Web Survey Bibliography
This paper investigates the relationship between blank and non-blank email subject lines on levels of response to a solicitation to participate in an interview, and on participation in a web survey. Email use has grown substantially in recent years, presenting significant opportunity to the empiricist seeking research respondents. However, response to emails may be low because growth in the sheer volume of messages that individuals receive per day has led to a sense of ‘email overload’, and faced with the challenge of personal email management, many recipients choose to ignore some messages, or do not read them all fully. Drawing on information gap theory, we expected that sending an invitation with a blank subject line would induce a sense of curiosity in recipients that would improve email response and willingness to participate in research studies. However, findings from research with two samples with different propensities to participate in research (academics and business owners) revealed that an email invitation with a blank subject line does not increase overall response rates to a web survey and a face-to-face interview over either an informative subject line or a provocative subject line, but that it does prompt a greater number of active refusals. Based on this finding, recommendations for researchers are outlined.
Web survey bibliography - 2015 (291)
- Response Effects of Prenotification, Prepaid Cash, Prepaid Vouchers, and Postpaid Vouchers: An Experimental...; 2015; van Veen, F.; Goeritz, A.; Sattler, S.
- Correcting for non-response bias in contingent valuation surveys concerning environmental non-market...; 2015; Bonnichsen, O.; Boye Olsen, S.
- Can we augment web responses with telephonic responses to a graduate destination survey?; 2015; du Toit, J.
- Email subject lines and response rates to invitations to participate in a web survey and a face-to-face...; 2015; Sappleton, N.; Lourenco, F.
- Comparison of Internet and interview survey modes when estimating willingness to pay using choice experiments...; 2015; Mjelde, J. W.; Kim, T. K.; Lee, C.-K.
- Exploring ethical issues associated with using online surveys in educational research; 2015; Roberts, L. D.; Allen, P. J.
- Data collection mode effect on feeling thermometer questions: A comparison of face-to-face and Web surveys...; 2015; Liu, M., Wang, Yi.
- Do Attempts to Improve Respondent Attention Increase Social Desirability Bias?; 2015; Clifford, S.; Jerit, J.
- The art of asking survey questions; 2015; Grady, S., Johnson, S.
- Response Rates, Nonresponse Bias, and Data Quality: Results from a National Survey of Senior Healthcare...; 2015; Meterko, M.; Restuccia, J. D.; Stolzmann, K.; Mohr, D.; Brennan, C. W.; Glasgow, J.; Kaboli, P.
- An Introduction to Survey Research; 2015; Cowles, E. L.; Nelson, E.
- SSI Defines the Successful Mobile Survey Experience at ESOMAR; 2015
- Validity of Internet-Based Longitudinal Study Data: The Elephant in the Virtual Room; 2015; Pugh, C. A.; Summers, K. M.; Bronsvoort, M. C.; Handel, I. G.; Clements, D. N.
- Effects of Forced Responses and Question Display Styles on Web Survey Response Rates; 2015; Tangmanee, C.; Niruttinanon, P.
- Using virtual presence and survey instructions to minimize careless responding on Internet-based surveys...; 2015; Ward, M. K.; Pond III, S. B.
- Mixed-method feasibility study comparing the outpatient assessment of burn patients using a tablet device...; 2015; Mitchell, S. S.
- HUFFPOLLSTER: Pollsters Debate If Modern Surveys Can Be Trusted; 2015; Blumenthal, M.; Edwards-Levy, A.; Velencia, J.
- Using Internet to Recruit Immigrants with Language and Culture Barriers for Tobacco and Alcohol Use...; 2015; Carlini, B. H.; Safioti, L.; Rue, T. C.; Miles, L.
- An Updated Protocol to Detect Invalid Entries in an Online Survey of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM):...; 2015; A.; Konstan, J. A.; Iantaffi, A.; Wilkerson, J. M.; Galos, D; Rosser, B. R. S.Grey, J. A.
- Online Recruitment Methods for Web-Based and Mobile Health Studies: A Review of the Literature; 2015; Lane, T. S.; Armin, J.; Gordon, Ju. S.
- iTunes Song-Gifting is a Low-Cost, Efficient Recruitment Tool to Engage High-Risk MSM in Internet Research...; 2015; Holland, C. M.; Ritchie, N. D.; Du Bois, S. N.
- Comparing the Similarity of Responses Received from Studies in Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to Studies...; 2015; Bartneck, C.; Duenser, A.; Moltchanova, E.; Zawieska, K.
