Web Survey Bibliography
Given today's telecommunications environment, random digit dial (RDD) telephone surveys face declining response rates and coverage, and increasing costs. As an alternative to RDD, we surveyed participants in a randomly recruited standing Internet panel supplemented with a randomly sampled telephone survey of nonpanel members for a study of associations between onset of alcohol use and later alcohol-related problems. The purpose of this paper was to compare results from our survey with results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), a face-to-face probability sample survey of 43,093 adults, with a focus on associations between demographics, age of drinking onset, and alcohol dependence. METHODS: Demographic and drinking characteristics from our survey of 4,021 ever-drinkers between the ages of 18 and 39 years were compared with the characteristics of 11,549 similarly aged ever-drinkers from the NESARC. Weighted analyses accounting for sampling design compared these 2 samples on drinking characteristics over the past year and during a respondent's heaviest period of drinking, and in multivariate models examining associations between demographics, age of drinking onset, and lifetime alcohol dependence. RESULTS: Participants in the supplemented Internet panel were similar to the national population of 18- to 39-year-old ever drinkers on gender, education, and race/ethnicity, while adults who were aged 18 to 25 years were under-represented in the Internet panel. The supplemented Internet panel reported higher rates of moderate risk drinking over the past 12 months, lifetime high-risk drinking, and lifetime (ever) alcohol dependence. Estimates of the associations between alcohol dependence and age of drinking onset, risky drinking, and family history of alcohol problems did not significantly differ between the supplemented Internet sample and the NESARC survey. CONCLUSIONS: Randomly recruited Internet-based panels may provide an alternative to random digit dial telephone surveys and in-person surveys for some studies of factors associated with alcohol-related problems.
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- Comparison of Web-Based versus Paper-and-Pencil Self-Administered Questionnaire: Effects on Health Indicators...; 2008; van de Looij-Jansen, P. M., de Wilde, E. J.
- By the Numbers: The pros and cons of sampling modes; 2008; Piekarski, L.
- A look at the impact of boredom on the respondent experience; 2008; Puleston, J., Sleep, D.
- Does speed in completing an online questionnaire have an influence on its reliability?; 2008; Montag, C., Reuter, M.
- To Mix or Not To Mix Survey Modes; 2008; Dillman, D. A.
- Finding Lost Respondents on MySpace and Facebook; 2008; Claggett, A.
- Blast from the Past: The Challenges of Gaining Cooperation for a Follow-up Survey Several Years Later...; 2008; Costanzo, D., Sipulski, E., Carris, K., O'Connor, K.
- Data Collection on Handheld Computers with Voice Recognition Technology; 2008; Malakhoff, L.
- Web Survey Technology; 2008; Boucher, D.
- The New GSS Data Dissemination Website; 2008; Cooke, M.
- Item Non-Response: Does Mode (Web versus Paper) Make a Difference?; 2008; Payn, B.
- How To Write Better Survey Questionnaires; 2008; Triplett, T. A.
- The Use of the Internet in the American Community Survey Group Quarters Frame Creation; 2008; Williams, A.
- Technology and the Survey Interview and Questionnaire; 2008; Couper, M. P.
- Response Effects in Video-enhanced Web Surveys; 2008; Fuchs, M.
- Evaluation of Sample Designs for Telephone Surveys That Include Cell Phones; 2008; Steeh, C. G.
- Costs and Benefits from Conducting a Supplemental Sample of Cell Phone Numbers in National RDD Surveys...; 2008; Kennedy, C.
- Cell Phone Interviewing; 2008; Lee, R. H.
- Reaching Cell Phone Only Households; 2008; Anatchkova, B.
- Interviewing with Cell Phones: Trends and Effects on Data Quality and Operation Costs; 2008; Leissou, E., Gouskova, E., McGonagle, K., Beaule, A., Stafford, F.
- Text Messaging as a Data Collection Tool; 2008; Nordstrom, P.
- Swedish National Data Service's Strategy for Sharing and Mediating Data; 2008; Carlhed, C., Alfredsson, I.
- A Web-Based Survey of the Relationship Between Buddhist Religious Practices, Health, and Psychological...; 2008; Wiist, W. H., Sullivan, B. M., Wayment, H. A., Warren, M.
- Social Research Methods; 2008; Bryman, A.
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Cell Phone Surveying; 2008; Barron, M.
- Experiments Exploring the Relationship (or Lack Thereof) Between Nonresponse Error and Measurement Error...; 2008; Tourangeau, R., Groves, R. M., Presser, S., Toppe, C., Kennedy, K., Yan, T.,
- Using Audio Recording Using Audio to Detect Data Collection Error; 2008; Thissen, R., Nguyen, M.
- When do nonresponse follow-ups improve or reduce data quality? A meta-analysis and review of the existing...; 2008; Olson, K., Feng, C., Witt, L.
- Respondent Incentives in a Multi-Mode Panel Survey: Cumulative Effects on Non-Response and Bias; 2008; Jaeckle, A., Lynn, P.
- A comparison of results from an alcohol survey of a prerecruited Internet panel and the National Epidemiologic...; 2008; Heeren, T., Edwards, E., Dennis, J. M., Rodkin, S., Hingson, R. W., Rosenbloom D. L.
- Effects of Pre-coding Response Options for Five Point Satisfaction Scale in Web Surveys; 2008; Callegaro, M., Wells, T., Kruse, Y.
- ...; 2008; Dillman, D. A., Smyth, J. D., Christian, L. M., O'Neill, A. C.
- Accommodating New Technologies: Mobile and VoIP Communication; 2008; Piekarski, L., Steeh, C. G.
- Internet Technology and Social Capital:How the Internet Affects Seniors' Social Capital and Wellbeing...; 2008; Sum, S., Mathews, M. R., Pourghasem, M., Hughes, I.
- Quality Criteria for Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research: A View from Social Policy...; 2008; Bryman, A., Becker, S., Sempik, J.
- Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods; 2008; Lavrakas, P. J.
- An implementation of a within-household selection procedure for web surveys; 2008; Callegaro, M., Osborn, L., Debell, M., Leuvano, P.
- Response options order effect and category number association: An experiment using items on a five point...; 2008; Tang, G., Callegaro, M.
- More than the digital divide?: Investigating the differences between Internet and non-Internet users; 2008; Zhang, C., Callegaro, M., Thomas, M.
- Internet, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method ; 2008; Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M., Smyth, J. D.
- Enhancing the Travel Survey Process and Data Using the CATI System ; 2008; Morency, C.
- Mobile Research in Marketing: Design and Implementation Issues; 2008; Li, H., Townsend, L.
- Is data collection via web a valid methodology?; 2008; Otero, P.
- Identifying Multiple Submissions in Internet Research: Preserving Data Integrity ; 2008; Bowen, A. M., Daniel, C. M., Williams, M. L., Baird, G. L.
- The Methodological Issues Associated With Internet-Based Research; 2008; Beddows, E.
- A national Internet survey on rapid sequence intubation patterns from Turkey ; 2008; Guneysel, O., Onur, O. E., Akoglu, H., Eroglu, S., Denızbası, A.
- Experiments in Mobile Web Survey Design; 2008; Peytchev, A., Hill, C.
- A multimedia-based and time-sensitive interactive web survey for road user opinion on traffic condition...; 2008; Posawang, P., Phosaard, S., Polnigongit, W., Pattara-Atikom, W.
- The Effectiveness of CATI Method in the Survey “Structure of Agricultural Holdings”; 2008; Jakóbik, K., Ruta, G.
- CAQDAS, Secondary Analysis and the Coding of Survey Data; 2008; Fielding, N.