Web Survey Bibliography
The European Social Survey, now in its fourth round, insists on face-to-face interviewing in all countries to encourage equivalence of data. But with response rates under increasing pressure and fieldwork costs increasing, alternative data collection modes (including mixed modes) are now under active consideration.
Any change in mode, whether to another single mode or a mixed mode design, may have an impact not only on cross-national comparability but on the time series. As a result the ESS is undertaking a programme of research into mixed mode data collection in order to ensure that, if a change in data collection mode is made, the effects are known and minimised. The first phases of research examined the extent and cause of differential measurement error across modes. The focus then turned to the feasibility of conducting the ESS, an hour-long questionnaire, by telephone, and the effect of length of interview on response rates and data quality.
The latest piece of research investigates the feasibility of using mixed mode data collection on the ESS, a general population survey. The type of mixed mode design being considered in this experiment is one where different members of the same sample answer the same questions in different modes. The research focuses in particular on the response rates, costs and data quality of two different mixed mode designs; one sequential and one concurrent, compared with the main face-to-face survey. The concurrent design offers respondents the choice of mode (face-to-face or telephone interview or web self-completion) while in the sequential design respondents are offered the cheapest mode (web self-completion) first, followed by telephone and then face-to-face interviews. These designs offer the possibility of reducing (or at least better managing) costs, increasing response rates and reducing nonresponse bias.
This paper will describe the experimental design and discuss the practical implications of a possible future switch to a mixed mode design, such as questionnaire adaptation, available sample frames, and contacting sample members. The paper will then present some initial results, including response rate comparisons.
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- The Effects of the Initial Mode of Contact on the Response Rate and Data Quality in an Internet-Based...; 2009; Wiseman, F.
- Doing Research in the Real World; 2009; Gray, D. E.
- Conducting Mobile Surveys: A Hands-on Introduction to an Innovative Research Mode; 2009; Pferdekämper, T., Melcher, T.
- Internet-based surveys and urban design education: A community outreach graduate project in Redding,...; 2009; del Rio, V., Levi, D.
- Exploration of secondary students’ creativity by integrating web-based technology into an innovative...; 2009; Jang, S.-J.
- An experimental mixed mode design on a general population survey ; 2009; Eva, G.
- Declining Working Phone Rates Impact Sample Efficiency; 2009; Piekarski, L.
- Using Non-Probability Samples for Confusion Surveys - Mall Intercepts and the Internet; 2009; Ericksen, E. P.
- Using Debit Cards for Incentive Payments: Experiences of a Weekly Survey Study; 2009; Gatny, H. H., Couper, M. P., Axinn, W., Barber, J. S.
- Characteristics of Cell Phone Only, Listed, and Unlisted Telephone Households; 2009; Tarnai, J., Schultz, R., Moore, D.
- Cell Phone-Only Households: A Good Target for Internet Surveys?; 2009; Bates, N.
- Nonsampling Error Research in Practice; 2009; Brick, J. M., Kalton, G.
- Total Survey Error: Past, Present, Future; 2009; Groves, R. M.
- Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future ; 2009; Conrad, F. G., Schober, M. F.
- 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.
- Are people sharing their mobile phones? Selection probabilities in cellular telephone surveys; 2009; Fuchs, M., Busse, B.
- Accuracy of Estimates in Access Panel based Surveys; 2009; Enderle, T., Münnich, R., Bruch, C.
- New developments in survey methodology for official statistics; 2009; Bethlehem, J.
- Survey cooperation: response to initial and follow-up requests - Recent experiences from the recruitment...; 2009; Bartsch, S., Engel, U., Schnabel, C., Vehre, H.
- Methodological Research for Longitudinal Surveys; 2009; Lynn, P.
- Using Mobile Phones to Administer a Working Memory Updating Task in a Survey - Cognitive Performance...; 2009; Schmiedek, F., Riediger, M., Lindenberger, U., Wagner, G. G.
- Accessibility of individuals for mobile phone surveys; 2009; Gabler, S., Häder, S.
- Mixed Modes and Measurement Error: Comparing face-to-face, telephone and web modes ; 2009; Hope, S., Nicolaas, G., Jaeckle, A., Lynn, P., Nandi, A., Campanelli, P.
- The Difficult but Essential Challenge of Designing Mixed-Mode Surveys; 2009; Dillman, D. A.
- Overcoming the challenges of measuring self-reported digital media use: Using feedback to increase data...; 2009
- The Internet survey ; 2009; Getka-Wilczynska, E.
- Modelling online survey participation among Italian university graduates ; 2009; Cimini, C., Girotti, C., Gasperoni, G.
- Coverage rates of mobile telephones and the Internet in Italy ; 2009; Fabbris, L., Gorelli, S.
- Imperfect frames and new data collection techniques ; 2009; Biffignandi, S.
- Web based survey methods workshop; 2009; Weiss, M.
- Web Surveys; 2009; Bosnjak, M.
- Internet Surveys and the Demise of the Matrix; 2009; O’Neill, G., Freedman, S.
- Assesssment of Potential Bias in Telephone Survey Estimates Due to Noncontact and Noncoverage When Household...; 2009; Khare, M., Wouhib, A.
- Experimenting With Speech Interactive Voice Response, Touchtone Data Entry and the Web for the National...; 2009; Cantor, D., Brick, P. D., Tourangeau, R., Conrad, F. G.
- Avoiding the ‘Hang ups’ - Understanding Mobile Phone Self-completion Surveys ; 2009; Johnson, A. J.
- The Impact of Technology on Research Quality; 2009; Milla, P.
- Respondent Technology Preferences; 2009; Miller, C.
- Getting In Line with Online: Making Sense of Chat-based Focus Groups, Ethnogrophies, Blogs, and More; 2009; Longo, J.