Web Survey Bibliography
Objectives
To test methods to optimize mail survey response and authorization rates (i.e., allowing one's survey to be linked to medical records) when the survey is sensitive and the targeted population has a mental disorder.
Study Design and Setting
Randomized controlled trial of 1,099 veterans treated for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at a Midwestern Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Subjects were randomized to one of three groups: (1) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization form embedded in the survey (checking “yes” for consent); (2) HIPAA form requiring signature for consent sent after the survey; or (3) HIPAA form requiring a signature and social security number (SSN) for consent sent after the survey.
Results
The “embedded” strategy yielded the lowest survey response rate (67.5%) but highest authorization rate (59.1%). Requiring respondents' signatures and SSNs after the survey was returned generated the highest survey response rate (74.2%) but lowest authorization rate (48.7%). However, the response rate difference was not statistically significant. Reported emotional upset was low (1.5%) and primarily directed to the survey, not the HIPAA form. Older age and greater trustfulness were associated with higher authorization rates.
Conclusion
Even with our most optimized strategy, authorization rates were disappointingly low.
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Web survey bibliography - 2010 (251)
- Running experiments on Amazon Mechanical Turk; 2010; Paolacci, G., Chandler, J., Ipeirotis, P. G.
- Making Good Use of Survey Paradata; 2010; Lynn, P., Nicolaas, G.
- Questionnaire Length, Fatigue Effects and Response Quality Revisited; 2010; Cape, P. J.
- Preventing Satisficing in Online Surveys: A “Kapcha” to Ensure Higher Quality Data...; 2010; Chandler, D., Kapelner, A.
- Game on; 2010; Ewing, T.
- Respondent Engagement: How Much Does it Matter?; 2010
- The Internet and Social Inequalities; 2010; Mannon, S.E.; Witte, J. C.
- Need to Improve Routine HIV Testing of U.S. Veterans in Care: Results of an Internet Survey; 2010; Valdiserri, R. O., Nazi, K., McInnes, D. K., Ross, D., Kinsinger, L.
- The Prevalence of Chronic Pain in United States Adults: Results of an Internet-Based Survey; 2010; Johannes, C. B., Le, T. K., Zhou, X., Johnston, J. A., Dworkin, R. H.
- Response Rates in Organizational Science, 1995–2008: A Meta-analytic Review and Guidelines for...; 2010; Anseel, F., Lievens, F., Schollaert, E., Choragwicka, B.
- Marketing Research: Methodological Foundations; 2010; Iacobucci, D., Churchill, G.A. Jr.
- Computer Assisted Interview Testing Tool (CTT) - a review of new features and how the tool has improved...; 2010; Stark, R., Gatward, R.
- Address-based Sampling Nets Success for KnowledgePanel® Recruitment and Sample Representation; 2010; DiSogra, C.
- A method of automated nonparametric content analysis for social science; 2010; Hopkins, D. J., King, G.
- Developing a web explicit research strategy theory in African universities: a cross-comparison of specific...; 2010; Kirigha, K. A., Neema-A.
- The use of paradata to monitor and manage survey data collection; 2010; Kreuter, F., Couper, M. P., Lyberg, L. E.
- Mitigating Online Survey Nonresponse Error In Aviation Research; 2010; Ison, D. C.
- Optimizing response rates in online surveys; 2010; Kaczmirek, L.
- The Decision Maker's Guide to Online Research; 2010
- Mixed-Method Approaches to Social Network Analysis; 2010; Edwards, G.
- Measuring Intent to Participate and Participation in the 2010 Census and Their Correlates and Trends...; 2010; Pasek, J., Krosnick, J. A.
- Nonresponse and Measurement Error in Mobile Phone Surveys ; 2010; Kennedy, C.
- Wordle; 2010; Feinberg, J.
- What it takes to be a top 100 website; 2010
- Total Survey Error: past, present, and future; 2010; Groves, R. M., Lyberg, L. E.
- There is an app for that! A review of smartphone apps for marketing research; 2010; Michelson, M.
- The who, what, and where of America: Understanding the American Community Survey; 2010; Gaquin, D. A.
- The weirdest people in the world?; 2010; Heine, S. J., Henrich, J., Norenzayan, A.
- The state of online research in the U.S.; 2010; Miller, J.
- The psychology or survey response. An ASA webinar; 2010; Tourangeau, R.
- The psychology of survey response, 2nd Edition; 2010; Tourangeau, R., Bradburn, N. M.
- The multidimensional integral business survey response model; 2010; Bavdaz, M.
- The impact of next and back buttons on time to complete and measurement reliability in computer-based...; 2010; Hays, R. D., Bode, R., Rothrock, N., Riley, W., Cella, D., Gershon, R.
- The Gallup Poll: Public opinion 2009; 2010; Gallup, A. M.
- Surveying cultures: Discovering shared conceptions and sentiments; 2010; Heise, D. R.
- Site-intercpet survey best practices; 2010; Henning, J.
- Sampling: design and analysis, 2nd Edition; 2010; Lohr, S. L.
- Research synthesis. AAPOR report on online panels; 2010; Brick, J. M., Baker, R., Blumberg, S. J., Couper, M. P., Courtright, M., Dennis, J. M., Dillman, D....
- Recruiting probability samples for a multi-mode research panel with Internet and mail components; 2010; Rao, K.
- Real ID. State of The Art Representative and Repeatable Online Samples. Behaviorally Profiled Respondents...; 2010; Gittelman, S. H., Trimarchi, E.
- Randomized response and indirect questioning techniques in surveys; 2010; Chaudhuri, A.
- Protecting and accessing data from the survey of earned doctorates: A workshop summary; 2010; Plewes, T. J.
- Paradata: a new data source from web-administered measures; 2010; Sowan, A. K., Jenkins, L. S.
- Overview of data collection methodology; 2010
- On-the-go and in-the-moment. Mobile research offers speed, immediacy; 2010; Pferdekamper, T.
- Mixed-mode surveys; 2010; Dillman, D. A., Messer, B. L.
- Measuring the group quarters population in the American Community Survey: Interim report; 2010; Marton, K., Voss, P. R.
- Measures of interobserver agreement and reliability; 2010; Shoukri, M. M.
- Machines that lean how to code open ended survey data; 2010; Esuli, A., Sebastiani, F.
- Libraries nationwide receiving ALA-APA Library Salary Survey Invitation; 2010; Grady, J.