Web Survey Bibliography
In Web-based surveys, a forced response to questions can be a solution to item non-response. This method may come with costs, however, that could affect the quality of responses and respondent drop-off rate. The Graduate Management Admission Council© (GMAC) conducted a Web-based survey with 4,135 motivated graduate business school alumni. GMAC investigated the impact that forced-response items had on respondent drop-off and qualitative differences in item answers. The survey used a random split-sample: Half of the respondents were forced to answer all survey questions. The other half was allowed to move to the next question without answering the current question. For the latter group, a request-response prompt notified respondents of an unanswered question and asked whether they would like to continue with or without answering the item. The survey was comprised of 49 questions and had an average completion time of 20 minutes. No differences were found between the forced-response and the request-response conditions with respect to respondent drop-off. In addition, no differences were found in the attitudinal nature of the response items. The forced-response and requestresponse designs had no impact on the response to categorical items regardless of placement in the survey. There was a marginal impact on items of personal sensitivity, such as compensation; however, this was not true for all finance-related questions. A motivated and interested population of graduate management alumni completed a lengthy questionnaire without regard to the treatment in this study. Furthermore, the content of responses was not impacted by forced or requested item conditions, and the only hesitancy was to reveal sensitive information, which is a common survey respondent issue.
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- Examining Factors Impacting Online Survey Response Ratesin Educational Research: Perceptions of Graduate...; 2017; Saleh, A.; Bista, K.
- Using Mixed Methods to Research the Professional Development Needs of English Teacher Educators in PCET...; 2017; Eliahoo, R.
- Why Do Web Surveys Take Longer on Smartphones?; 2016; Couper, M. P.; J. J.Peterson, G. J.
- The impact of visual design and response formats on data quality in a web survey of MOOC students; 2016; Maloshonok, N.; Terentev, E.
- Reminder Effect and Data Usability on Web Questionnaire Survey for University Students; 2016; Oishi, T.; Mori, M.; Takata, E.
- Investigating respondent multitasking in web surveys using paradata; 2016; Sendelbah, A.; Vehovar, V.; Slavec, A.; Petrovcic, A.
- Exploring Factors in Contributing Student Progress in the Open University; 2016; Arifin, M. H.
- Mode System Effects in an Online Panel Study: Comparing a Probability-based Online Panel with two Face...; 2015; Struminskaya, B.; De Leeuw, E. D.; Kaczmirek, L.
- Response Effects of Prenotification, Prepaid Cash, Prepaid Vouchers, and Postpaid Vouchers: An Experimental...; 2015; van Veen, F.; Goeritz, A.; Sattler, S.
- Calendar Instruments in Retrospective Web Surveys; 2015; Glasner, T.; van der Vaart, W.; Dijkstra, W.
- Cognitive Testing of Survey Translations: Does Respondent Language Proficiency Matter?; 2015; Schoua-Glusberg, A.; Park, H.; Meyer, M.; Goerman, P. L.; Sha, M.
- Nannies' Knowledge, Attitude, and Management of Food Allergies of Children: An Online Survey; 2015; Greiwe, J. C., Pazheri, F., Schroer, B.
- Is Vague Valid? The Comparative Predictive Validity of Vague Quantifiers and Numeric Response Options...; 2014; Al Baghal, T.
- Improving Survey Response Rates in Online Panels Effects of Low-Cost Incentives and Cost-Free Text Appeal...; 2014; Pedersen, M. J., Nielsen, C. V.
- The New Majority: How Will Latino Youth Succeed in the Context of Low Educational Expectations and Assumptions...; 2014; Gomez, C. A., Villasenor, E., Mann, E. S., Mandic, C. G., Valladares, E. S., Mercado, V., et al.
- Testing if Healthy Perfectionism Enhances Academic Achievement in Australian Secondary School Students...; 2014; Thorpe, E., Nettelbeck, T.
- Assessing Within-Household Selection Methods in Household Mail Surveys; 2014; Olson, K., Stange, M., Smyth, J. D.
- Web-based Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction Surveys May Introduce Potential for Bias; 2014; Broadwater-Hollifield, C., Fair, J., Podolsky, S., et al.
