Web Survey Bibliography
Title A survey of dental practitioners on their use of electronic mail
Author Muhumiza, R., Moles, D. R., Bedi, R.
Source British Dental Journal, 186, 3, pp. pp. 131-134
Year 1999
Access date 20.07.2004
Abstract OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility of using electronic-mail as a tool for surveying dental practitioners; to determine both response rates and response times for this method; and provide baseline information on e-mail usage.
METHOD: Self-administered questionnaire distributed by e-mail to 309 practitioners on Monday morning, 1 June 1998.
RESULTS: 53.4% response rate within 1 month; 10.2% of replies were sent within 2 hours; and nearly half the replies were sent within 48 hours. Qualified dentists were more likely to respond early than undergraduates. The most popular point of access for e-mail was home (69.1%). The majority of responders (56.8%) use e-mail every day with 1 in 7 (14.2%) using it at least four times a day. 72.4% stated that they found e-mail useful for communicating with professional bodies, while 41.3% used it to communicate with colleagues about patients and patient referrals. 34.0% found e-mail useful for ordering goods, and supplies and 14.6% were using electronic mail to make patient appointments at least some of the time.
CONCLUSIONS: Responses can be obtained at much greater speed than conventional postal techniques will allow, but response rates were only 53.4%. E-mail is predominately used at home and for inter-professional communications, only a small proportion of responders use it for direct communication with patients.
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Year of publication1999
Bibliographic typeJournal article
Web survey bibliography - 1999 (45)
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- Back to the Future of Online Polling; 1999; Taylor, H., Terhanian, G., Mitofsky, W. J.
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- Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity; 1999; Nielsen, J.
- The Design of an International Real Time Data Collection System: SADC-HYCOS; 1999; Andrews, A. J., Pieyns, S., Servat, E.
- Survey research; 1999; Krosnick, J. A.
- Factors affecting measurement stability. More is not necessarily better: Effects of number of items...; 1999; Thomas, R. K.
- Calibration as a standard method for treatment of nonresponse; 1999; Lundstrom, S., Sarndal, C.-E.
- Question Appraisal System - QAS-99 ; 1999; Willis, G. B., Lessler, J. T.
- Current Internet science - trends, techniques, results. ; 1999; Reips, U.-D., Batinic, B., Bandilla, W., Bosnjak, M., Graef, L., Moser, K., Werner, A.
- Internet Systems for Evaluation Research; 1999; Watt, J. H.
- 'Once would be enough': some reflections on the issue of safety for lone researchers ; 1999; Kenyon, E., Hawker, S.
- The Effect of Incentives on Response Rates in Interviewer-Mediated Surveys; 1999; Singer, E., van Hoewyk, J., Gebler, N., Raghunathan, T., McGonagle, K.
- Measuring the Flow Construct in Online Environments: A Structural Modeling Approach; 1999; Novak, T. P., Hoffman, D. L., Yung, Y.-F.
- Internet Survey Data Collection: The Case Of Webqual; 1999; Deans, K. R., Adam, S.
- Drop-out caused by JavaScript: "I could not have expected this to happen " - A Web experiment...; 1999; Reips, U.-D., Schwarz, S.
- Can Internet Polling Work? Strategies for Conducting Public Opinion Surveys Online; 1999; Flemming, G., Sonner, M.
- Development of a system for on-line evaluation of teaching; 1999; Marsh, J., Jones, Ja., Boehnker, D. N., Mavis, K.
- Improving Electronic Data Collection and Dissemination Through Usability Testing; 1999; Murphy, E. D., Marquis, K., Hoffman, R., Saner, L., Tedesco, H., Harris, C.
- Internet Data Collection at the U.S. Census Bureau; 1999; Kanarek, H., Sedivi, B.
- The internet ... A possible research tool?; 1999; Senior, C., Smith, Mi.
- Casting a wider net; 1999; Marinelli, J.
- Anatomy of an on-line focus group; 1999; Sweet, C.
- On-line focus groups: Mainstream in the millennium?; 1999; Thorne, G.
- In-home CAPI: a new era in data collection?; 1999; Bos, R.
- Recruiting sources for on-line studies; 1999; Bradford, D. P.
- Research and the Internet: a winning combination; 1999; Clarkson, B.
- Surveying collegiate Net surfers; 1999; Wygant, S., Lindorf, R.
- An empirical comparison of traditional and web-based experimental survey administration: Could it be...; 1999; Frey, B. F.
- Japan Has 18 Million Internet Users; 20 Pct. Tried E-Commerce; 1999; Nikkei NetBusiness
- Principis's Web Survey competent for basic tasks; 1999; Marshall, T.
- Complementary and alternative medicine use by patients with inflammatory bowel disease: An Internet...; 1999; Meddings, J. B., Hilsden, R. J., Verhoef, M. J.
- Computer-Assisted Interviewing: The Design and Application of Survey Software to the Wired Suburb Project...; 1999; Hampton, K. N.
- Pollsters.com; 1999; Mitofsky, W. J.
- Realtime Interviewing Using the World Wide Web; 1999; Chen, Pe., Hilton, S. M.
- Comparing Seven Forms of Online Surveying; 1999; MacElroy, B.
- Designing and implementing Web-based surveys; 1999; Lazar, J., Preece, J.
- Overcoming Methodological Concerns in the Investigation of Online Sexual Activities; 1999; Cooper, A., Scherer, C. R., Mathy, R.
- E-mail surveys: what we've learned thus far; 1999; Schuldt, B. A., Totten, J. W.
- Privacy Issues in Internet Surveys; 1999; Cho, H., LaRose, R.
- Research Methodology: Taming the Cyber Frontier-Techniques for Improving Online Surveys; 1999; Kaye, B. K., Johnson, T. J.
- Surveying Through Cyberspace; 1999; Supowitz, J. A.
- Online Research: Methoden, Anwendungen und Ergebnisse ; 1999; Batinic, B., Bandilla, W., Graef, L., Werner, A.
- Ethical decision making in business: A comparison between New Zealand decision makers and a World Wide...; 1999; Frey, B. F.
- Introductory notes on Web interviewing; 1999; Ahlhauser, B.