Web Survey Bibliography
Relevance & Research Question: Mobile Web surveys – i.e., online questionnaires that are accessed with mobile devices like smartphones – offer new possibilities for both behavioral research and consumer research. The aim of our study is to gain more insight into the potential of mobile Web surveys like speed, contacting hard-to-reach populations, or using location data.
Methods & Data: Participants (N = 1501) were recruited from the LINK online panel where all members are actively recruited subsequent to representative telephone interviews. Thus, there is no heavy-user bias, which often can be observed in access panels (see Wachenfeld, 2010). Overall, the panel aims to be representative for the general German Internet population.
Results: Overall 43% of German Internet users have a smartphone at their disposal. Most users (60%) would use a mobile device to participate in a Web survey. However, in the present study only 11% participated using a cell phone. The main reasons were time considerations (24%), not feeling like it (17%), and not knowing that it was possible (12%). As expected, participants using cell phones were more likely to be abroad instead of at home. A further insight is that nearly half of the smartphone owners would allow the read-out of their actual location (e.g., using GPS).
Added Value: Findings are representative for the German Internet users. Overall, there is a considerable potential for mobile Web surveys. New possibilities for mobile data collection (e.g., point of sale studies or mixed-mode designs) as well as the impact on data quality are discussed.
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Web survey bibliography - Funke, F. (19)
- Higher Item Nonresponse Rates Caused by Slider Scales in Web Surveys; 2015; Toepoel, V.; Funke, F.
- Investigating Response Quality in Mobile and Desktop Surveys: A Comparison of Radio Buttons, Visual...; 2014; Toepoel, V.; Funke, F.
- The Use of Paradata to Predict Future Cooperation in a Panel Study; 2014; Funke, F., Goeritz, A.
- HTML5 and mobile Web surveys: A Web experiment on new input types; 2013; Funke, F.
- Break-off and attrition in the GIP amongst technologically experienced and inexperienced participants...; 2013; Blom, A. G., Bossert, D., Clark, V., Funke, F., Gebhard, F., Holthausen, A., Krieger, U., Wachenfeld...
- Nonresponse and Nonresponse Bias in a Probability-Based Internet Panel; 2013; Blom, A. G., Bossert, D., Funke, F., Gebhard, F., Holthausen, A., Krieger, U.
- Enhancing Web Surveys With New HTML5 Input Types; 2012; Funke, F.
- Mobile Survey Participation Rates in Commercial Market Research: A Meta-Analysis; 2012; Bosnjak, M., Poggio, T., Becker, K. R., Funke, F., Wachenfeld, A., Fischer, B.
- High potential for mobile Web surveys: Findings from a survey representative for German Internet users...; 2012; Funke, F., Wachenfeld, A.
- Why semantic differentials in Web-based research should be made from visual analogue scales and not...; 2012; Funke, F., Reips, U.-D.
- Web-based rating scales: HTML 5 and other innovations; 2011; Funke, F.
- Ignoring the compatibility of online questionnaires may bias the psychological composition of your sample...; 2011; Funke, F.
- Explaining more variance with visual analogue scales: A Web experiment; 2011; Funke, F.
- Internet-Based Measurement With Visual Analogue Scales: An Experimental Investigation; 2010; Funke, F.
- Making small effects observable: Reducing error by using visual analogue scales; 2009; Funke, F., Reips, U.-D.
- Yes, VASs can! Increasing the accuracy of survey measurements with computerized visual analogue scales...; 2009; Funke, F., Reips, U.-D.
- Response Formats in Cross-cultural Comparisons in Web-based Surveys; 2009; Thomas, R. K.l, Terhanian, G., Funke, F.
- Using Audio and Video Clips in Web Surveys — Feasibility and Impact on Data Quality; 2007; Fuchs, M., Funke, F.
- Dynamic Forms: Online Surveys 2.0 ; 2007; Funke, F., Reips, U.-D.