Web Survey Bibliography
OBJECTIVES: To compare 3 communication modes (postal, fax, and e-mail) in a rotavirus vaccine physician survey. METHODS: We used 3 communication modes to distribute a survey to physicians listed in the membership directory of the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The directory listed 1391 members; however, 404 were deemed ineligible on the basis of their listing as a specialist, retiree, resident in training, or government public health employee. Of the 987 members expected to administer vaccines, 150 were selected randomly to receive the postal survey (postal group). Of the remaining listings, 488 (58%) of 837 listed a fax number; 150 members were selected randomly and faxed a survey (fax group). Of the remaining members, 266 (39%) of 687 had e-mail addresses listed; 150 members were selected randomly for the e-mail survey (e-mail group). A follow-up survey was sent by the same mode at 2 weeks. A final survey was sent via another mode (mixed mode) at 1 month: by fax to e-mail and postal nonresponders and by post to fax nonresponders and those without fax. RESULTS: Eligible respondents in the 3 survey groups were similar in their practice setting and location. Although the e-mail group had fewer median years (8 years) since medical school graduation than the fax group (19 years) and postal group (17 years), a similar percentage of responders in all groups had computers (>85%) and Internet access (> or =70%) at work. However, only 39% of members listed an e-mail address in the directory. In the 2 weeks after the first mailing, 39 surveys were completed via postal mail, 50 via fax, and 16 via e-mail. In the 2 weeks after the second contact (sent at 2 weeks), 20 surveys were completed via postal mail, 15 via fax, and 17 via e-mail. The response rate after the first 2 mailings was 41% (59 of 143) for postal, 47% (65 of 137) for fax, and 26% (33 of 125) for e-mail surveys. The third and final survey (sent 1 month after the first mailing) was sent by a different (ie, mixed) mode and elicited an additional 73 responses: 19 responses (15 postal, 4 fax) from the postal group, 19 responses (18 postal, 1 fax) from the fax group, and 35 responses (15 postal, 13 fax, 7 e-mail) from the e-mail group. Twenty-three percent (9 of 40) of the e-mail and 18% (15 of 83) of the fax surveys completed were returned on the same or subsequent day they were sent, compared with none of the postal surveys. There were significant differences among the 3 groups for invalid addresses/numbers (4% postal, 8% fax, and 16% e-mail) listed in the directory. Using mixed modes as the third contact, the overall response rate increased from 39% before mixed mode to a final of 53%. On the basis of the 3 initial groups, responses to 1 of 12 rotavirus questions differed significantly. CONCLUSIONS: Future use of e-mail surveys in selected circumstances is promising, because the majority of providers have Internet access and acknowledged interest in participating in e-mail surveys. E-mail surveys could be especially useful if rapid response time is necessary. There were fewer incomplete questions by participants who completed the e-mail survey compared with postal or fax participants. Updating membership e-mail addresses and routinely using e-mail as a communication tool should improve the ability to use e-mail surveys. There may need to be ongoing evaluations that critically evaluate providers' responses to e-mail surveys compared with other survey modes before e-mail surveys can become a standard survey tool. In the meantime, mixed-mode surveys may be an option.
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Web survey bibliography - 2003 (90)
- 3-D Finite-Element Models of Human and Monkey Fingertips to Investigate the Mechanics of Tactile Sense...; 2003; Dandekar, K., Raju, B. I., Srinivasan, M. A.
- Methodological guidelines for Blaise web surveys ; 2003; Bethlehem, J., Hoogendoorn, A.
- Avoiding pitfalls in Web-based research; 2003; Beaulaurier, B.
- The Discursive Field of Web-Based Health Research Implications for Nursing Research in Cyberspace; 2003; Cotton, A. H.
- Telephone versus face-to-face interviewing of national probability samples with long questionnaires:...; 2003; Holbrook, A. L.; C., Green, M. C., Krosnick, J. A.
- Electronic Voting Machines – A comparison applying the principles of computer-human interaction...; 2003; Callegaro, M., Peytcheva, E.
- Web-based data collection; 2003; Tourangeau, R.
- The science of asking questions; 2003; Schaeffer, N. C., Presser, S.
- The democratization of research; 2003; MacElroy, B.
- Response order effects – how do people read?; 2003; Duffy, B.
- Response latency methodology for survey research: Measurement and modeling strategies; 2003; Mulligan, K., T., Mockabee, S. T., Grant, J. T., Monson, J. Q.
- Respondent-generated intervals: Do they help in collecting quantitative data?; 2003; Lusinchi, D.
