Web Survey Bibliography
A new revision of the HTML standard is forthcoming. HTML5 offers many new features relevant for Web-based survey research, some of which are already implemented in many current browsers. The current experimental study focused on two new input types that could be especially relevant for mobile Web surveys. On mobile devices like smart phones or tablets, there are different types of virtual keyboards. Due to space constraints, some of these keyboards either result in small buttons or require switching between layouts. Reducing the keyboard to relevant keys only (e.g., numbers for numerical input) may have two beneficial effects. Firstly, customized keyboards lead to larger buttons that may improve usability, resulting in fewer typing errors. Additionally, the number of clicks (required to change between keyboard layouts) can be reduced. Secondly, a specific keyboard illustrates that a certain type of answer is expected, which could improve question understanding. On the flipside, restricting respondents’ input to certain characters may have a negative effect on data quality and respondent motivation. Some new input – especially those with pre-selected answers – could even lead to biased answers or to break-off. In a Web experiment two new HTML5 input types have been evaluated. The first input type (element <form type="time">) is used to collect time information. In desktop browsers two control buttons that can be clicked to enter a certain time of day are added to a text field. In mobile browsers a scroll wheel is presented instead of an alphanumeric keyboard. The second HTML5 input type (element <form type="tel">) does only affect mobile devices. Instead of offering a full keyboard, a numeric keypad is presented. The impact on different aspects of data quality (e.g., validity, incorrect answers, item non-response, and break-off) considering client-side paradata will be presented and recommendations for survey design will be discussed.
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Web survey bibliography - 6th Internet Survey Metodology Workshop 2012 (21)
- Design of CAWI Instruments for Social Surveys ; 2012; Blanke, K.
- Web Survey Software; 2012; Berzelak, N., Vehovar, V., Slavec, A.
- Surveying general population: What types of experiments are further needed?; 2012; Vehovar, V., Berzelak, N.
- Psychometric properties of an internet administered version of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability...; 2012; Vesteinsdottir, V., Reips, U.-D., Joinson, A. N., Porsdottir, F.
- 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.
- Research design for studying online communities with web surveys; 2012; Petrovcic, A., Petric, G., Lozar Manfreda, K.
- “What a waste of time!” vs “Why not participate?” On sentiments by business...; 2012; Torres van Grinsven, V., Snijkers, G., Daas, P.
- Case study: Respondent perspective on survey response; 2012; Jarrett, C.
- Effect of different stimulus on data quality in online panels; 2012; Zagar, S., Lozar Manfreda, K.
- The German Internet Panel: First Results from the Recruitment Phases; 2012; Blom, A. G.
- Panel retention rate and data quality: experimental results drawing on Reciprocity design; 2012; Biffignandi, S., Artaz, R.
- Analysis of coverage bias for the implementation of web surveys in Spain; 2012; de Pedraza, P., Serrano, F.
- Web panels in Slovenia; 2012; Lenar, J., Vehovar, V.
- Presidential Elections in Iceland 2012 – Did online panel surveys give false hope to new candidates...; 2012; Jonsdottir, G. A., Dofradottir, A. G., Bjornsdottir, A. E.
- Website exit surveys. What can we measure with them?; 2012; Andreadis, I.
- Challenges and pitfalls of measuring wages via web surveys - some explorations; 2012; Steinmetz, S., Bianchi, A., Tijdens, K., Biffignandi, S.
- Adaptation of Cognitive Interviews for Web; 2012; Mohorko, A., Hlebec, V.
- The Usage of a Cloud Service as an Effective Way of Sharing Cognitive and Usability Test Information; 2012; Rouhunkoski, J., Godenhjelm, P.
- Database Lookup in Web Surveys; 2012; Couper, M. P., Zhang, C., Conrad, F. G., Tourangeau, R.
- Time use data collection using Smartphones: Results of a pilot study among experienced and inexperienced...; 2012; Scherpenzeel, A., Sonck, N., Fernee, H., Morren, Me.