Shuttles, D. C., Yancey, L. T., Thu Burks, A., Bourquin, C.Link, M. W.
- Effects of Questionnaire Length on Participation and Indicators of Response Quality in a Web Survey; 2009; Galesic, M., Bosnjak, M.
- Questionnaire Survey Nonresponse: A Comparison of Postal Mail and Internet Surveys ; 2009; Hoonakker, P., Carayon, P.
- Open-Ended Questions in Web Surveys: Can Increasing the Size of Answer Boxes and Providing Extra Verbal...; 2009; Smyth, J. D., Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M., McBride, M.
- Using Internet survey paradata to optimize survey questionnaire design; 2009; Heerwegh, D.
- Nonresponse in the Recruitment of an Internet Panel Based on Probability Sampling; 2009; Hoogendoorn, A., Daalmans, J.
- Internet research differs from research on internet users: some methodological insights into online...; 2009; Lohmann, M., Schmucker, D. J.
- Improving survey response in mail and internet general public surveys using address-based sampling and...; 2009; Messer, B. L.
- Are Mode Preferences Real?; 2009; Millar, M. M., O'Neill, A. C., Dillman, D. A.