- A Note on the Use of Survey Research Firms to Enable Empirical Data Collection; 2015; Schoenherr, T.; Ellram, L. M.; Tate, W. L.
- Ethical issues in online research; 2015; James, N.; Busher, H.
- Circumventing Nonresponse - Upgrading Traditional Company Survey Data with Unobtrusive Data from Company...; 2015; Rasmussen, K. B.Thimm, H.
- Recruiting Online: Lessons From a Longitudinal Survey of Contraception and Pregnancy Intentions of Young...; 2015; Harris, M. L.; Loxton, D.; Wigginton, B.; Lucke, J. C.
- Calendar Instruments in Retrospective Web Surveys; 2015; Glasner, T.; van der Vaart, W.; Dijkstra, W.
- Gamification in market research: Increasing enjoyment, participant engagement and richness of data,...; 2015; Bailey, P.; Pritchard, G.; Kernohan, H.
- Survey Informatics: The Future of Survey Methodology and Survey Statistics Training in the Academy?; 2015; McCutcheon, A. L.
- Recruiting for addiction research via Facebook; 2015; Thornton, L. K.; Harris, K.; Baker, A.; Johnson, M.; Kay-Lambkin, F. J.
- Respondent Screening and Revealed Preference Axioms: Testing Quarantining Methods for Enhanced Data...; 2015; Jones, M. S.; House, L. A.; Zhifeng, G.
- Can a non-probabilistic online panel achieve question quality similar to that of the European Social...; 2015; Revilla, M.; Saris, W. E.; Loewe, G.; Ochoa, C.
- Exploring the Effects of Removing "Too Fast" Responses and Respondents from Web Surveys; 2015; Greszki, R.; Meyer, M.; Schoen, H.
- Response Rates for Patient-Reported Outcomes Using Web-Based Versus Paper Questionnaires: Comparison...; 2015; Horevoorts, N. J.; Vissers, P. A. J.; Mols, F.; Thong, M. S. Y.; van de Poll-Franse, L. V.
- Mode Effects in Mixed-Mode Economic Surveys: Insights from a Randomized Experiment; 2015; Hsu, J. W.; McFall, B. H.
- Innovative Recruitment Using Online Networks: Lessons Learned From an Online Study of Alcohol and Other...; 2015; Bauermeister, J. A.; Zimmerman, M. A.; Johns, M. M.; Glowacki, P. F.; Stoddard, S. A.; Volz, E. M.
- The best times to call in a mobile phone survey; 2015; Vicente, P.
- Yes-no answers versus check-all in self-administered modes ; 2015; Callegaro, M.; Henderson, V.; Murakami, M.; Tepman, Z.
- Validating self-reported mobile phone use in adults using a newly developed smartphone application; 2015; Goedhart, G., Kromhout, H., Wiart, J., Vermeulen, R.
- Use of Internet panels to conduct surveys; 2015; Kapteyn, A.; Liu, H., D.Hays, R. D.
- Going Online with a Face-to-Face Household Panel: Effects of a Mixed Mode Design on Item and Unit Non...; 2015; Burton, J.; Jaeckle, A.; Lynn, P.
- The comparison of mobile devices to computers for web-based assessments; 2015; Huff, K. C.
- Face-to-Face or Sequential Mixed-Mode Surveys Among Non-Western Minorities in the Netherlands: The Effect...; 2015; Kappelhof, J.
- The Influence of the Answer Box Size on Item Nonresponse to Open-Ended Questions in a Web Survey ; 2015; Zuell, C.; Menold, N.; Koerber, S.
- What are the Links in a Web Survey Among Response Time, Quality, and Auto-Evaluation of the Efforts...; 2015; Revilla, M.; Ochoa, C.
- Comparing a Cell Phone Survey and a Web Survey of University Students ; 2015; Couper, M. P.; Kim, S.; Woo, Y.
- Impact of mixed modes on measurement errors and estimates of change in panel data; 2015; Cernat, A.
- Tips for Creating Web Surveys for Completion on a Mobile Device; 2015; McGeeney, K.
- Probabilistic Web Survey Methodology in Education Centers: An Example in Spanish Schools; 2015; Tapia, J. A., Menendez, J. A.
- Understanding Participation in a Web-Based Measurement Burst Design: Response Metrics and Predictors...; 2015; Griffin, J., Patrick, M. E.