Web Survey Bibliography
Title How users read on the web
Author Nielsen, J.
Source NN/g Nielsen Norman Group
Year 1997
Access date 02.05.2013
Abstract
People rarely read Web pages word by word; instead, they scan the page, picking out individual words and sentences. In research on how people read websites we found that 79 percent of our test users always scanned any new page they came across; only 16 percent read word-by-word. (Update: a newer study found that users read email newsletters even more abruptly than they read websites.)
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Year of publication1997
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Web survey bibliography - 1997 (23)
- Reinterview: A tool for survey quality improvement; 2007; Feindt, P., Schreiner, I., Bushery, J.
- World-Wide Web survey research made easy with WWW Survey Assistant; 1997; Schmidt, W. C.
- Getting a foot in the electronic door Understanding why people read or delete electronic mail; 1997; Tuten, T. L.
- Internet marketing research: resources and techniques; 1997; Forrest, E.
- Feeling thermometers versus 7-point scales. Which are better?; 1997; Alwin, D. F.
- Electronic methods of collecting survey data: A review of E-research; 1997; Tuten, T. L.
- Editing of survey data: How much is enough?; 1997; Grandquist, L., Kovar, J. G.
- Designing rating scales for effective measurernent in surveys; 1997; Krosnick, J. A., Fabrigar, L. R.
- Some Considerations for Conducting an Electronic Mail Study with University Students; 1997; Williams, A. N., Morphew, C. C., Nusser, S. M.
- Some Considerations for Conducting an Electronic Mail Study with University Students; 1997; Williams, A. N., Morphew, C. C., Nusser, S. M.
- The Effect of E-Personality on Research Results; 1997; MacElroy, B.
- Search no Further. Yahoo!'s Audience Analysis Project - A Case Study; 1997; Kottler, R. E.
- The Internet: Access grows, policies lag; 1997; Frost, M.
- Research and the Internet: An e-mail survey of sexual orientation; 1997; Sell, R. L.
- The Effect of New Data Collection Technologies on Survey Data; 1997; Nicholls II, W. L., Martin, J.
- Update on the Internet Usage Survey; 1997; Bremer, J.
- A study of factors affecting responses in electronic mail surveys; 1997; Good, K. P.
- On-line focus groups: four approaches that work; 1997; Jacobson, P.
- Are Internet surveys ready for prime time; 1997; Davis, G.
- Conducting On-Line Focus Groups: A Methodological Discussion; 1997; Gaiser, T. J.
- Internet research: still a few hurdles to clear; 1997; Weissbach, S.
- Using the Internet for quantitative survey research; 1997
- Internet surveys: Does WWW stand for "Why waste the work?"; 1997; Eaton, B.
- Assessing Student Attitudes: Computer Versus Pencil-and-Paper Administration; 1997; Antons, C. M., Dilla, B. L., Fultz, M. L.