Web Survey Bibliography
Title Comparison of Web, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Data Collection Methods in a Survey of R&D Funding
Author Brick, P. D., Kerwin, J., Levin, K., Cantor, D., O'Brien, J., Wang, A., Campbell, S., Shipp, S.
Year 2004
Access date 30.06.2004
Abstract Web surveys are rapidly becoming the predominate mode of data collection for a variety of reasons. For example, when the researcher has a relationship and previous interactions with the study population, the Web has been shown to be an effective method for data collection. Examples include surveys of customer and employee satisfaction, surveys of students in institutions of higher education and other situations where the researcher already has relatively good contact information and may even have auxiliary information on the respondents. Such surveys require a relatively complete sampling frame that includes email addresses. Increasingly, due to cost considerations, Web surveys are replacing surveys that previously had been fielded as mail or telephone data collections. While the move to Web data collection is underway, there are questions about how this change in mode may affect data quality. Previously published research has been limited in the outcome measures of quality examined, the populations studied, and the degree of rigor with which the studies have been carried out. In this paper, we present findings from a randomized experiment in a survey of applicants for federal R&D grants conducted in 2004. The population included in the experiment consists of investigators who applied for but did not receive a grant (i.e., nonawardees; N=1000). Limiting the experiment to this population of respondents eliminates any possibility of response being influenced by receipt of funding. Three data collection conditions will be compared: Web only, mail only, and a mode that combines both Web and mail. All three conditions will include telephone follow-up of nonrespondents. Outcome measures of interest include: response rates for each mode, both before and after telephone follow-up; data quality in terms of item nonresponse, distribution of response to specific items, length of responses to open-ended questions, and level of effort required to complete the survey.
Year of publication2004
Bibliographic typeConferences, workshops, tutorials, presentations
Web Survey Bibliography - The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 59th Annual Conference, 2004 (59)
- The Prevalence of Wireless Substitution; 2004; Luke, J. V., Blumberg, S. J., Cynamon, M. C.
- 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.
- A New Era for Telephone Surveys; 2004; Steeh, C. G.
- Effects of Immediate versus Delayed Notification of Prize Draw Results and Announced Survey Duration...; 2004; Tuten, T. L., Galesic, M., Bosnjak, M.
- A Comparison of Lab-Based and On-Site Usability Testing; 2004; Dean, E.
- To Do or Not to Do?: A Comparison of Behavioral Intention Measures; 2004; Thomas, R. K., Behnke, C. S., Johnson, A. M.
- Item Non-response: Don't Know about Mandatory Responses?; 2004; Thomas, R. K., Johnson, A. M., Behnke, C. S.
- A Global Study of Knowledge Workers: Using the Internet, Dealing with Cultural Variation, and Commercial...; 2004; Day, R., Ross, J.
- Cognitive Interviewing and the Use of Visual Design Principles: A Case Study; 2004; Stettler, K., Nguyen, T.
- Is the American Public as Informed about Science as They Say They Are?; 2004; Gentry, R. J.
- Effects of Mode of Interview, and moderating variables on Erectile and Ejaculatory Function Measures; 2004; Catania, J.A., Rosen, R. J., Wood Johnson, R., Jacobs, S., Sallis, J., Shpilsky, A.
- CASI Supplemental Survey Nonresponse; 2004; Kim, J., Smith, T. W., Kim, S., Kang, J.-H., Berktold, J.
- Augmenting the BRFSS RDD Design with Mail and Web Modes: Results from a Multi-State Experiment; 2004; Roe, D., Jiles, R., Weiner, J., Mokdad, A., Link, M. W.
- Comparing Face to Face, Telephone, Paper Self-Administered, and Web Survey Measurement; 2004; Tortora, R. D., Groves, R. M., Peytcheva, E., Manchin, R.
- Comparison of Web, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Data Collection Methods in a Survey of R&D Funding; 2004; Brick, P. D., Kerwin, J., Levin, K., Cantor, D., O'Brien, J., Wang, A., Campbell, S., Shipp, S.
- Survey Mode Preferences of Business Respondents; 2004; Tarnai, J., Paxon, M. C.
- Respect Thy Respondent Part II: Good Manners for Web surveys; 2004; Featherston, F., Moy, L.
- Fast Timse and Simple Questions: The Effects of Age, Experience and Question Complexity on Web Survey...; 2004; Yan, T., Tourangeau, R.