- Undisclosed Privacy: The Effect of Privacy Rights Design on Response Rates; 2014; Haer, R., Meidert, N.
- Dropout Rates and Response Times of an Occupation Search Tree in a Web Survey; 2014; Tijdens, K. G.
- Students First Choice – the influence of mobile mode on results; 2014; Maxl, E.
- The relationships among nurses' job characteristics and attitudes toward web-based continuing learning...; 2013; Chiu, Y.-L., Tsai, C.-C., Fan Chiang, C.-Y.
- Evaluating Arts-Based Cancer Education Using an Internet Survey among Alaska Community Health Workers...; 2013; Cueva, M., Cueva, K., Dignan, M., Lanier, A., Kuhnley, R.
- Education in the Responsible Conduct of Research in Psychology: Methods and Scope; 2013; DiLorenzo, T. A., Becker-Fiegeles, J., Gibelman, M.
- Intra-individual variation of extreme response style in mixed-mode panel studies; 2013; Aichholzer, J.
- Knowledge of palliative care: An online survey; 2013; Al Qadire, M.
- Identifying the Research Information Needs of the Racing and Breeding Industries in New Zealand: Results...; 2013; Bolwell, C., Gray, Da., Reid, Ja.
- Educational use of smart phone technology: A survey of mobile phone application use by undergraduate...; 2013; Bomhold, C. R.
- Media Commons: the process and value of centralizing services; 2013; Mestre, L. S.
- Dialogistic Presence on Community College Websites in Nine Megastates; 2013; Shadinger, D.
- Adjusting for bias in a mixed-mode CAWI survey on University students ; 2013; Clerici, R., Giraldo, A.
- An imputation approach for analyzing mixed-mode surveys; 2013; Kim, J. K., Park, Se., Kim, S. Y.
- A walking exercise on a tightrope: trying to balance coverage, probabilistic sampling and the costs...; 2013; Poggio, T.
- Validity of Measuring Educational Attainment - Education and Value Orientation in the European Values...; 2013; Ortmanns, V.
- Educational attainment in cross-national surveys: instrument design, data collection, harmonisation...; 2013; Schneider, S.
- Eliminate Item Non-Response: The Effect of Forcing Respondents to Answer in Web Surveys; 2013; Leach, L. M.
- Building a History: Collecting Comprehensive Employment Data in a Web-Based, Multi-Mode Survey; 2013; Cominole, M., Bennett, C., Caves, L.
- Use of Drag-and-Drop Rating Scales in Web Surveys and Its Effect on Survey Reports and Data Quality; 2013; Kunz, T.
- The Impact on Web Survey Drop-Out Rates of Page Number Progress Indicators Used Throughout, Near the...; 2013; Walston, J. T., Cunningham, B., Medway, R.
- Utilizing the Web in a Multi-Mode Survey; 2013; Venkataraman, L.
- Speed (necessarily) doesn't kill: A new way to detect survey satisficing; 2013; Garland, P., Chen, K., Epstein, J., Suh, A.
- Using interactive feedback to enhance response quality in Web surveys. The case of open-ended questions...; 2013; Emde, M., Fuchs, M.
- Reducing Response Order Effects in Check-All-That-Apply Questions by Use of Dynamic Tooltip Instructions...; 2013; Kunz, T., Fuchs, M.
- Ethics, privacy and data security in web-based course evaluation; 2013; Salaschek, M., Meese, C., Thielsch, M.
- Medical students’ exposure to Urology in the undergraduate curriculum, a web based survey; 2012; Derbyshire, L. F., O’Flynn, K. J.
- Social research in online context: methodological reflections on web surveys from a case study; 2012; Pandolfini, V.
- What can be said about quality in the Central Population Register based on a self-completion survey...; 2012; Falnes-Dalheim, E., Pedersen, H. E.
- Boosting Web pick-up Rates by referring to Compliance Principles ; 2012; Falnes-Dalheim, E., Haraldsen, G., Sundvoll, A.
- Ebook readings jumps, print book reading declines; 2012; Rainie, L., Duggan, M.
- Prenotification, Incentives, and Survey Modality: An Experimental Test of Methods to Increase Survey...; 2012; Tepper, J. R., Jacob, B.