Web Survey Bibliography
With the recent rise of Internet based public opinion studies, panel studies have been utilized with much more frequency. Although the benefits of panel methods are well known (e.g., Sharot 1991), using a panel risks bias in two ways. First, since panels rely on re-interviewing panelists, systematic panel attrition can produce a panel that is un-representative of the target population. Second, interviewing and re-interviewing panelists may change the opinions/behaviors of the panelists – creating unrepresentative panelists. To investigate the prevalence and impact of these possible biases, I investigate a panel that is particularly suspect to these sources of bias – the panel of Knowledge Networks. Knowledge Networks’ panelists are not only given an interactive TV appliance and Internet access, but they are also surveyed weekly. In this paper I both examine the extent (and effect) of panel attrition in Knowledge Networks’s panel over a 7 month period, as well as report the results of an experiment designed to isolate the possible opinion/behavior changes introduced by panel participation. I find little evidence of either type of bias in the Knowledge Networks panel.
Web survey bibliography (12)
- Innovation for television research - online surveys via HbbTV. A new technology with fantastic opportunities...; 2014; Herche, J., Adler, M.
- Virtual Cognitive Interviewing Using Skype and Second Life; 2013; Dean, E., Head, B., Swicegood, J. E.
- Effects of Self-Awareness on Disclosure During Skype Survey Interviews; 2013; Feuer, S., Schober, M. F.
- 3 screen measurement: Soccer World Cup 2010; 2010; Conry, S., Benezra, K., Singh, S.
- Gender-of-Interviewer Effects in a Video-Enhanced Web Survey: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment...; 2009; Fuchs, M.
- Introducing Visual Methods ; 2008; Prosser, J., Loxley, A.
- Response Effects in Video-enhanced Web Surveys; 2008; Fuchs, M.
- Transitioning from Self-Reports to Self-Installed Electronic Audience Measurement; 2008; Trussell, N., Vanno, L., Matthess, E., Bailey, J., Link, M. W.
- Valuation of Natural Resource Improvements in the Adirondacks; 2004; Banzhaf, S., Burtraw, D., Evans, D., Krupnick A.
- Picture This! Exploring Visual Effects in Web Surveys; 2004; Couper, M. P., Tourangeau, R., Kenyon, K.
- The Advent of internet surveys for political research: a comparison of telephone and internet surveys...; 2003; Berrens, R. P., Bohara, A. K., Jenkins-Smith, H. C., Silva, C. L., Weimer, D. L.
- Panel Bias from Attrition and Conditioning: A Case Study of the Knowledge Networks Panel; 2001; Clinton, J. D.