Web Survey Bibliography
Background: Web interviewing is becoming increasingly popular worldwide, because it has several advantages over telephone interviewing such as lower costs and shorter fieldwork periods. However, there are also concerns about data quality of web surveys. The aim of this study was to compare the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands web and telephone samples on demographic and smoking related variables to assess differences in data quality.
Methods: Wave 1 of the ITC Netherlands Survey was completed by 1,668 web respondents and 404 telephone respondents of 18 years and older. The two surveys were conducted in parallel among adults who reported smoking at least monthly and had smoked at least 100 cigarettes over their lifetime.
Results: Both the web and telephone survey had a cooperation rate of 78%. Web respondents with a fixed line telephone were significantly more often married, had a lower educational level, and were older than web respondents without a fixed line telephone. Telephone respondents with internet access were significantly more often married, had a higher educational level, and were younger than telephone respondents without internet. Web respondents were significantly less often married and lower educated than the Dutch population of smokers. Telephone respondents were significantly less often married and higher educated than the Dutch population of smokers. Web respondents used the "don't know" options more often than telephone respondents. Telephone respondents were somewhat more negative about smoking, had less intention to quit smoking, and had more self efficacy for quitting. The known association between educational level and self efficacy was present only in the web survey.
Conclusions: Differences between the web and telephone sample were present, but the differences were small and not consistently favourable for either web or telephone interviewing. Our study findings suggested sometimes a better data quality in the web than in the telephone survey. Therefore, web interviewing can be a good alternative to telephone interviewing.
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Web survey bibliography (4086)
- Is web interviewing a good alternative to telephone interviewing? Findings from the International Tobacco...; 2010; Nagelhout, G. E., Willemsen, M. C., Thompson, M. E., Fong, G. T., van den Putte, B., de Vries, H.
- Web-based macroseismic survey in Italy: method validation and results; 2010; Sbarra P., Tosi, P., De Rubeis, V.
- Examining the effects of website-induced flow in professional sporting team websites; 2010; O'Cass, A., Carlson, J.
- Research into questionnaire design - A summary of the literature; 2010; Lietz, P.
- FAQs for first-time clients of online qualitative; 2010; Langer, J.
- Are Internet access panels a lemon market?; 2010; Haynes, D.
- The Effects of Different Incentives on Data Quantity and Data Quality in Online Panels; 2010; Singh, R. K., Voggeser, B. J., Goeritz, A.
- Online polls burnish image - Daily tracking surveys are increasingly used by companies with dents on...; 2010; Bialik, C.
- Maximizing a stratified ABS frame for nation-wide mail recruitment of a probability-based online panel...; 2010; DiSogra, C., Hendarwan, E.
- Breakoff in Web Surveys of the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES); 2010; Blumenstiel, J. E., Roßmann, J., Steinbrecher, M.
- The longitudinal effect of incentives on participation and data quality in online panels; 2010; Neumann, B. P., Goeritz, A.
- Questionnaire Design Guidelines for Establishment Surveys; 2010; Morrison, R. L., Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M.
- A mixed-mode approach to data collection: combining web and paper questionnaires to examine nurses...; 2010; Guise, V., Chambers, M., Vaelimaeki, M., Makkonen, P.
- Comparison between web-based and paper versions of a self-administered anthropometric questionnaire; 2010; Touvier, M., Méjean, C., Kesse-Guyo, E., Malon, A., Castetbon, K., Hercberg, S., Pollet, C.
- Reaching young adult smokers through the Internet: Comparison of three recruitment mechanisms; 2010; Ramo, D. E., Hall, S. M., Prochaska, J. J.
- College Students' Response Rate to an Incentivized Combination of Postal and Web-Based Health Survey; 2010; Balajti I., Daragó, L., Ádány, R., Kósa, K.
- Using Questionnaire Design to Fight Nonresponse Bias in Web Surveys; 2010; Vicente, P., Reis, E.
- Randomized trial showed that an “embedded” survey strategy optimized authorization rates...; 2010; Murdoch, M., Pietila, D. M., Partin, M. R.
- Using virtual communities in tourism research; 2010; Illum, S. F., Ivanov, S. H., Liang, Y.
