Web Survey Bibliography
Equivalence is a necessary prerequisite of any substantive analysis of cross-cultural survey data. Cognitive interviewing is a suitable method when it comes to identifying non-equivalence in survey data and, particularly, its causes. Usual face-to-face cognitive interviews have their shortcomings or particular challenges, though, such as limited sample sizes, great time and cost investment, or interviewer effects due to different interviewer behavior. In cross-national research, these problems are exacerbated and, thus, it does not come as a surprise that the use of cognitive interviewing in the comparative context brings with it particular challenges. We therefore propose to test web surveys as a supplemental means to conduct cross-cultural probing studies and to assess equivalence of measures in cross-national studies. Web surveys permit to counter the above mentioned aspects: they allow e.g. the cost-effective increase in sample size and therefore quantification of results; they also allow for the standardization of probing procedures, a factor which is not unimportant in cross-national studies. In this paper, we report findings regarding equivalence from an international web survey conducted in Canada, Denmark, eastern and western Germany, Hungary, Spain, and the US in January 2011. A net sample of 480 respondents in each country/region was targeted. Online access panels were commissioned to provide the respondents according to pre-set quotas. The survey on politics and family included eight probing questions for each respondent, among which category selection probing, comprehension probing, and specific probing. Among the close-ended questions, four items regarding beliefs on immigrants taken from the ISSP 2003 questionnaire on “National Identity” were asked in the survey. They refer to whether immigrants increase crime rates, whether they are generally good for the economy, whether they take jobs away from native people, and whether they improve society by bringing in new ideas and cultures. Four splits were implemented and each of the four items figured as the first item in one of these split version. In each split, the first item was followed by a specific probe, which was: “Which type of immigrants were you thinking of when you answered the question?” Being aware that design plays an important role in web surveys due to its impact on answer behavior, we additionally implemented a design experiment for the above mentioned probe. Respondents were thus randomly assigned either to a probe with a small answer box or a probe with a large answer box in order to test the effect of answer box sizes on answer patterns.
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Web survey bibliography - 2011 (358)
- The Validity of Surveys: Online and Offline; 2016; Wiersma, W.
- Computer science security research and human subjects: Emerging considerations for research ethics boards...; 2013; Buchanan, E. A., Aycock, J., Dexter, S., Dittrich, D., Hvizdak, E. E.
- Multiple Sources of Nonobservation Error in Telephone Surveys: Coverage and Nonresponse; 2011; Peytchev, A.; Carley-Baxter, L. R.; Black, M. C.
- Online Questionnaires for Outbreak Investigations; 2011; Parry, A. E.; Johnson, D. R.; Byron-Gray, K.; Raupach, J. C. A.; McPherson, M.
- Inventory of published research: Response burden measurement and reduction in official business statistics...; 2011; Giesen, D. & Snijkers, G. (Eds.), Bavdaz, M., Bergstrom, Y., Gravem, D. F., Haraldsen, G., Hedlin, D...
- Effects of speeding on satisficing in Mixed-Mode Surveys; 2011; Bathelt, S., Bauknecht, J.
- Using Research-Based Practices to Increase Response Rates of Web-Based Surveys; 2011; Perkins, R. A.
- Using break-offs in web interviews for predicting web response in mixed mode surveys; 2011; Beukenhorst, D.
- Web panels in Slovenia; 2011; Lenar, J.
- Traditional and non-traditional treatments for autism spectrum disorder with seizures: an on-line survey...; 2011; Frye, R. E., Sreenivasula, S., Adams, J. B.
- Understanding the new digital divide—A typology of Internet users in Europe; 2011; Brandtzæg, P.B.; Heim, J.; Karahasanoviæ, A.
- Patients’ attitudes toward side effects of antidepressants: an Internet survey; 2011; Kikuchi, T., Uchida, H., Suzuki, T., Watanabe, K., Kashima, H.
- Web-based or paper-based surveys: a quandary?; 2011; Bennett, L., Sid Nair, C.
