Web Survey Bibliography
In a national field experiment, the same questionnaires were administered simultaneously by RDD telephone interviewing, by the Internet with a probability sample, and by the Internet with a nonprobability sample of people who volunteered to do surveys for money. The probability samples were more representative of the nation than the nonprobability sample in terms of demographics and electoral participation, even after weighting. The nonprobability sample was biased toward being highly engaged in and knowledgeable about the survey's topic (politics). The telephone data manifested more random measurement error, more survey satisficing, and more social desirability response bias than did the Internet data, and the probability Internet sample manifested more random error and satisficing than did the volunteer Internet sample. Practice at completing surveys increased reporting accuracy among the probability Internet sample, and deciding only to do surveys on topics of personal interest enhanced reporting accuracy in the nonprobability Internet sample. Thus, the nonprobability Internet method yielded the most accurate self-reports from the most biased sample, while the probability Internet sample manifested the optimal combination of sample composition accuracy and self-report accuracy. These results suggest that Internet data collection from a probability sample yields more accurate results than do telephone interviewing and Internet data collection from nonprobability samples.
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- Out and About: An Evaluation of Data Quality in Cell Phone Surveys; 2009; Witt, L., ZuWallack, R. S., Conrey, F.
- Characteristics of Cell Phone Only, Listed and Unlisted Telephone Households; 2009; Tarnai, J., Moore, D., Schultz, M.
- Do Landline RDD Samples Adequately Cover the "Wireless Mostly"?; 2009; Dimock, M., Christian, L. M., Keeter, S.
- Identifying Cell-Phone-Primary Households: Why, How and Who?; 2009; Fleeman, A., Wasikowski, N., Wigney-Burmaka, M., Possett, R.
- Improving the Effectiveness of Mail Contact Procedures to Obtain Survey Response Over the Internet for...; 2009; Messer, B. L., Dillman, D. A.
- Evaluating Response Quality in a Study Using Random Digit Dialing, Mail and Web Using the Postal Delivery...; 2009; Lesser, V. M.
- Television Viewing Among Respondents and Nonrespondents to the Nielsen Diary Survey; 2009; Casas-Cordero, C., Kreuter, F.
- Interactive Interventions in Web Surveys Can Increase Respondent Conscientiousness; 2009; Conrad, F. G., Tourangeau, R., Couper, M. P., Kennedy, C.
- The Challenge and Importance of Including Spanish- Dominant Latinos in Online Panel Studies Addressing...; 2009; DiSogra, C., Wells, T., Torres, J.
- Differences Between Internet and Non-Internet Households on Survey Items: Do These Differences Disappear...; 2009; Zhang, C., Callegaro, M., Thomas, M.
- Does Weighting Improve the Accuracy of Data from Non- Probability Internet Survey Panels of People Who...; 2009; Yeager, D. S., Krosnick, J. A.
- Evaluation of Measurement Equivalence for a Web-Based Survey with Paper Survey Option; 2009; Gibson, J., Turner, S., Marsh, S., Medway, R.
- Who Chooses the Web Option?; 2009; O'Hare, B. C., Gentry, R. J.
- Priming Web Survey Respondents with Location-Specific Graphics: Effects on Customer Survey Scores and...; 2009; Cardador, J.
- Exploring the Overlap Domain in a National Dual-Frame (Cell/Landline) Telephone Survey: Results from...; 2009; Lohr, S. L., Grandjean, B. D., Taylor, P. A.
- Wireless and Wireline: Dual Frame Implications for Sample Design Decisions on Estimates, Weighting and...; 2009; Benford, R., Tompson, T., Feinberg, B., Feinberg, G., Weber, A., Speulda, N., Fleury, C.
- Cell Phones: The Key to Including the Full Population?; 2009; Frankel, M. R., Battaglia, M. P., Balluz, L. S.
- Timing and Amount of Incentives: Implications for Enhancing Survey Participation and Encouraging Web...; 2009; Ciemnecki, A., Heaviside, S., Barrett, K., Mooney, G., Jang, D., Kang, K. H.
- Results of Mailing Experiments Aimed at Maximizing Self- Administered Web Participation; 2009; Franklin, J.
- Producing Straightlining and Item Non-Differentiation in a Web Survey: How Visual Design Plays a Role...; 2009; Callegaro, M., Shand-Lubbers, J., Dennis, J. M.