- Internet administration of self-report measures commonly used in research on social anxiety disorder...; 2010; Hedman, E., Ljótsson, B., Rück, C., Furmark, T., Carlbring, P., Lindefors, N., Andersson, G.
- Using the Delphi method to engage stakeholders: A comparison of two studies; 2010; Geist, M. R.
- Telephone and web-based pediatric day surgery questionnaires; 2010; Amari, E., Vandebeek, C., Montgomery, C. J., Skarsgard, E., Ansermino, J. M.
- The Handbook of Online and Social Media Research: Tools and Techniques for Market Researchers; 2010; Poynter, R.
- Does Visual Appeal Matter? Effects of Web Survey Aesthetics on Survey Quality; 2010; Mahon-Haft, T., Dillman, D. A.
- Internet surveys; 2010; Couper, M. P., Bosnjak, M.
- Differences in responses to Web and paper surveys among school professionals; 2010; Yetter, G., Capaccioli, K.
- Using the Internet to Survey Small Towns and Communities: Limitations and Possibilities in the Early...; 2010; Smyth, J. D., Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M., O'Neill, A. C.
- Comparison of paper-and-pencil versus Web administration of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): Participation...; 2010; Denniston, M. M., Brener, N. D., Kann, L., Eaton, D. K., McManus, T., Kyle, T. M., Roberts, A. M., Flint...
- Instrument Development With Web Surveys and Multiple Imputations ; 2010; Chang, L. C., Frost, L. Z., Chao, S., Ree, M. J.
- Web-based versus paper-based data collection for the evaluation of teaching activity: empirical evidence...; 2010; Lalla, M., Ferrari, D.
- The Growth of Internet Research Methods and the Reluctant Sociologist; 2010; Farrell, D., Petersen, J. C.
- Factors affecting response rates of the web survey: A systematic review; 2010; Fan, W., Yan, Z.
- Online Travel Surveys and Response Patterns ; 2010; Pan, B.
- The big picture: what the decline of fixed line telephones will mean to mobile research; 2010; Windle, R.
- Capturing situations and context in mobile surveys. Reducing the recall and the out of context problem...; 2010; Tjostheim, I.
- The Future for Mobile Research: what will the landscape look like in two years time; 2010; Rolfe, G.
- Psychological aspects of interviewing by cellular telephone; 2010; Doering, N.
- Visual design in online surveys: Lessons for the mobile world; 2010; Couper, M. P.
- Improving the response rate and quality in Web-based surveys through the personalization and frequency...; 2010; Muñoz-Leiva, F., Sánchez-Fernández, J., Montoro-Ríos, F. J., Ibáñez-Zapata, J. A.
- What are participants doing while filling in an online questionnaire: A paradata collection tool and...; 2010; Stieger, S., Reips, U.-D.
- Mixed Research as a Tool for Developing Quantitative Instruments; 2009; Onwuegbuzie, A. J.; Bustamante, R. M.; A. A.Nelson, J. A.
- Slider Scales in Online Surveys; 2009; Cape, P. J.
- User’s Guide to the Advance Release of the 2008-2009 ANES Panel Study ; 2009; DeBell, M.; Krosnick, J. A.; Lupia, A.; Roberts, C.
- The denominator problem: Estimating MSM-specific incidence of sexually transmitted infections and prevalence...; 2009; Marcus, U., Schmidt, A. J., Kollan, C., Hamouda, O.
- Survey Research in the United States: Roots and Emergence 1890-1960 ; 2009; Converse, P. D.
- Practical Considerations in Raking Survey Data; 2009; Battaglia, M. P., Hoaglin, D.C, Franklin, P. D.
- Methods for oversampling rare subpopulations in social surveys; 2009; Kalton, G.
- Start of the LISS panel: Sample and recruitment of a probability-based Internet panel ; 2009; Scherpenzeel, A.
- Comparing response rates in e-mail and paper surveys: A meta-analysis; 2009; Shih, T.-H., Fan, X.
- Recycling and waste minimisation behaviours of the transient student population in Oxford: results of...; 2009; Robertson, S., Walkington, H.