- Race-of-Interviewer Effects: What Happens on the Web?; 2004; Krysan, M., Couper, M. P.
- How Visual Grouping Influences Answers To Internet Surveys; 2004; Smyth, J. D., Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M., Stern, M. J.
- The Pollster’s Image, Computer Proliferation in America and What It Means to You!; 2004; Mayur, R., Koudinova, T., Kambavis, C., Sherlock, C.
- Rating versus Comparative Trade-off Measures; 2004; Thomas, R. K., Behnke, C. S., Johnson, A. M.
- Applying New Methodologies in a Longitudinal Study of Young Conservative Jews; 2004; Keysar, A., Kosmin, B.
- Mode-Effects in Pre-Recruited Panels of Full Population?; 2004; Bandilla, W., Bosnjak, M., Altdorfer, P., Lohmann, H.
- Nonresponse to Private and Sensitive Survey Questions; 2004; Montenegro, X.
- Overnight or All Weekend? Comparing Two Online Omnibus Panel Surveys; 2004; Bauman, S.
- Data collection via CATI/CATI-Cell: five years later; 2004; Tucker, K. I.
- The Effect of an Explicit “Decline to Answer” Option in Web Surveys; 2004; Broach, R. J., Ahsan, S., Hoffer, T. B.
- Using progress indicators in web surveys; 2004; Heerwegh, D.
- Web Survey Design: Paging vs. Scrolling; 2004; Peytchev, A., Crawford, S. D., McCabe, S. E., Conrad, F. G., Couper, M. P.
- It's Only Incidental: International Web Survey Considerations; 2004; Thomas, R. K., Klein, J. D., Behnke, C. S.
- Individual and Environmental Factors Affecting Unit Nonresponse and Drop-Out Rates in Web Surveys; 2004; Basson, D., Boulianne, J. S.
- Web of Intrigue? Evaluating Effects on Response Rates of between Web SAQ, CATI, and Mail SAQ Options...; 2004; Grigorian, K. H., Hoffer, T. B., Sederstrom, S.
- A meta-analysis of response rates in Web surveys compared to other survey modes; 2004; Lozar Manfreda, K., Vehovar, V.
- The Effect of Mode on Response Rates and Data Quality in a Survey of Physicians; 2004; Losh, M. E., Thompson, N., Lutz, G.
- Exploration of Physicians Who Choose to Respond Online; 2004; Peugh, J., Zapert, K.
- Response Effects of Survey Mode Controlled for Nonresponse Errors; 2004; Paxon, M. C., Tarnai, J.
- Mode Effects on Item Nonresponse: Gallup-European Social Survey Mixed Mode Experiment; 2004; Yu, M., Chang, M. Y., He, P., Smathers, L., McCutcheon, A. L.
- Using an E-Mail Invitation to Screen Survey Respondents; 2004; Abi-Habib, N., Triplett, T. A., Safir, A.
- Dropout on the Web: Influence of changes in respondents' interest and perceived burden during the Web...; 2004; Galesic, M.
- Propensiy Score Adjustment as An Alternative Weighting Scheme for Web Survey Data; 2004; Lee, Sunghee
- On the Convergent Validity of Attitude Measurement in Phone and Online Surveys; 2004; Thomas, R. K., Krane, D., Taylor, H.
- Nonresponse Research in the Department of Defense; 2004; Caplan, J. R.
- Addressing Trust In The Anonymity And Confidentiality Of Web Surveys Through Usability Testing; 2004; Fenlason, K., Lundby, K., Christianson DeMay, C.
- Editing Strategies for Electronic Establishment Survey Data Collection: Research and Experience; 2004; Anderson, A. E., Murphy, E. D., Nichols, E. M., Sigman, R. S., Willimack, D. K.
- Web-based surveys in market and social research – Usage and needs of different user groups in...; 2004; Kaczmirek, L., Bosnjak, M., Bandilla, W., Auer, T.
- Assessing Newspaper Accuracy: Using the Internet to Improve a Classic Survey Technique; 2004; Maier, S. R.
- Panel Attrition and its Effects on Results from a Longitudinal Study: An Examination of Changes in Participants...; 2004; Baxter, R. K., Dean, E.
- Benefits and Burdens of Web-based Data Collection among College Students; 2004; Mitra, A., Durant, R. H., Wolfson, M., Martin, B., Champion, H., O'Brien, M. C., Omli, M., Williams...