- New Media Use, Political Sophistication and Cell-Phone Surveys; 2009; Goidel, R. K., Kenny, C., Xenos, M. A.
- Comparative Analysis of Gender and Age in the Cell-Only and Landline Samples of the 2008 Iowa Behavioral...; 2009; Bonsall Hoekstra, A., Losch, M. E., Lutz, G. M.
- Examining Mail and Web Survey Response Differences in a Survey on Assessment of Hospital Inpatient Care...; 2009; Lynch, J., Chen, P., Gordek, H., Babeu, L.
- Can Post-Stratification Adjustments Correct Telephone Survey Estimates for Coverage Bias Associated...; 2009; Call, K. T., Davern, M. E., Boudreaux, M., Johnson, P. J., Nelson, J., Spencer, D.
- Maßnahmen zur Steigerung der Responserate bei listenbasierten Stichproben in Webbefragungen; 2009; Keusch, F.
- Indikatoren und Erfolgsfaktoren von Online-Befragungen; 2009; Knijff, M.
- Cell Phone Mainly Households: Coverage and Reach for Telephone Surveys Using RDD Landline Samples; 2009; Boyle, J., Lewis, F., Tefft, B.
- Cell-Phone-Only Voters in the 2008 Exit Poll and Implications for Future Noncoverage Bias ; 2009; Mokrzycki, M., Keeter, S., Kennedy, C.
- Zero Banks: Coverage Error and Bias in Rdd Samples Based on Hundred Banks with Listed Numbers ; 2009; Boyle, J., Bucuvalas, M., Piekarski, L., Weiss, A.
- National Surveys Via RDD Telephone Interviewing vs. the Internet: Comparing Sample Representativeness...; 2009; Chang, L. C., Krosnick, J. A.
- Making small effects observable: Reducing error by using visual analogue scales; 2009; Funke, F., Reips, U.-D.
- Effects of incentives and the Big Five personality dimensions on internet panellists' ratings; 2009; Larson, A. J., Sachau, D. A.
- Best practices in mobile research; 2009; Zahariev, M., Ferneyhough, C., Ryan, C.
- Mobile interviewing; 2009; Lavine, S.
- Qualitative Research Online; 2009; Buckley, N., Dimoldenberg, S.
- Social Context of Online Research; 2009; Hardey, M., Beeftink, B.
- If Access Panels no Longer Offer the Solution What is the Future?; 2009; Case, S., Petit, F. C., Davis, H.
- Crowd Source data for the social sciences: Web based services and real-time geographic surveys; 2009; Hudson-Smith, A., Milton, R., Crooks, A., Batty, M.
- Using Mixed Modes to Create Broadly Representative Samples; 2009; Kennedy, G., Harmon, C.
- A comparison of web-based and telephone surveys for assessing traffic safety concerns, beliefs, and...; 2009; Beck, K. H., Yan, A. F., Qi Wang, M.
- Comparison of ability tests administered online and in the laboratory; 2009; Marten Ihme, J., Lemke, F., Lieder, K., Martin, F., C. C., Schmidt, Sa., Mueller, J. C.
- The Impact of Textual Messages of Encouragement on Web Survey Breakoffs: An Experiment ; 2009; Sakshaug, J. W., Crawford, S. D.
- The Coverage Bias of Mobile Web Surveys Across European Countries ; 2009; Fuchs, M., Busse, B.
- Item non-response rates: a comparison of online and paper questionnaires ; 2009; Denscombe, M.
- Using mobile phones for survey research A comparison with fixed phones ; 2009; Vicente, P., Reis, E., Santos, R.
- A Comparison of Different Survey Periods in Online Surveys of Persons with Eating Disorders and Their...; 2009; Wesemann, D., Grunwald, A., Grunwald, M.
- A Comparison of Web-Based and Paper-Based Survey Methods Testing Assumptions of Survey Mode and Response...; 2009; Greenlaw, C., Brown-Welty, S.
- Interactivity in self-administered surveys. Influence on respondents' experience; 2009; Suarez Vazquez, A., Garcia Rodriguez, N., Alvarez, M. B.
- New techniques in online research: challenges for research ethics ; 2009; Eynon, R., Schroeder, M., Fry, J.
- Web based macroseismic survey: fast information exchange and elaboration of seismic intensity effects...; 2009; De Rubeis, V., Sbarra P., Sorrentino, D., Tosi, P.