Web Survey Bibliography
For researchers, a key issue in developing electronic mail as a survey method is to understand what factors are at play as a potential respondent chooses to open or delete a mail message. This research investigated the process by which individuals make decisions about opening and reading versus deleting electronic mail and also assessed attitudes towards electronic mail surveys. The sample received an electronic mail message followed by a telephone interview. Results indicated that individuals delete mail when the subject line does not interest them or when they do not recognize the name of the individual sending the email. Those interviewed reacted favorably to electronic mail surveys for scientific research despite issues on anonymity. However, respondents overwhelmingly described a dislike for commercially based electronic mail surveys.
Thema des vorliegenden Arbeitsberichts ist die Nutzung von E-mail fuer Umfragen. Vorraussetzung fuer die Nutzung dieses Mediums ist, dass die Nachrichten vom Empfaenger geoeffnet und gelesen werden. Es wird mit Hilfe von Telefoninterviews untersucht, welche Faktoren bei der Entscheidung, eine Nachricht zu lesen oder zu loeschen, eine Rolle spielen. Der Autor kommt zu dem Schluss, dass Nachrichten vor allem dann geloescht werden, wenn der Betreff die Empfaenger nicht interessiert oder wenn diese den Namen des Absenders nicht kennen. Die Befragten zeigen eine Vorliebe fuer E-mail-Umfragen im Rahmen wissenschaftlicher Forschungen und aeussern deutliche Abneigung gegen kommerzielle E-mail-Umfragen.
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Web survey bibliography - Reports, seminars (231)
- Web-based survey techniques. A synthesis of Transit practice; 2006
- Understanding people. Sample matching; 2006; Rivers, D.
- Sample matching. Representative sampling from Internet panels; 2006; Rivers, D.
- Research quality: The next MR industry challenge; 2006; Dedeker, K.
- Greenfield unveils real-time sampling; 2006
- Global market research 2006; 2006
- F-Shaped pattern for reading web content; 2006; Nielsen, J.
- Expert workshop on mixed mode data collection in comparative social surveys; 2005; Roberts, C.
- A Typology of Research Methods Within the Social Sciences; 2004; Beissel-Durrant, G.
- EFAMRO - Quality standards for access panel - QSAP; 2004
- Can Internet Surveys be Used for Social Surveys? : Results of an Experimental Study; 2004; Honda, N., Motokawa, A.
- Response and Field Period Effects: The Effect of Time in Online Market Research and Consequences for...; 2004; Basso Larsen, R., Rathod, S.
- Statistical Estimation Methods in Volunteer Panel Web Surveys; 2004; Lee, Su.
- Valuation of Natural Resource Improvements in the Adirondacks; 2004; Banzhaf, S., Burtraw, D., Evans, D., Krupnick A.
- Report of the results of the Asthma awareness survey; 2003
- Maximum difference scaling: Improved measures of importance and preference for segmentation; 2003; Cohen, S. H.
- Web Survey Mailer System; 2003; Barrios, E.
- Comparing On-Line and On-Paper Responses to an Employee Satisfaction Survey; 2003; Stone, G. E.
- Willingness to Pay for Organic Foods: A Comparison between Survey Data and Panel Data from Denmark ; 2002; Millock, K.; Hansen, L.G.; Wier, M.; Andersen, L.M
- Standards questionnaire format; 2002
- Bracketing effects in categorized survey questions and the measurement of economic quantities; 2002; Winter, J.
- Results from cognitive interviews of nsf earned doctorate Web survey; 2002; Altheimer, I., Dillman, D. A.
- Recommended Standard Final Outcome Categories and Standard Definitions of Response Rate for Social Surveys...; 2001; Lynn, P., Beerten, R., Laiho, J., Martin, J.
- Experiments on column width spacing in the University of Michigan Student Life Survey; 2001; Boyd, C. J., McCabe, S. E., Couper, M. P., Crawford, S. D.
- Ethische Dimensionen der Online-Forschung; 2001; Dzeyk, W.
- Documentation for 2001 Winter Internet Survey; 2001; Alvarez, M. R., Sherman, R.
- Documentation for 2000 Presidential Election Internet Survey; 2000; Alvarez, M. R., Sherman, R.
- Development of a system for on-line evaluation of teaching; 1999; Marsh, J., Jones, Ja., Boehnker, D. N., Mavis, K.
- Getting a foot in the electronic door Understanding why people read or delete electronic mail; 1997; Tuten, T. L.
- The VSB-Center savings project: Data collection methods, questionnaires and sampling procedures; 1996; Nyhus, E. K.
- Report on feeling thermometer for "moderates"; 1992; Brady, H. E.
- Evaluation of the Feeling Thermometer. A Report to the National Election Study Board based on data from...; 1979; Weisberg, H. F., Miller, A. H.