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Title Effects of Questionnaire Lenght, respondent-Friendly Design, and A Difficult Question on Response for Occupant-Addressed Census Mail Surveys
Author Dillman, D. A., Clark, J.R., Sinclair, M.D.
Source Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ), 57, 3, pp. 289-304
Year 1993
Database Oxford Journals
Access date 22.09.2011
Abstract
An experimental study of alternatives to the current U.S. decennial census questionnaire shows that shortening the questionnaire and respondent-friendly questionnaire design improve response, whereas asking a potentially difficult and/or objectionable question, that is, social security number, lowers response. This national study of 17,000 household addresses also demonstrates that relatively high mail survey response can be achieved without addressing correspondence to individual names of residents.
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Web Survey Bibliography - Dillman, D. A. (102)
- Encouraging Survey Response via Smartphones: Effects on Respondents’ Use of Mobile Devices and...; 2012; Dillman, D. A., Millar, M. M.
- Understanding the resilience of mail-back survey methods: An analysis of 20 years of change in response...; 2012; Rookey, B. D., Le, L., Littlejohn, M., Dillman, D. A.
- Intensifying the Request: Results from an Experiment on Improving Internet Response Rates for Address...; 2012; Messer, B. L., Dillman, D. A.
- The Challenge of Going National: An Experimental Evaluation of the Effects of Local vs. Distant Survey...; 2012; Edwards, M. L., Dillman, D. A.
- Do Mail and Internet Surveys Produce Different Item Nonresponse Rates? An Experiment Using Random Mode...; 2012; Millar, M. M., Dillman, D. A.
- Determinants of Item Nonresponse to Web and Mail Respondents in Three Address-Based Mixed-Mode Surveys...; 2012; Messer, B. L., Edwards, M. L., Dillman, D. A.
- Surveying the General Public over the Internet Using Address-Based Sampling and Mail Contact Procedures...; 2011; Messer, B. L., Dillman, D. A.
- Creating Effective Designs for Mixed-Mode Surveys; 2011; Dillman, D. A.
- Using Address-Based Sampling and Mail Contact Methods to Obtain Web Responses from the General Public...; 2011; Dillman, D. A., Messer, B. L.
- In the Face of Declining Budgets: The Student Experience at Washington State University ; 2011; Allen, T., Dillman, D. A., Garza, B., Millar, M. M.
- Improving Response To Web and Mixed-Mode Surveys; 2011; Millar, M. M., Dillman, D. A.
- Words, Numbers, and Visual Heuristics in Web Surveys: Is There a Hierarchy of Importance?; 2011; Toepoel, V., Dillman, D. A.
- IVR and web administration in structured interviews utilizing rating scales: exploring the role of motivation...; 2011; Yang, Y., Callegaro, M., Bhola, D. S., Dillman, D. A.
- Mixed-mode surveys; 2010; Dillman, D. A., Messer, B. L.
- How Visual Design Affects the Interpretability of Survey Questions; 2010; Toepoel, V., Dillman, D. A.
- Item Non-response Differences Between Web and Mail Surveys of the General Public; 2010; Dillman, D. A., Edwards, M. L., Messer, B. L., Millar, M. M.
- Improving Response to Mail and Web Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Effects of Offering Choice on Survey Response...; 2010; Millar, M. M., Dillman, D. A.
- How to Improve Response Rates to Web Surveys: Practical Guidance Based on Theory and Experimentation; 2010; Dillman, D. A., Millar, M. M., Messer, B. L.
- Using Address Based Sampling to Survey the General Public by Mail vs. 'Web plus Mail'; 2010; Messer, B. L., Dillman, D. A.
- Advice in Surveying the General Public Over the Internet; 2010; Dillman, D. A., Reips, U. -D., Matzat, U.
- Questionnaire Design Guidelines for Establishment Surveys; 2010; Morrison, R. L., Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M.
- Does Visual Appeal Matter? Effects of Web Survey Aesthetics on Survey Quality; 2010; Mahon-Haft, T., Dillman, D. A.
- 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.
- Response format effects on measurement of employment; 2009; Thomas, R. K., Dillman, D. A., Smyth, J. D.
- Words, Numbers and Visual Heuristics in Web Surveys: Is There a Hierarchy of Importance?; 2009; Toepoel, V., Dillman, D. A.
- Improving the Effectiveness of Mail Contact Procedures to Obtain Survey Response Over the Internet for...; 2009; Messer, B. L., Dillman, D. A.
- The Difficult but Essential Challenge of Designing Mixed-Mode Surveys; 2009; Dillman, D. A.
- Using Mail Contact to Sample and Encourage Submission of Questionnaire Answers Over the Internet; 2009; Dillman, D. A., Messer, B. L., Millar, M. M.
- Response latency as an indicator of optimizing in online questionnaires; 2009; Callegaro, M., Yang, Y., Bhola, D. S., Dillman, D. A., Chin, T. -J.
- Visual Heuristics and Answer Formats in Rating Scales; 2009; Toepoel, V. Dillman, D. A.
- Open-Ended Questions in Web Surveys: Can Increasing the Size of Answer Boxes and Providing Extra Verbal...; 2009; Smyth, J. D., Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M., McBride, M.
- Are Mode Preferences Real?; 2009; Millar, M. M., O'Neill, A. C., Dillman, D. A.
- Designing Scalar Questions for Web Surveys; 2009; Christian, L. M., Parsons, N. L., Dillman, D. A.
- Response rate and measurement differences in mixed-mode surveys using mail, telephone, interactive voice...; 2009; Dillman, D. A., Phelps, G., Tortora, R. D., Swift, K., Kohrell, J., Berck, J., Messer, B. L.
- Some consequences of survey mode changes in longitudinal surveys; 2008; Dillman, D. A.
- To Mix or Not To Mix Survey Modes; 2008; Dillman, D. A.
- ...; 2008; Dillman, D. A., Smyth, J. D., Christian, L. M., O'Neill, A. C.
- The Effects of Mode and Format on Answers to Scalar Questions in Telephone and Web Surveys; 2008; Christian, L. M., Dillman, D. A., D.Smyth, J. D.
- Internet, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method ; 2008; Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M., Smyth, J. D.
- How can we convince the general public to respond to internet surveys?; 2008; Dillman, D. A.
- Combining Mail and Internet Methods to Conduct Household Surveys of the General Public: A New Methodology...; 2008; Dillman, D. A., Smyth, J. D., Christian, L. M., Oneill, A.
- Does the Inclusion of Mail and Web Alternatives in a Probability-Based Household Panel Improve the Accuracy...; 2008; Rookey, B. D., Dillman, D. A., Hanway, S.
- How Visual Composition of Web Pages Influences Survey Response; 2008; Mahon-Haft, T., Dillman, D. A.
- International Handbook of Survey Methodology; 2008; de Leeuw, E. D., Hox, J., Dillman, D. A.
- Does a Probability-Based Household Panel Benefit from Assignment to Postal Response as an Alternative...; 2008; Rookey, B. D., Hanway, S., Dillman, D. A.
- Mixed-mode Surveys: When and Why; 2008; de Leeuw, E. D., Hox, J., Dillman, D. A.
- The Logic and Psychology of Constructing Questionnaires; 2008; Dillman, D. A.
- Does "Yes or No" on the Telephone Mean the Same as "Check-All-That-Apply" on the...; 2008; D., Christian, L. M., Dillman, D. A.Smyth, J. D.
- Mail and Internet Surveys ; 2008; Dillman, D. A.
- Context effects in Internet Surveys: New issues and evidence; 2007; D. Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M., Smith, A.Smyth, J. D.