Web Survey Bibliography
Title A study on tolerable waiting time: how long are Web users willing to wait?
Author Nah, F. F.-H.
Source Behaviour & Information Technology, 23, 3, pp. 153-163
Year 2004
Access date 22.06.2015
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Abstract
Web users often face a long waiting time for downloading Web pages. Although various technologies and techniques have been implemented to alleviate the situation and to comfort the impatient users, little research has been done to assess what constitutes an acceptable and tolerable waiting time for Web users. This research reviews the literature on computer response time and users' waiting time for download of Web pages, and assesses Web users' tolerable waiting time in information retrieval. It addresses the following questions through an experimental study: What is the effect of feedback on users' tolerable waiting time? How long are users willing to wait for a Web page to be downloaded before abandoning it? The results from this study suggest that the presence of feedback prolongs Web users' tolerable waiting time and the tolerable waiting time for information retrieval is approximately 2 s.
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Year of publication2004
Bibliographic typeJournal article
Web survey bibliography - 2004 (99)
- Questionnaire Design: How to Plan, Structure and Write Survey Material for Effective Market Research...; 2013; Brace, I.
- A study on tolerable waiting time: how long are Web users willing to wait?; 2004; Nah, F. F.-H.
- Snowball Sampling ; 2004; Berg, S.
- Usability Testing to Evaluate Computer-Assisted Instruments; 2004; Hansen, S. E.; Couper, M. P.
- Tips and Tricks for Raking Survey Data (a.k.a. Sample Balancing); 2004; Battaglia, M. P.; Izrael, D.; Hoaglin, D.C; Frankel, M. R.
- The Art & Science of Interpreting Market Research Evidence; 2004; Fletcher, J.; Smith, D.
- Statistical Design for Research; 2004; Kish, L.
- Results of an On-Line Survey of Patients with Hereditary Angioedema; 2004; Huang, S.-W.
- Understanding the effect of prizes on response rates; 2004; Porter, S. R., Whitcomb, M. E.
- Multiple surveys of students and survey fatigue; 2004; Porter, S. R., Whitcomb, M. E., Weitzer, W. H.
- Conducting longitudinal studies; 2004; Bauer, K. W.
- A Typology of Research Methods Within the Social Sciences; 2004; Beissel-Durrant, G.
- The Economist/YouGov Internet Presidential poll.; 2004; Fiorina, M., Krosnick, J. A.
- Using an access panel as a sampling frame for voluntary household surveys. Experiences from a pilot...; 2004; Korner, T., Nimmergut, A.
- Understanding the question-answer process; 2004; Bradburn, N. M.
- The illusion of public opinion: Fact and artifact in american public opinion polls; 2004; Bishop, G. F.
- On the primacy of affect in attitude-behavior research; 2004; Thomas, R. K., Schofield, C. M.
- Measuring expectations; 2004; Manski, C. F.
- Item response theory modelling for questionnaire evaluation; 2004; Reeve, B. B., Masse, L.
- Examining expert reviews as a pretest method; 2004; DeMaio, T., Landreth, A.
- EFAMRO - Quality standards for access panel - QSAP; 2004
- Developmnent and testing of web questionnaires; 2004; Baker, R. P., Crawford, S. D., Swinehart, J.
- An experiment in call scheduling; 2004; Cunningham, P., Martin, D., Brick, J. M.
- A Comparison of multi-Item Likert and Visual Analogue Scales for the assessment of transactionally defined...; 2004; Flynn, D., van Schaik, P., van Wersch, A.
- When the Ethic is Functional to the Method: The Case of E-Mail Qualitative Interviews; 2004; Olivero, N., Lunt, P.
- Virtual Research Ethics: A Content Analysis of Surveys and Experiments Online; 2004; Peden, B. F., Flashinski, D. P.
- How to conduct behavioral research over the Internet: A begginer s guide to HTML and CGI/Perl; 2004; Fraley, R. C.
- Propensity Score Adjustment As an Alternative Weighting Scheme for Web Survey Data; 2004; Lee, Su.
- The Prevalence of Wireless Substitution; 2004; Luke, J. V., Blumberg, S. J., Cynamon, M. C.
- The Impact of Wireless Substitution on Random-Digit-Dialed Health Surveys; 2004; Blumberg, S. J., Luke, J. V.
- Is It the Young and the Restless Who Only Use Cellular Phones?; 2004; Steeh, C. G.
- Cell Phone Owners and Usage Patterns; 2004; Tuckel, P. S., O’Neill, H.
- Will a "Perfect Storm" of Cellular-Linked Forces Sink RDD Sampling?; 2004; Lavrakas, P. J.
- A New Era for Telephone Surveys; 2004; Steeh, C. G.
- Web Search Savvy: Strategies and Shortcuts for Online Research; 2004; Friedman, B. G.
- Can Internet Surveys be Used for Social Surveys? : Results of an Experimental Study; 2004; Honda, N., Motokawa, A.
- Cooperation and Community on the Internet: Past Issues and Present Perspectives for theoretical-empirical...; 2004; Matzat, U.
- 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.
- Instrument Design for a Blaise Multimode Web, CATI, and Paper Survey; 2004; Pierzchala, M., Wright, D., Wilson, Cl., Guerino, P.
- Design and Application of On-line Questionnaries: Experiences from Micronesia; 2004; O'Neill, J. G., Spennemann, D. H. R.
- Valuation of Natural Resource Improvements in the Adirondacks; 2004; Banzhaf, S., Burtraw, D., Evans, D., Krupnick A.
- Response latency as an indicator of optimizing. A study comparing job applicants and job incumbents&#...; 2004; Callegaro, M., Yang, Y., Bhola, D. S., Dillman, D. A.
- Fundamentals of Marketing Research; 2004; Smith, S. M., Albaum, G.
- Do print and Web surveys provide the same results?; 2004; Huang, H.-M.
- Will Web Surveys Ever Become Part of Mainstream Research?; 2004; Schonlau, M.
- Online or Not Online? A Comparison of Offline and Online Surveys Conducted in the Context of 2002 German...; 2004; Faas, T.
- Recruitment for online access panels; 2004; Goeritz, A.
- Does Voice Matter? An Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Experiment; 2004; Couper, M. P., Singer, E., Tourangeau, R.
- No calibration required. Expanding the use of on-line research for new initiatives; 2004; Rogers, G., Dierckx, J.-H.