Web Survey Bibliography
Web surveys - the collection of survey data by means of self-administered questionnaires on the Internet - are becoming increasingly popular, perhaps mostly because of advantageous cost factors. If e-mail contacts are used, the cost benefit of a Web survey, compared with a mail or telephone survey, could be major. The reverse of the medal is that Web access is far from universal, and hence Web surveys only permit inference to populations of Web users. However, the Web can be used in combination with traditional response modes in a mixed-mode approach. Such an approach enables data collection from a probability sample of a general population, while still aiming at reducing costs by using the Web.
This thesis focuses on mixed-mode approaches in which (1) mail contacts are used and (2) a choice between a mail questionnaire and a Web questionnaire is offered. In the first paper, a theoretical framework is developed, enabling comparisons between different mixed-mode approaches with respect to minimum expected cost, subject to a precision requirement. A limited numerical study is performed to examine how the cost is influenced by the Web access rate and the Web response propensity. In the second paper, three mixed-mode approaches are evaluated empirically with respect to cost-efficiency. The mixed-mode approaches are compared with a mail-based reference approach with no Web response option. The cost-efficiency analysis is based on the results of a survey experiment, conducted in a population of university students in spring 2004. It is concluded that each of the three mixed-mode approaches was more cost-efficient than the reference approach.
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- Determinants of polling accuracy: the effect of opt-in Internet surveys; 2017; Sohlberg, J.; Gilljam, M.; Martinsson, J.
- Online Focus Group Discussion is a Valid and Feasible Mode When Investigating Sensitive Topics Among...; 2016; Wettergren, L.; Eriksson, L. E.; Nilsson, J.; Jarvaeus, A.; Lampic, C.
- Implementation of Web-Based Respondent Driven Sampling among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Sweden; 2016; Stroemdahl, S.; Lu, X.; Bengtsson, L.; Liljeros, F.; Thorson, A.
- Measuring Generalized Trust: An Examination of Question Wording and the Number of Scale Points; 2016; Lundmark, S.; Giljam, M.; Dahlberg, S.
- Same, Same but Different: Effects of mixing Web and mail modes in audience research; 2015; Bergstroem, A.
- An Empirical Test of Nonresponse Bias in Internet Surveys; 2015; af Wahlberg, AE; Poom, L.
- The problem of non-response in population surveys on the topic of HIV and sexuality: a comparative study...; 2014; Wallander, L.; H.; Mannheimer, L. N.; Oestergren, P. O.; Plantin, L.Tikkanen, R. H.
- Perioperative management in order to minimise postoperative delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction...; 2014; Jildenstål, P. K., Jakobsson, J. G., Hallen, J. L., Berggren, L., Rawal, N.
- Measuring Political Participation—Testing Social Desirability Bias in a Web-Survey Experiment; 2014; Persson, M., Solevid, M.
- Process Planning for CNC Machining of Swedish Subcontractors – A Web Survey; 2014; Anderberg, S., Beno, T., Pejryd, L.
- Postal recruitment into a longitudinal online panel survey. The effects of different number of reminder...; 2013; Martinsson, J.
- Web panel surveys – can they be designed and used in a scientifically sound way?; 2013; Svensson, J.
- A standard with quality indicators for web panel surveys: a Swedish example; 2013; Nyfjaell, M.
- The effect of short formative diagnostic web quizzes with minimal feedback; 2013; Baelter, O., Enstroem, E., Klingenberg, B.
- Measure the response burden in the Swedish Intrastat system; 2012; Weideskog, F.
- Triton: a general tool for data collection and micro editing; 2011; Erikson, J.
- How to Survey All 14 000 Swedish Local Political Representatives And Get 10 000 Responses.; 2011; Gilljam, M., Granberg, D., Holm, B., Persson, M.
- Internet-Based Follow-Up Questionnaire for Measuring Patient-Reported Outcome after Total Hip Replacement...; 2011; Rolfson, O., Salomonsson, R., Garellick, G., Dahlberg, L. E.
- What it takes to be a top 100 website; 2010
- Using a Mixed-Mode Design to Survey Ethnic Minorities?; 2010; Feskens, R., Kappelhof, J.
- Item Nonresponse Analysis for a Mixed-Mode Survey.; 2010; Lorenc, B., Olsson, K.
- A Comparison of Psychometric Properties Between Internet and Paper Versions of Two Depression Instruments...; 2010; Andersson, G., Engstroem, I., Hollaendare, F.
- Questionnaire Design Guidelines for Establishment Surveys; 2010; Morrison, R. L., Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M.
- Internet administration of self-report measures commonly used in research on social anxiety disorder...; 2010; Hedman, E., Ljótsson, B., Rück, C., Furmark, T., Carlbring, P., Lindefors, N., Andersson, G.
- E-epidemiology : Adapting epidemiological methods for the 21st century; 2009; Bexelius, C.
- Statistical analysis of on-line courses; 2009; Baelter, O.
- Optimal Contact Strategy in a Mail and Web Mixed Mode Survey ; 2009; Holmberg, A., Lorenc, B., Werner, P.
- SMS versus telephone interviews for epidemiological data collection: feasibility study estimating influenza...; 2009; Bexelius, C., Merk, H., Sandin, S., Ekman, A., Nyren, O., Kuehlmann-Berenzon, S., Linde, A., Litton,...
- Web-based measurement: Effect of completing single or multiple items per webpage; 2009; Thorndike, F. P., Carlbring, P., Smyth, F. L., Magee, J. C., Gonder-Frederick, L., Ost, L. G., Ritterband...
- Swedish National Data Service's Strategy for Sharing and Mediating Data; 2008; Carlhed, C., Alfredsson, I.
- The power of the visible: Visual design for Web surveys; 2006; Couper, M. P.
- On the cost-efficiency of probability sampling based mail surveys with a Web response option; 2005; Werner, P.
- Simple Approaches to Estimating the Variance of the Propensity Score Weighted Estimator Applied on Volunteer...; 2005; Isaksson, A., Lee, S.
- Web-based and Mailed Questionnaires: A Comparison of Response Rates and Compliance; 2005; Baelter, K., Balter, O., Fondell, E., Trolle-Lagerros, Y.
- On the Variability of Estimates Based on Propensity-score-weighted Data from Web Panels; 2004; Forsman, G., Danielsson, S., Isaksson, A.
- On-line qualitative market research: Interviewing the world at a fingertip; 2002; Scholl, N., Mulders, S., Drent, R.
- Doec propensity score weighting work for Web Surveys; 2002; Forsman, G., Varedian, M.
- Calibration as a standard method for treatment of nonresponse; 1999; Lundstrom, S., Sarndal, C.-E.