Web Survey Bibliography
The rapid development of new technologies and the growing number of computer’s and Internet’s users have opened up new horizons in conducting social research, providing, also, the access to new tools for data collection. In particular, the diffusion of online surveys has been identified as one of the most significant advances in quantitative methodology in the 20th century, starting a “new era for survey research” (Couper, 2000), till to hypothesize that in future the majority of all survey research will be done online (Evans and Mathur, 2005). The paper aims to explore potentials and impacts of using information communication technology (ICT) and Internet as tools for quantitative research in social sciences (Schonlau et al., 2003; Best and Krueger, 2004), analysing how, and under which conditions, they could optimize the survey process. It focuses on several methodological issues in order to explore potentials of ICTs for improving quality of survey and optimizing questionnaire preparation and corresponding responding process. In particular, the paper shows some advantages in using web survey, that could optimize the comprehensive management of the whole survey process. These could be: fast response speed, lower cost, improved accuracy in encoding data, decreased data entry error (since data is collected electronically through a software program and is then instantly downloaded into a statistical program for detailed analysis), reduction of some data quality problems (such as social desirability bias or survey “satisficing” patterns, Skitka and Sargis, 2005), as well flexibility to fit the necessary conditions of particular research studies. On this last point, the attention focuses on the so-called “potential for interactivity” (Conrad et al., 2005), referring to the opportunity to adapt the questionnaire in order to ensure that respondents answer only the questions that pertain specifically to them (Dillman, 2007). This leads to analyse other interactive options for promoting more accurate survey data or improving the quality of responses, including the opportunity to adjust some items basing on the real time viewing answers or to change the questionnaire interface, design and layout as well as to adapt the level of interactivity with respondents (Ganassali, 2008). The presented methodological issues are deepened through a case study showing the use of two “paging-interactive” web surveys interesting two large samples from an adult blended training course: one (over 15.000 cases) composed by low technically skilled learners and the other (about 800 cases) addressed to their e-tutors.
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- Survey Data Quality Provisions in Statistics Canada E-Questionnaire Solution: Retrospective and Perspectives...; 2011; Abiza, Y.
- Developing Electronic Questionnaire Guidelines: Issues and Challenges in a Changing Environment; 2011; Cote, A.-M., Kelly, P., Lawrence, D.
- Triton: a general tool for data collection and micro editing; 2011; Erikson, J.
- A Generalized System for Aided Development and Monitoring of Web Surveys; 2011; Torelli, R.
- Ethical issues in Internet research; 2011; Hoerger, M., Currell, C.
- Using survey data collection as a tool for improving the survey process; 2011; Biffignandi, S., Perani, G., Laureti, A.
- Essential methods for design based sample surveys; 2011; Pfeffermann, D., Rao, C. R.
- A picnic in the field; negotiating the presentation of the self in researcher/respondent relationships...; 2011; Parsons, J.
- The benefits and constraints of e-mail interviews and discussions as methods of accessing valid data; 2011; Roberts, An.
- Is There a Quick Fix for Open-ended Questions? A Comparison of Qualitative Analysis Techniques; 2011; Langer Tesfaye, C.
- The Impact of Open-Ended Questions: A Multivariate Study of Respondent Engagement; 2011; Gittelman, S. H.
- “You are Invited to Participate”: Challenges of Applying Mixed Survey Methods to Assess...; 2011; Chew, F.
- Literacy and Data Quality in Self-Administered Surveys; 2011; Smyth, J. D., Olson, K.
- Catch Them When You Can: Speeders and Their Role in Online Data Quality; 2011; Gutierrez, C., Wells, T., Rao, K., Kurzynski, D.
- Observed Differences in the Placement and Wording of Neutral Response Options in Web Surveys: An Experiment...; 2011; Walton, L., Cobb, C. L., DiSogra, C.
- Does mentioning "some people" and "other people" in a survey question increase the...; 2011; Yeager, D. S., Krosnick, J. A.
- Do not track gathers momentum; 2011; Stark, D.
- “Don’t know” the difference - An experimental comparison between Web and CATI; 2011; Schielicke, A.-M., Degen, M.
- Display resolution; 2011
- A Survey Stopping Rule Based on Weighting for Unit Nonresponse; 2011; Lewis, T.
- Classic Inspirations for Social Research Methodology in the time of Online Access Panels ; 2011; Jerabek, H.
- Five Things You Should Know About Mobile Data Collection; 2011; Pingitore, G.
- Mixed Methods - Analyzing Open-Ended Comments in a Quantitative Employee Survey; 2011; Lawton, L., Broege, N.
- Changing Survey Methods (Discussion); 2011; Lavrakas, P. J.
- Causes of survey incompletes: Why panelists say they abandon surveys; 2011; Henning, J.
- Canadian online panels: Similar or different?; 2011; Chan, P., Ambrose, D.
- Blend, balance, and stabilize respondent sources; 2011; Eggers, M., Drake, E.
- Beyond data stability: Rising above quality concerns; 2011
- Background - QSOAP; 2011
- Audience evolution: New technologies and the transformation of media audiences; 2011; Napoli, P. M.
- Assessing personality traits through response latencies using item response theory; 2011; Ranger, J., Ortner, T. M.
- American public opinion: Its origins, content, and impact (8th Edition); 2011; Erikson, R. S., Tedin, K. L.
- Clarifying Survey Questions; 2011; Redline, C. D.
- A new representative standard for online research: Conquering the challenge of the dirty little "...; 2011; Gittelman, S., Trimarchi, E., Fawson, B.
- 2011 Skills for Life Survey: Headline findings ; 2011
- The place for mobile research? Multi-mode studies of major cultural events; 2011; Conry, S., Atkinson, S.
- Facial imaging: The new face of online survey research; 2011; Gordon, A., McCallum, D., Sorci, M., Llewellyn, T.
- How far is too far: Traditional, flash and gamification interfaces, and implications for the future...; 2011; Puleston, J., Malinoff, B.
- The Evolution of Edits in the Canadian Census of Population Online Questionnaires; 2011; Laroche, D.
- Hrh remuneration: Comparing wage levels, ranking And dispersion of 16 occupations In the health workforce...; 2011; Tijdens, K., de Vries, D.
- Wages worldwide results and measurement issues from the multi-country. WageIndicator web-survey ; 2011; van Klaveren, M., Tijdens, K.
- Text string matching to measure occupations in web-surveys; 2011; Tijdens, K. G.
- Web-based rating scales: HTML 5 and other innovations; 2011; Funke, F.
- A Methodological Inference towards the Quantification of Technological Frames ; 2011; Cachia, E., Camilleri, P.
- International Economics, Labour markets and Web Surveys Qualities; 2011; Guzi, M., de Pedraza, P.
- On Affordances and Technological Intersubjectivity; 2011; Vatrapu, R.
- The optimal number of response options in internet panel surveys; 2011; Thorsdottir, F.
- Online Research @ GESIS; 2011; Kaczmirek, L., Lenzner, T.
- Building online communities; 2011; Mlačić, B., Milas, G., Mikloušić, I.
- Romanian financing opportunities for the action; 2011; Moga, L.