- Report of the results of the Asthma awareness survey; 2003
- Maximum difference scaling: Improved measures of importance and preference for segmentation; 2003; Cohen, S. H.
- Introduction to survey quality; 2003; Biemer, P. P., Lyberg, L. E.
- Evaluation of the minimal important difference for the feeling thermometer and the St. George's...; 2003; Schunemann, H. J., Griffith, L., Jaeschke, R., Goldstein, R., Stubbing, D., Guyatt, G. H.
- Documenting comparative surveys for secondary analysis; 2003; Mohler, P., Uher, R.
- Determining the Probability of Selection for a Telephone Household in a Random Digit Dial Sample Design...; 2003; Triplett, T. A., Abi-Habib, N.
- Cognitive Aspects of Survey Measurement and Mismeasurement; 2003; Tourangeau, R.
- Effect of Alternative Data Collection Modes on Cooperation Rates and Data Quality; 2003; Brady, S. E., Stapleton, C. N., Bouffard, J. A., Imel, J. D.
- Collecting behavioural data using the world wide web: considerations for researchers; 2003; Rhodes, S. D., Bowie, D. A., Hergenrather, K. C.
- Repairing Tom Swift’s Electric Factor Analysis Machine; 2003; Preacher, K. J., MacCallum, R. C.
- ImageJ; 2003; Rasband, W.
- Make Way for Web Surveys; 2003; Bankston, K.
- Comparison of E-mail, Fax, and Postal Surveys of Pediatricians; 2003; McMahon, S. R., Iwamoto, M., Massoudi, M. S., Yusuf, H. R., Stevenson, J. M., David, F., Chu, S. Y.,...
- Towards Standardisation of Survey Outcome Categories and Response Rate Calculations; 2003; Lynn, P., Beerten, R., Laiho, J., Martin, J.
- Web Survey Mailer System; 2003; Barrios, E.
- Conducting On-line Surveys in Software Engineering; 2003; Punter, T., Ciolkowski, M., Freimut, B., John, I.
- A pilot study of a computer-assisted cell-phone interview (CACI) methodology to survey respondents in...; 2003; Wilkins, C., Casswell, S., Barnes, H. M., Pledger, M.
- Internet Marketing Research: Recources and Techniques; 2003; Forrest, E.
- Experiences in e-survey development for IS research: Lessons from the use of automated control tools; 2003; Scornavacca Jr., E., Becker, J. L., Barnes, S.
- Ten years after; 2003; Bradford, D. P.
- Are you talking to the right people?; 2003; Davis, H.
- Be prepared; 2003; Fitzgerald, A.
- Watch out for dropouts; 2003; Hogg, A., Miller, J.
- Persuasive e-mail invitations; 2003; MacElroy, B.
- Online sample -- can you trust it?; 2003; Maginnis, C.
- Best practices for online research; 2003; Smith, L.
- WebSurveyor and Surveywriter; 2003; Macer, T.
- Internet surveys: limits and beyond limits; 2003; Mititelu, C.
- Conducting Research on the Internet: Online Survey Design, Development and Implementation Guidelines; 2003; Andrews, D., Nonnecke, B., Preece, J.
- Understanding the effects of audio-CASI on self-reports of sensitive behavior; 2003; Couper, M. P., Singer, E., Tourangeau, R.
- Internet-based intervention to promote organ donor registry participation and family notification; 2003; Merion, R. M., Vinokur, A. D., Couper, M. P.
- Going mobile. The future of mobile data collection software, hardware, and research methodology; 2003; Cameron, M. R., Weisberg, J. R.
- Impact of messages on concomitant use of nicotine replacement therapy and cigarettes: a randomized trial...; 2003; le Houezec, J., Landfeldt, B., Etter, J.-F.
- The feasibility of computer-assisted survey interviewing in Africa: Experience from two rural districts...; 2003; Hewett, P. C., Erulkar, A. S., Mensch, B. S.
- Broadening Public Access to Data through the Development of Tools for Data Novices; 2003; Card, J. J., Shapiro, L., Amarillas, A., McKean, E., Kuhn, T.
- Massive Questionnaires for Personality Capture; 2003; Bainbridge, W. S.
- Around the World Wide Web in 80 Ways: How Motives for Going Online are Linked to Internet Activities...; 2003; Johnson, T. J., Kaye, B. K.
- Comparing On-Line and On-Paper Responses to an Employee Satisfaction Survey; 2003; Stone, G. E.