Web Survey Bibliography
Over the last few years, data collection agencies have gained experience with asking for linkage consent in face-to-face and telephone surveys; however, the same is not true for web surveys. Asking for linkage consent in a web survey raises important methodological questions, namely, what is the optimal way of asking for linkage consent that maximizes consent rates and minimizes consent bias? We addressed this question using a national probability sample of people living in Germany. Web survey respondents were asked for consent to link their survey data to official employment records. Respondents were randomly assigned to receive different wordings of the consent question. We found that when the consent request is phrased in such a way that emphasizes a particular benefit of linkage (reduced questionnaire and time savings) respondents provide consent at a higher rate compared to neutral phrasing.
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Web survey bibliography - Kreuter, F. (12)
- Theory and Practice in Nonprobability Surveys: Parallels between Causal Inference and Survey Inference...; 2017; Mercer, A. W.; Kreuter, F.; Keeter, S.; Stuart, E. A.
- Decomposing Selection Effects in Non-probability Samples ; 2016; Mercer, A. W.; Keeter, S.; Kreuter, F.
- The Effect of Benefit Wording on Consent to Link Survey and Administrative Records in a Web Survey; 2014; Sakshaug, J. W., Kreuter, F.
- Experiments in Obtaining Data Linkage Consent in Web Surveys ; 2013; Sakshaug, J. W., Kreuter, F.
- The Influence of Respondent Incentives on Item Nonresponse and Measurement Error in a Web Survey; 2013; Felderer, B., Kreuter, F., Winter, J.
- Practical tools for designing and weighting survey samples; 2013; Valliant, R. L., Daver, J. A., Kreuter, F.
- Using paradata to explore item-level response times in surveys; 2012; Couper, M. P., Kreuter, F.
- Paradata; 2012; Kreuter, F.
- Assessing the Magnitude of Non-Consent Biases in Linked Survey and Administrative Data; 2012; Sakshaug, J. W., Kreuter, F.
- The use of paradata to monitor and manage survey data collection; 2010; Kreuter, F., Couper, M. P., Lyberg, L. E.
- Television Viewing Among Respondents and Nonrespondents to the Nielsen Diary Survey; 2009; Casas-Cordero, C., Kreuter, F.
- Social desirability bias in CATI, IVR and Web surveys: The effects of mode and question sensitivity; 2008; Kreuter, F., Presser, S., Tourangeau, R.