Web Survey Bibliography
Title Survival of the Fittest Online: A Longitudinal Study of Health-Related Web Sites
Author McMillan, S. J.
Source Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 6, 3
Year 2001
Access date 28.05.2004
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Abstract Longitudinal studies of Web sites can not only trace the history of specific sites but can also provide some guidelines that might help start-up Web sites improve their chances for survival in the ever-changing Web landscape. This article reports on a longitudinal study of health-related Web sites that found about 73% of those sites survived for three years. E-mail surveys gathered quantitative and qualitative insights from survivors and non-survivors. Generally, organizations that invested more resources (money, people, and time) in their Web sites in 1997 were more likely to have surviving sites three years later. Technological expertise, as measured by the level of feature-richness at sites, had relatively little impact on survival. Sites created by individuals were least likely to survive while education and government sites were most likely to survive. Respondents indicated that organizational commitment to Web-based communication was an important factor in long-term survival of sites. Sites with more visitors in 1997 were more likely to survive than those with fewer visitors, but many respondents pointed out the importance of targeting rather than sheer numbers in measuring the Web site audience.
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Web survey bibliography - 2001 (57)
- Computer-assisted Self-interviewing over the Web: Criteria for Evaluating Survey Software with Reference...; 2001; Flatley, J.
- Creating a Web research guide: Collaboration between liaisons, faculty and students; 2001; Sugarman, T. S., Demetracopoulos, C.
- Questionnaire Pretesting Methods: Do Different Techniques and Different Organizations Produce Similar...; 2001; Rothgeb, J. M., Willis, G. B., Forsyth, B. H.
- Practical methods for sampling rare and mobile populations; 2001; Kalton, G.
- Recommended Standard Final Outcome Categories and Standard Definitions of Response Rate for Social Surveys...; 2001; Lynn, P., Beerten, R., Laiho, J., Martin, J.
- Visual Analog Scales: Do they have a role in the measurement of preferences for health states?; 2001; Torrance, G. W., Feeny, D., Furlong, W.
- Trends in household survey nonresponse: A longitudinal and international comparison; 2001; de Leeuw, E. D., de Heer, W.
- The construction of attitudes; 2001; Schwarz, N., Bohnerd, G.
- Subscale distance and item clustering effects in self-administered surveys: A new metric; 2001; Bradlow, E. T., Fitzsimons, G. J.
- On the use of college students in social science research: Insights from a second‐order meta&#...; 2001; Peterson, R. A.
- Introduction to behavioral research on the internet; 2001; Birnbaum, M. H.
- Experiments on column width spacing in the University of Michigan Student Life Survey; 2001; Boyd, C. J., McCabe, S. E., Couper, M. P., Crawford, S. D.
- Building an alternative response process model for business surveys; 2001; Willimack, D. K., Nichols, E. M.
- Ethische Dimensionen der Online-Forschung; 2001; Dzeyk, W.
- Panel Bias from Attrition and Conditioning: A Case Study of the Knowledge Networks Panel; 2001; Clinton, J. D.
- Web experiment on colour harmony principles applied to computer user interface design; 2001; Laugwitz, B.
- Knowledge acquisition, navigation and eye movements from text and hypertext; 2001; Naumann, A., Waniek, J., Krems, J. F.
- Score Reliability in Web or Internet-Based Surveys: Unnumbered Graphic Rating Scales versus Likert-Type...; 2001; Cook, C., Heath, F., Thompson, R. L., Thompson, B.
- On-line student feedback: A pilot study ; 2001; Galbraith, L. B., Gee, P., Jennings, F., Riley, R.
- Comparing Two Survey Research Approaches: E-Mail and Web-Based Technology versus Traditional Mail ; 2001; Howes, C. M., Mailloux, M. R.
- Literature Review of Web and E-mail Surveys, Chapter III; 2001; Schonlau, M., Fricker, R. D., Elliot, M. N.
- Over the Net. Taking advantage of the Internet in radio measurement; 2001; Cohen, E., O'Hare, B., Jones, L.
- Platform-dependent biases in Online Research: Do Mac users really think different?; 2001; Buchanan, T., Reips, U.-D.
- Documentation for 2001 Winter Internet Survey; 2001; Alvarez, M. R., Sherman, R.
- Using touch screen audio-CASI to obtain data on sensitive topics; 2001; Cooley, P. C., Rogers, S. M., Al-Tayyib, A. A., Ganapathi, L. F., Willis, G. B., Turner, C. F.
- When money doesn't talk; 2001; Funk, S., McCallum-Keeler, G.
- Reaching IT professionals: online vs. telephone interviewing; 2001; Van Houten, B.
- A comparison of Internet and mail survey methodologies; 2001; Medlin, B., Whitten, D.
- Qualitatively Speaking: Online focus groups are no substitute for the real thing; 2001; Greenbaum, T.
- Designing a questionnaire that dives beneath the surface; 2001; Humphreys, G., McNeish, J.
- Online focus group FAQs; 2001; Zinchiak, M.
- Telephone Survey Methodology; 2001; Groves, R. M., Biemer, P. P., Lyberg, L. E., Massey, J. T., Nicholls II, W. L., Waksberg, J.
- In the flesh or online? Exploring qualitative research methodologies; 2001; Seymour, W. S.
- Comparing Random Digit Dial Surveys With Web Surveys: The Case Of Health Care Consumers In California...; 2001; Berry, S., Zapert, K., Payne, S., Payne, L., Sanstad, K., Marcus, S., Spranca, M., Kan, H., Turner,...
- Analysis of Internet Users' Level of Online Privacy Concerns; 2001; O'Neil, D.
- Financial Incentives, Personal Information and Drop-Out in Online Studies; 2001; Frick, A., Bachtiger, M. T., Reips, U.-D.
- Survey Nonresponse; 2001; Groves, R. M., Dillman, D. A., Eltinge, J. L.
- Web survey errors; 2001; Lozar Manfreda, K.
- Testing an Internet Response Option for the American Community Survey; 2001; Griffin, D. H., Fischer, D. P., Morgan, M. T.
- Successful online qualitative market research; 2001; Bradford, D. P.
- From telephone to the Web; 2001; Stone, B.
- Best practices for online survey research; 2001; Dimetrosky, S., Khawaja, S., Degens, P.
- Scandinavia Leading Europe's Broadband Revolution; 2001; Anonymous
- Human factors in business-to-business research over the internet; 2001; Culkin, N., Brown, Js., Fletcher, J.
- Going Global: Issues in Applying Internet; 2001; Bauman, S., Jobity, N., Wilson, D., Atak, H., Deis, M., Airey, J.
- Experimental comparison of Web, electronic and mail survey technologies in operations management; 2001; Klassen, R. D., Jacobs, J.
- An Assessment of the Generalizability of Internet Surveys; 2001; Best, S. J., Krueger, B. S., Hubbard, C., Smith, A. J.
- Web survey design and administration; 2001; Couper, M. P., Traugott, M. W., Lamias, M. J.
- The record of internet-based opinion polls in predicting the results of 72 races in the November 2000...; 2001; Taylor, H., Bremer, J., Overmeyer, C., Siegel, J. W., Terhanian, G.
- Using Internet polling to forecast the 2000 elections; 2001; Terhanian, G., Taylor, H., Bremer, J., Overmeyer, C., Siegel, J. W.