Web Survey Bibliography
This study is about an innovative strategy totally based on open
‐source software for the implementation of electronic questionnaires for statistical surveys. In this case, the term “electronic questionnaires” is referred to the wider one of CAI questionnaires that can be used for any data collection mode: data‐entry for paper and pencil interviews, CAPI, CATI and CASI. ‐entry mode to the most complex one of CATI mode. ‐house, an ad‐hoc product based on XML ‐server web application where: the form created with XML represents the client process; the RDBMS ‐ data storage and the data retrieving ‐ represents the server process; AJAX framework represents the client‐server communication. ‐ that are typical of the data collection phase that includes analysis, collection, control, storage and transmission of data. The full paper will thoroughly describe the innovative strategy and provide some examples of its applications.
It is well known that in the survey process the data collection technique has a great influence on the questionnaire design in terms of questions wording and structures, interview flow and in terms of checks on data. This strategy aims at fulfilling any level of technical and methodological requirements that belong to the different data capturing techniques. In other words, it is aimed at implementing any “programming tool” that stays behind an electronic questionnaire: from the simplest one used for data
The proposal of this strategy is the result of a previous study aimed at evaluating the potentialities of already existing open source products in implementing Istat electronic questionnaires which are very complex in terms of skipping and checking rules. We were searching for software that could offer a reduction in license costs still guaranteeing high levels of efficiency and usability quite similar to those offered by the commercial software we are currently using for our surveys.
These open source products were not able to satisfy these needs because all of them were suitable to implement simple questionnaires with linear path among the different sections and with none or very few checks on data and between variables. As a consequence we had to think of an alternative solution to our problem and we designed and developed, in
(eXtensible Markup Language) technology, AJAX infrastructure and Relational Database theory. It is a client
We believe this strategy can well balance the needs of cost reduction and high quality levels because it is based on new open source technologies that are quite flexible and permit to simplify the complexity and heterogeneity – in terms of instruments and professional profiles
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Web survey bibliography - WAPOR 62nd Annual Conference, 2009 (13)
- Metrics for panel contribution: a non probabilistic platform; 2009; Gittelmam, S. H., Trimarchi, E.
- Are telephone Surveys a dying bread. How declining response rates can be explained and resolved; 2009; Degen, M., Obermüller, A., Schielicke, A.-M.
- Relation between values and topic of a survey in internet panel research; 2009; Vis, C., Marchand, M.
- The potential of mobile research: Implications for the future and the role of industry standards; 2009; Nelson, Li.
- Factors Contributing to Participation in Web‐based Surveys among Italian University Graduates; 2009; Cimini, C., Girottu, C., Gasperoni, G.
- Integration of different data collection techniques using the propensity score; 2009; Camillo, F., Conti, V., Ghiselli, S.
- Mode effects in Switzerland: non‐response and measurement error on the European Social Survey; 2009; Roberts, C.
- The mixing of survey modes: application to Laon web and face‐to‐face household travel survey...; 2009; Bayart, C., Bonnel, P.
- Reason analysis: an ambitious alternative for mixed‐mode survey design; 2009; Jerabek, H.
- An innovative open source strategy for the development of electronic questionnaires for statistical...; 2009; Degortes, M., Landriscina, M., Murgia, M.
- 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.
- Do cash incentives helps with RDD studies? Examination of results from a national and a statewide survey...; 2009; Miller, Y., Barger, K., Hearn, D.