Web Survey Bibliography
The Polish Internet Diagnose survey was a really lengthy one: it consisted of over 40 screens summing up to several hundreds of data items. Out of 1915 participants who started with the first page, 985 completed the full set, accounting to a dropout rate of 49% - quite a remarkable success for a survey which required on the average almost exactly 1 hour to complete with a standard deviation of ca. 25 minutes. One of the methods which was applied in order to decrease the expected drop out was the pausing mechanism available in the HouseLab platform used as a vehicle for the research (see the GOR08 workshop). Selected pages, placed at the "milestones" of survey progress line, offered the participant a possibility to break and then come back within maximum 24 hours. The mechanism was based on a special link, which fully restored the application context after having used the saved bookmark. The option worked even when the participant closed the browser window or resumed work on another computer. The paper analyses the effect of the pause on the dropout rate in more detail. It turned out that relatively few participants (6.0% of those who started and 4.4% of those who completed) took advantage of the option. On the other hand, ca. 70% of those who used the pause completed the survey. Although their net working time was ca. 15 longer than for those who did not use the pause, none of the users with extremely long fillout times (over 2 hours) belonged to this group. This suggests that the pause effect helps those who are more busy, but also those who are more determined to complete the survey. The latter point is especially important, because the data provided by this participant group are usually most reliable. Therefore, although the pause mechanism targets relatively few participants, we still regard it as worthwhile implementing. Although not typically present in online research platforms, it should be seriously considered by the designers of very complex surveys.
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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.