Web Survey Bibliography
Response rates are one of the most important indicators of survey quality and one of the indicators most likely to be reported. In order to be able to make valid comparisons between response rates obtained on different surveys and by different organisations, response rates must be defined and calculated in a standard way. At present in the UK there are no standards in this area. In consequence, practice varies considerably between surveys and between organisations. The authors of this paper became aware of minor differences between Social Survey Division, ONS and the National Centre for Social Research in definitions and calculations of response on major government surveys that they carry out and between surveys within each organisation. We were also aware that international comparisons, for example of response on Labour Force Surveys and Time Use Surveys in different countries, are affected by the fact that each country has a different definition of what counts as response and often differ in how response rates are calculated. This paper deals with face-to-face interviewer surveys of households and of individuals. We aim to gain acceptance of standards for these surveys and to gain experience of implementing the standards before extending the recommendations to encompass other types of surveys. In due course we hope to make recommendations with respect to panel surveys, mail surveys, telephone surveys and surveys of establishments. In the meanwhile, we hope that this paper will serve as a useful reference document for anyone planning a survey, commissioning a survey or producing a survey technical report or quality profile.
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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.