Web Survey Bibliography
Web-browsers are basically used to interpret HTML. If other technologies are used like JavaScript, Java applets, or audio/video players, the installation of plugins is necessary. Most Web-browsers have them pre-installed but this does not guarantee its proper functionality. So using these technologies in web-based studies can produce technical dropout because of the technical burden to install the plugin or the unwillingness to invest this extra time.
In a large restricted online study on two different samples (UNET: students of the University of Vienna, n=1,369; WISO-Panel: people from all walks of life, n=764) we analysed if using a Java applet produces a technical dropout and if this leads to a distortion of demographics.
The dropout on the Java applet questionnaire page was 10.5 times higher than the mean dropout on the remaining six pages without any additional technologies (2.3% vs. 24.1%). We found no difference for participants’ age in the somewhat homogeneous UNET student sample but a significant difference in the WISO-Panel (t[762]=2.7, p = .012). Participants who dropped out on the Java applet questionnaire page were 2.6 years older. In both samples a sex-specific effect on technical dropout appeared (UNET: OR=1.34; 95%-CI [1.05, 1.69]; WISO-Panel: OR=1.42, 95%-CI [1.00, 2.02]). Women more frequently dropped out on the Java applet questionnaire page.
Although many technologies are already pre-installed in many web-browsers and are commonly used, using additional technologies can still be dangerous in producing a biased younger and male dominated sample.
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Web survey bibliography - Other (439)
- A comparison of surveys using different modes of data collection; 2010; Revilla, M., Saris, W. E.
- Examining the effects of website-induced flow in professional sporting team websites; 2010; O'Cass, A., Carlson, J.
- Research into questionnaire design - A summary of the literature; 2010; Lietz, P.
- College Students' Response Rate to an Incentivized Combination of Postal and Web-Based Health Survey; 2010; Balajti I., Daragó, L., Ádány, R., Kósa, K.
- 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.
- What are participants doing while filling in an online questionnaire: A paradata collection tool and...; 2010; Stieger, S., Reips, U.-D.
- ESS Handbook for Quality Reports; 2009
- ESS Standard for Quality Reports; 2009
- MarketTools TrueSample; 2009
- ISO 26362 Access panels in market, opinion, and social research-Vocabulary and service requirements; 2009
- Stochastic properties of the Internet sample; 2009; Getka-Wilczynska, E.
- Web based survey: an emerging tool; 2009; Srivenkataramana, T., Saisree, M.
- The impact of gender in e-mailed survey invitations; 2009; Derham, P.
- The Coverage Bias of Mobile Web Surveys Across European Countries ; 2009; Fuchs, M., Busse, B.
- Interactivity in self-administered surveys. Influence on respondents' experience; 2009; Suarez Vazquez, A., Garcia Rodriguez, N., Alvarez, M. B.
- Metrics for panel contribution: a non probabilistic platform; 2009; Gittelmam, S. H., Trimarchi, E.
- Mode effects in Switzerland: non‐response and measurement error on the European Social Survey; 2009; Roberts, C.
- Reason analysis: an ambitious alternative for mixed‐mode survey design; 2009; Jerabek, H.
- Response rates in multi actor surveys; 2009; Pasteels, I., Ponnet, K., Mortelmans, D.
- Unit non‐response in panel surveys: empirical finding from an experiment; 2009; Haunberger, S.
- Computer-Assisted Audio Recording (CARI): Repurposing a Tool for Evaluating Comparative Instrument Design...; 2009; Edwards, B., Hicks, W., Tourangeau, K., Harris-Kojetin, L., Moss, A.
- Comparison between Liss panel (web) and ESS data (face to face); 2009; Revilla, M., Saris, W. E.
- The influence of the field time on data quality in list-based Web surveys; 2009; Goeritz, A., Stieger, S.
- Why don’t all Businesses report on Web?; 2009; Haraldsen, G.
- Turning Grid Questions into Sequences in Business Web Surveys; 2009; Haraldsen, G., Bergstrøm, Y.
- Visual Design Effects on Respondents’ Behavior in Web-Surveys; 2009; Greinoecker, A.
- Applying theory to structure respondents' stated motivations for participating in web surveys; 2009; Han, V., Albaum, G., Wiley, J. B., Thirkell, P.
- Web-based survey attracted age-biased sample with more severe illness than paper-based survey; 2009; Klovning, A., Sandvik, H., Hunskaar, S.
- Online Election Surveys: Keeping the Voters Honest? ; 2009; Gibson, R., McAllister, I.
- A recipe for effective participation rates for web-based surveys ; 2009; Bennett, L., Nair, C. S.
- Pause Mechanism in Complex Online Surveys; 2009; Milewski, J.
- Response Formats in Cross-cultural Comparisons in Web-based Surveys; 2009; Thomas, R. K.l, Terhanian, G., Funke, F.
- Relevance Of Health-Related Online-Information In Offline- And Online-Samples; 2009; Stetina, B. U., McElheney, J., Lehenbauer, M., Hinterberger, E., Pintzinger, N., Kryspin-Exner, I.
- Three Different Designs of Type Ranking‐Questions; 2009; Sackl, A.
- Gay and Lesbian People: The Use of Online Communication Services; 2009; Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B. U., Kryspin-Exner, I.
- An Online Study on Coping with Anxiety and Disease-Specific Internet Use in Panic Attack Sufferers; 2009; König, D., Hiebler, C., Kryspin-Exner, I.
- Distortion of demographics through technically induced dropout in restricted online surveys; 2009; Voracek, M., Stieger, S., Goeritz, A.
- An Internet-based Study on Coping with Illness and Attitudes towards Online Health Care in Cancer Patients...; 2009; Setz, J., König, D., Kryspin-Exner, I.
- WebEXEC: A Short Self-Report Measure of Executive Function Suitable for Administration via the Internet...; 2009; Buchanan, T., Heffernan, T. M., Parrott, A. C., Ling, J., Rodgers, J., Scholey, A. B.
- Let's go formative: Continuous student ratings with Web 2.0 application Twitter; 2009; Burger, C., Stieger, S.
- Self-Efficacy Of Online Health Seekers; 2009; Stetina, B. U., Schramel, C., Lehenbauer, M., Schawill, W., Kryspin-Exner, I.
- Diffusion of Mobile Services Adoption in Taiwan; 2009; Doong, H.-S., Wang, H.-C.
- Verbal Vs Visual Response Options: Reconciling Meanings Conveyed by a Computer Aided Visual Rating Scale...; 2009; Garland, P., Cape, P.
- Increasing response rates in list based samples; 2009; Keusch, F., Kurz, H., Penzkofer, P.
- Implementation of a reaction time tool for brand measurement at Swisscom; 2009; Paar, I., Urbahn, J.
- Measuring Network Quality: Strengths and Weaknesses of different Evaluation Methods (SMS, w@p and web...; 2009; Wallisch, A., Schwab, H.
- Large Scale Digital Data Collection in Developing Countries: Is The Time Right? ; 2009; Hattas, M., Cronje, M., Berard, O.
- Implementation of web-based data-collection channel eSTAT for economic entities; 2009; Sillajoe, T.
- Personality on Social Network Sites: An Application of the Five Factor Model; 2009; Wehrli, S.
- Use of Online Interviews in the Underlying Discourse Unveiling Method (UDUM); 2009; Nicolaci-da-Costa, A. M., Romao-Dias, D., Di Luccio, F.