Web Survey Bibliography
The traditional methods in epidemiological data collection are both costly and time consuming and less convenient for longitudinal large-scale studies. During the last decades, epidemiological studies suffer from low response rates, indicating a need to revise methods used in epidemiological data collection. e-epidemiology is the science underlying usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in epidemiological studies and enable new possibilities for data collection. In this thesis four studies evaluating methods including mobile phones, the web and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) are described. In study I, the feasibility of using an Internet-based hearing test combined with a web-based questionnaire was evaluated in a pilot study among Swedish hunters. The response rate was very low with a bias toward older individuals (40-60 years) who had access to the correct equipment at study start. Though a number of limitations, the hearing-test demonstrates a possibility of using the web in epidemiological data collection. In study II, repeated measures of physical activity level (PAL) through a Java-based questionnaire in mobile phones were compared to a gold standard of measuring energy expenditure. The Java-based physical activity questionnaire sent repeatedly through mobile phones produced average PAL estimates that agreed well with PAL reference values, indicating that the method may be a feasible and cost effective method for data collection on physical activity. Study III compared data collected through Short Message Service (SMS) to traditional telephone interviews in a population-based sample. Though the study produced very low response rate, the results on influenza vaccination status was not statistically significantly different from data collected through telephone interviews. Study IV compared data on self-reports on infectious disease where the participants could choose between web and IVR. The web was more popular than IVR and attracted more men and younger individuals with a higher completed education compared to IVR. There was no statistically significantly difference of reported infections or Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) between the two techniques after adjusting for available confounders. Studies I, III and IV were affected by low response rates, effecting both the validity and precision of the results. All studies were affected by bias and all but study II were probably confounded by age. The mechanisms behind these factors are important to evaluate further in order to understand how it affects the collected data. However, when possible to adjust for confounders, the techniques per se did not seem to influence data negatively compared to reference data. All studies were evaluated on a Swedish population with high access to the Internet and mobile phones, and the results might not be generalizable to populations with less access. This thesis has demonstrated a fraction of the possibilities using ICT in epidemiological data collection and e-epidemiology is still in its youth. Once the techniques have been thoroughly evaluated, there are probably endless possibilities to ensure high quality data collection through methods adapted to a modern society.
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Web Survey Bibliography - Voice technology (40)
- Media tracker; 2012
- Specific mixed-mode methodology to reach sensory disabled people in quantitative surveys; 2012; Fontaine, S.
- The Usage of a Cloud Service as an Effective Way of Sharing Cognitive and Usability Test Information; 2012; Rouhunkoski, J., Godenhjelm, P.
- For winning qualitative, make it high-touch + high-tech; 2012; Barber, E., McIlrath, M.
- Using Text-to-Speech (TTS) for Audio-CASI; 2012; Couper, M. P., Kirgis, N., Buageila, S., Berglund, P.
- Data Quality from Low Cost Data Collection Methodologies; 2012; Traugott, M. W.
- Survey paradata: a review; 2011; Nicolaas, G.
- ESOMAR AND CASRO submission to the W3C tracking protection working group - Market research techniques...; 2011
- Population screening of risky alcohol and drug use via Internet and Interactive Voice Response (IVR):...; 2011; Sinadinovic, K., Wennberg, P., Berman, A. H.
- 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.
- The impact of next and back buttons on time to complete and measurement reliability in computer-based...; 2010; Gershon, R. C. et al.
- Interactive Voice Response and web-based questionnaires for population-based infectious disease reporting...; 2010; Bexelius, C., Merk, H., Sandin, S., Nyrén, O., Kühlmann-Berenzon, S., Linde, A., Litton, J.-E.
- Continuous Measurement of Musically-Induced Emotion: A Web Experiment ; 2009; Egermann, H., Nagel, F., Altenmueller, E., Kopiez, R.
- E-epidemiology : Adapting epidemiological methods for the 21st century; 2009; Bexelius, C.
- Innovative online research: The US presidential campaign of Barack Obama case study; 2009; Riley, R.
- Mobile phone surveys in mixed mode environment; 2009; Vehovar, V.
- IVR: Interactive voice technology; 2008; Miller-Steiger, D., Conroy, B.
- Improving Data Quality from Student Surveys: A Natural Experiment in South Africa to Test the Impact...; 2007; Courser, M., Zimmerman, R., Cupp, P., Bhana, A.
- Evolution of Audio Recording in Field Surveys; 2007; Thissen, R., Sattaluri, S., McFarlane, E., Biemer, P. P.
- Methods and Horse Races: How Internet, IVR and Phone Polls Performed in the 2006 Elections; 2007; Blumenthal, M., Franklin, C. H.
- Evaluating Patients' Experiences with Individual Physicians: A Randomized Trial of Mail, Internet, and...; 2006; Rodriguez, H. P., von Glahn, T., Rogers, W. H., Chang, H., Fanjiang, G., Safran, D. G.
- Complementing Random-Digit-Dial Telephone Surveys term with Other Approaches to Collecting Sensitive...; 2006; Galesic, M., Tourangeau, R., Couper, M. P.
- Sound Bytes: Capturing Audio in Survey Interviews; 2005; Hansen, S. E., Krysan, M., Couper, M. P.
- A household panel as a tool for cost-effective health-related population surveys: validity of the "...; 2004; Potthoff, P., Heinemann, Lothar A.J., Guther, B.
- Validation of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) for internet and automated telephone self-report administration...; 2004; Brodey, B. B., Rosen, C. S., Brodey, I. S., Sheetz, B. M., Steinfeld, R. R., Gastfriend, D. R.
- Usability, Comparability And Data Quality Across Modes And Technologies In Census Data Collection; 2004; Conrad, F. G., Couper, M. P.
- Does Voice Matter? An Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Experiment; 2004; Couper, M. P., Singer, E., Tourangeau, R.
- Does the Web Doom Traditional Call Centers?; 2004; Olsen, R. J.
- Modeling Survey Respondents' Speech to Improve Speech Survey Interface; 2004; Ehlen, P., Schober, M. F., Conrad, F. G.
- Mail and Internet Surveys (Book); 2003; Zimmerman, D. E.
- Humanizing self-administered surveys: experiments on social presence in web and IVR surveys; 2003; Tourangeau, R., Couper, M. P., Stegier, D.M.Steiger, D. M.; de Rouvray, C.
- Web Surveys to Digital Movies: Technological Tools of the Trade; 2002; Fetterman, D. M.
- Navigating the Rapids of Change: Some Observations on Survey Methodology in the Early 21st Century; 2002; Dillman, D. A.
- IAPI (Internet Aided Personal Interview); 2002; Muehlenfeld, H. -U.
- An Experiment Comparing Computer-Assisted and Paper Modes of Data Collection for the Short Form in Census...; 2002; Schneider, S. J., Cantor, D., Malakhoff, L., Arieira, C., Segel, P., Nguyen, L., Guarino, J. A.
- Self-administered questions by telephone: Evaluating interactive voice response; 2002; Tourangeau, R., Steiger, D. M.,
- Mail and Internet Surveys (Book Review); 2001; Faubion, C. W., Andrew, J. D.
- Humanizing Self-Administered Surveys: Experiments on Social Presence on the Web and Interactive Voice...; 2001; Steiger, D. M., Couper, M. P., Tourangeau, R.
- Comparison of Telephone, Mail, Web, and IVR Surveys; 2000; Bason, J. J.
- A Conversational Approach to Text-Based Computer-Administered Questionnaires; 1999; Conrad, F. G., Schober, M. F.