Web Survey Bibliography
This paper reports on three experiments relating to measuring well-being in which several scale types have been tested. First, we compared the current 5-point scales with verbal labels for happiness and satisfaction with life to a numerical 11-point scale ranging from 0 to 10 with verbal labels only for the end points of the scale. In a second experiment we tested three different types of numerical scales and in the third experiment we focused on respondents’ interpretation of numerical scales. Based on the results of these experiments Statistics Netherlands has decided to opt for a numerical 10-point scale ranging from 1 to 10 with verbal labels at the end points of the scale to measure well-being in the future.
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Web survey bibliography - Statistics Netherlands (11)
- Establishing the accuracy of online panels for survey research; 2016; Bruggen, E.; van den Brakel, J.; Krosnick, J. A.
- Predictive inference for non-probability samples: a simulation study ; 2016; Buelens, B.; Burger, J.; van den Brakel, J.
- The use of within-subject experiments for estimating measurement effects in mixed-mode surveys ; 2014; Klausch, L. T., Schouten, B., Hox, J.
- Measuring well-being: An analysis of different response scales; 2014; van Beuningen, J., van der Houwen, K., Moonen, L.
- The impact of contact effort and interviewer performance on mode-specific nonresponse and measurement...; 2014; Schouten, B., Cobben, F., van der Laan, J., Arends, J.
- Adaptive survey designs to minimize survey mode effects. A case study on the Dutch Labour Force Survey...; 2013; Calinescu, M., Schouten, B.
- Using response probabilities for assessing representativity; 2012; Bethlehem, J.
- Disentangling Mode-Specific Selection and Measurement Bias in Social Surveys; 2012; Buelens, B., van der Laan, J., Schouten, B., Klausch, L. T., van der Brakel, J., Burger, J.
- Inference in surveys with sequential mixed-mode data collection; 2011; Buelens, B., van der Brakel, J.
- The rise of survey sampling; 2009; Bethlehem, J.
- How accurate are self-selection web surveys?; 2008; Bethlehem, J.