Web Survey Bibliography
Web is King
Nearly all market research agencies offering quantitative research include online research as part of their offering. It seems that the number of organisations offering this service is only likely to increase very slowly in future years. However, the total volume of Web research has room for further growth.
Opportunities in mixed mode?
A substantial minority of companies offer mixed mode research as part of their offering, but it is currently only a very small part of revenues. By far the most common combination for mixed mode is Web and CATI. Contrary to common opinion, the main reasons for conducting mixed mode are not to cut fieldwork costs (although this is also important) but to increase response rates and improve respondent satisfaction – both factors closely aligned with combating the acknowledged decline in response rates. Though volumes remain small, the opportunities that mixed mode offers, and the fact that many companies are interested enough to have added it to their portfolios suggests that this is going to become a far larger revenue stream in the future.
An unclear future for other data collection methods What is to become of the other data collection methods is less certain. Small companies see a growth in CATI, CAPI and Web, whereas medium and large companies only see a growth in the Web. Revenues for CAPI are very small compared to the number of companies offering the service – which suggests a problem or that this mode has reached a plateau.
Opportunities in panel management
Nearly half of the companies in the study have developed their own software for panel management and a sizeable minority are using Microsoft Access or Excel. However, this is less than in previous years, showing there is a trend towards buying packaged panel management solutions rather than creating custom tools.
Major changes on the horizon
Around a quarter of the industry is planning to change their software over the next two years and another quarter is undecided. The big companies appear to be more likely to switch software – 39% plan to change and a further 18% are undecided. That is, less than a half of the big companies are planning not to change their software. There are sharp differences between the reasons cited by larger and smaller research companies.
Desperately seeking panel data
In our previous two studies, respondents expected to make less use of client supplied sample, but this has not been the case. The utilization of client sample has actually increased, this year, showing a widening gulf between hopes and experience. Previously, it also seemed that access panels were gaining in popularity and the results this year confirm the ascendancy of the rented panel.
Reporting and analysis – more of the same
As before, PowerPoint is easily the most favoured distribution tool, but our analysis shows that bulk cross-tab reporting, though now only used in a minority of projects, is far from the brink of becoming obsolete.
Web survey bibliography - Marketing/business (336)
- Implementation of a reaction time tool for brand measurement at Swisscom; 2009; Paar, I., Urbahn, J.
- It’s all about customer satisfaction - Advantages and limitations of online surveys in applied...; 2009; Einhorn, M., Klein-Reesink, T., Löffler, M.
- Measuring Network Quality: Strengths and Weaknesses of different Evaluation Methods (SMS, w@p and web...; 2009; Wallisch, A., Schwab, H.
- The new IT environment for the Italian consumer price survey; 2009; Giannini, R., Polidoro, F., Sgamba, A. M., Silipo, M., Spagnuolo, F., Virgillito, A.
- A hybrid online and offline approach to market measurement studies; 2009; Cooke, M., Watkins, N., Moy, C.
- A usability of a new graphical shopping interface through GlobalPark; 2009; Groenen, P. J. F., Kagie, M.
- The reparation of trust after negative feedback – the results of two online experiments among...; 2009; Utz, S.
- Internet research differs from research on internet users: some methodological insights into online...; 2009; Lohmann, M., Schmucker, D. J.
- Doing surveys where it matters - the GPS-age and privacy. How the MR industry can do surveys where the...; 2009; Tjostheim, I., Fritsch, L.
- Evaluating two different mobile survey approaches: personal mobile panel research and ad-hoc mobile...; 2009; Friedrich-Freksa, M., Metzger, G.
- Using mobile research to get to the heart of branding and marketing effectiveness right now; 2009; Day, D.
- Mobile phone surveys in mixed mode environment; 2009; Vehovar, V.
- The advisory panel on online public opinion survey quality - Final report June 4, 2008; 2008
- Online panel management practices that minimize satisficing behavior; 2008; Weber, S.
- An online panel as a platform for multi-disciplinary research; 2008; Scherpenzeel, A.
- Analytic implications of panel data quality; 2008; Harlow, B.
- Pavlov revisited; 2008; De Wulf, K., Friedman, M., Borggreve, B.
- Digital moms; 2008; Wilbur, C. Rimmer, L.
- Getting animated about emotion; 2008; Penn, D.
- Can online panels be truly global?; 2008; Shashkin, A. V.
- Using Internet Pages of Organisations as Data Source for Social Science Research; 2008; Baumgarten, B., Grauel, J.
- The Danish time use and consumption survey 2008/9 - preliminary experiencies from applying a combined...; 2008; Bonke, J.
- Testing the Effects of Multiple Manipulations on Print and Online Survey Response Rates: Lessons Learned...; 2008; Bachman, M., Vaccaro, D.
- ‘For Example’: How Different Example Types in Online Surveys Influence Frequency ; 2008; Berent, M., Krosnick, J. A.
- Computing Metrics for Online Panels; 2008; Callegaro, M., DiSogra, C.
- An Iranian Experience of Internet Surveys; 2008; Khoshgooyanfard, A. R.
- Designing and conducting online interviews to investigate interesting consumer phenomena; 2008; Gruber, T., Szmigin, I., Reppel, A. E., Voss, R.
- Not Mixed-Mode but Switch-Mode; 2008; Höglinger, M., Abraham, M., Arpagaus, J.
- Sample bias, weights and efficiency of weights in a continuous web voluntary survey; 2007; de Pedraza, P., Tijdens, K., de Bustillo, R.
- XSight and the shaping of Marketing Analytics; 2007; Birks, D. F.
- Utopia - a complete research management system; 2007; Brandwood, T.
- The challenge of geocoding large-scale travel surveys; 2007; J.Smith, A. J.
- Multiple imputation: review of theory, implementation and software; 2007; Harel, O., Zhou, X. H.
- ICC/ESOMAR International code on market and social research; 2007
- Global market research 2007; 2007
- Electronic data collection methods; 2007; Singh, M., Burgess, S.
- A new era of Market Research – Real-Time Sampling™ (RTS); 2007; Davis, H.
- Low-Cost, Hosted Online Surveys Open up Opportunities for Businesses to Quickly Gain Insights Into and...; 2007; Ramstetter Wenzel, A.
- ONLINE DATA COLLECTION – SOLUTION OR BAND-AID?; 2007; Crassweller, A., Williams, D., Thompson, I.
- MAGAZINE EFFECTIVENESS NOW DIRECTLY OBSERVABLE; 2007; Green, M.
- A preliminary study of electronic surveys as a means to enhance management accounting research; 2007; Al-Omiri, M.
- Surfable Surveys: Using Web-Based Technology to Reach Newsroom Respondents ; 2007; Adams, T., Cleary, J.
- The Consumer Panel Reinvented; 2007; Fielding, M.
- The anonymous elect. Market research through online access panels; 2006; Postoaca, A.
- Research quality: The next MR industry challenge; 2006; Dedeker, K.
- Online marketing research; 2006; Miller, J.
- Microsoft sues testing material vendors; 2006; Johnston, S. J.
- Greenfield unveils real-time sampling; 2006
- Global market research 2006; 2006
- The 2006 Confirmit Annual MR Software Survey; 2006; Macer, T., Wilson, S.