- Refining the Total Survey Error Perspective; 2011; Smith, T. W.
- ELIPSS: Étude Longitudinale par Internet Pour les Sciences Sociales; 2011; Legleye, S., Lesnard, L.
- Less questions, more data: Revitalizing the european currency in single source affluent audience measurement...; 2011; Hartman, H.
- Linking website exposure data to survey data: A single-source solution; 2011; Krahn, J., Landi, J., Melton, E.
- Inference in surveys with sequential mixed-mode data collection; 2011; Buelens, B., van der Brakel, J.
- Using a Probability-based Online Panel to Survey American Jews; 2011; Wright, G., Phillips, B. T., Tobias, J., Peugh, J., Semans, K.
- Choice of Content Presentation Mode in Web-Based Survey Administration; 2011; Osborn, L., Mansfield, W., Ramirez, C. M., Lacey, J. N., etc.
- Seasonal Yield Variation and Related Response Patterns in Address-based Mail Samples; 2011; DiSogra, C., Hendarwan, E.
- Gender-specific on-line shopping preferences; 2011; Ulbrich, F., Christensen, T., Stankus, L.
- Mixing modes in the LFS - Computer-assisted, cost effective and respondent friendly; 2011; Koerner, T., van der Valk, J.
- Peanuts and Monkeys: Incentivisation and engagement in online access panels; 2011; Marks, B.
- Establishing Cross-National Equivalence of Measures of Xenophobia: Evidence from Probing in Web Surveys...; 2011; Braun, M., Behr, D., Kaczmirek, L.
- Methodological challenges in the use of the Internet for scientific research: Ten solutions and recommendations...; 2011; Reips, U.-D., Buchanan, T., Krantz, J. H., McGrawn, K.Reips, U.-D.
- Search and email still top the list of most popular online activities; 2011; Purcell, K.
- Using Internet in Stated Preference Surveys: A Review and Comparison of Survey Modes; 2011; Lindhjem, H., Navrud, S.
- On the experience and evidence about mixing modes of data collection in large-scale surveys where the...; 2011; Dex, S., Gumy, J.
- Survey Gamification: Old Wine in New Bottles?; 2011; Baker, R. P.
- The Game Experiments: Researching how gaming techniques can be used to improve the quality of feedback...; 2011; Sleep, D., Puleston, J.
- Statistical Estimation of Word Acquisition With Application to Readability Prediction; 2011; Kidwell, P., Lebanon, G., Collins-Thompson, K.
- What is Probit; 2011
- Voice-of-the-customer marketing: A revolutionary 5-step process to create customers who care, spend,...; 2011; Roman, E.
- User agent; 2011
- Unpublisihed internal Google report on break off rates by device type; 2011; Callegaro, M.
- Toward wiser public judgment; 2011; Yankelovich, D., Friedman, W.
- The impact of cookie deletion on site-server and ad-server metrics in Australia. An empirical comScore...; 2011
- The changing role of address-based sampling in survey research; 2011; Iannacchione, V. G.
- State of mobile measurement; 2011; Gluck, M.
- Some issues in the application of latent class models for questionnaire design; 2011; Biemer, P. P., Berzofsky, M.
- Self-administered mobile surveys; 2011; Bosnjak, M.
- SDSC Announces scalable, high-performance data storage cloud; 2011
- Ratings and audience measurement; 2011; Napoli, P. M.
- Randomized response models in survey sampling. Randomized response models; 2011; Hussain, Z.
- Online survey research: Findings, best practices, and future research. Report prepared for the Advertising...; 2011; Vannette, D.
- Online survey research: Findings, Best practices, and future research; 2011
- New Esomar survey on use of cookies and tracking technologies; 2011
- Mobile, webmail, desktops: Where are we viewing email now?; 2011
- Measuring americans' issue priorities. A new version of the most important problem question reveals...; 2011; Yeager, D. S., Larson, S. B., Krosnick, J. A., Tompson, T.