Web Survey Bibliography
Survey respondents are sometimes asked to complete multiple questionnaires for multiple instances that are not enumerable by the researcher when a sample is designed. That is, the reporting units (individual respondents) are pre-identifiable and can be sampled, but the number and identities of the units of analysis (household members, subsidiary business entities, etc.) are only discovered during the survey itself. This condition presents questionnaire design challenges – the existing literature concerning one such design choice is reviewed: the topic-based approach (one question presented to the respondent for every unit of analysis simultaneously, often resulting in a grid format) versus a serial, unit-based approach (all questions presented to the respondent for one unit of analysis at a time). One extreme version of the serial approach is asking the respondent to complete multiple copies of a standalone questionnaire for each unit of analysis. This paper examines the behavior of respondents faced with such requests. Using paradata from GAO web surveys, the navigational patterns of within- and across-questionnaire activity are analyzed. Navigational patterns are varied and complex, and our research suggests that in some multiple-questionnaire surveys, the level of respondent effort may be very high – a substantial number of respondents approach such tasks by jumping back and forth between copies of instruments on a question-by-question basis, for example. We conclude with implications for survey burden and quality.
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Web survey bibliography - 2010 (251)
- The impact of incentives and interview methods on response quantity and quality in diary- and booklet...; 2010; Bonke, J., Fallesen, P.
- Multi-Mode and Method Experiment in a Study of Nurses; 2010; Friese, C. R., Lee, C. S., O'Brien, S., Crawford, S. D.
- An Experiment With an Employment Sector Question; 2010; Finno, A. A., Kohout, J.
- Lottery Incentives and Online Survey Response Rates; 2010; Preece, M. J., Johanson, G., Hitchcock, J.
- Color red in web-based knowledge testing; 2010; Gnambs, T., Batinic, B., Appel, Ma.
- A comparison of surveys using different modes of data collection; 2010; Revilla, M., Saris, W. E.
- Variations in Response Style Behavior by Response Scale Format in Attitude Research; 2010; Kieruj, N. D., Moors, G.
- Selection Bias in Web Surveys; 2010; Bethlehem, J.
- Using the Internet to Give Children a Voice: An Online Survey of 10-and 11-Year-Old Children in Northern...; 2010; Lloyd, K., Devine, P.
- 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.
- Faster than a speeding survey: Part I: Rules of the road for online research with physicians; 2009; Maciolek, T., Palish, J.