Web Survey Bibliography
Title Attempting to adjust for selection bias in Web surveys with propensity scores: the case of the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS)
Author Schonlau, M., van Soest, A., Kapteyn, A., Couper, M. P., Winter, J.
Year 2004
Access date 15.10.2004
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Abstract Many web surveys allow respondents to self select into the survey. Making inference about the population from a self-selected survey is very difficult. We analyzed data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) respondents of the 2002 wave as well as supplementary information about which subset of HRS respondents also responded to an additional web survey (web esponders). The HRS is a longitudinal study of health, retirement and aging. The target population of the HRS includes all adults in the contiguous United States, aged 51 and over, who reside in households. We investigated whether it is possible to adjust for selection bias using propensity scores. We found that it is possible to make inferences for financial assets based on data from web responders only. However, making inferences about home values was not possible based on data from the web responders only.
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Web Survey Bibliography - van Soest, A. (20)
- Nonparametric Tests of Panel Conditioning and Attrition Bias in Panel Surveys; 2011; Das, M., Toepoel, V., van Soest, A.
- Preferences, intentions, and expectation violations: A large-scale experiment with a representative...; 2011; Bellemare. C., Kroeger, S., van Soest, A.
- Anchoring vignettes: response consistency and order eff ects; 2011; Kapteyn, A., Smith, J. P., van Soest, A., Vonkova, H.
- Mode and Context Effects in Measuring Household Assets; 2010; van Soest, A., Kapteyn, A.
- Design of Web Questionnaires: The Effect of Layout in Rating Scales; 2009; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Relating Question Type to Panel Conditioning: A comparison between trained and fresh respondents; 2009; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Panel Conditioning in Web Surveys: A Comparison between Trained and Fresh Respondents; 2009; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Relating Question Type to Panel Conditioning: Comparing Trained and Fresh Respondents; 2009; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Design of Web Questionnaires: The Effects of the Number of Items per Screen; 2009; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Effects of Design in Web Surveys: Comparing Trained and Fresh Respondents ; 2009; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Design of Web Questionnaires: An Information-Processing Perspective for the Effect of Response Categories...; 2009; Toepoel, V., Vis, C., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Selection Bias in Web Surveys and the Use of Propensity Scores; 2009; Schonlau, M., van Soest, A., Kapteyn, A., Couper, M. P.
- Design effects in web surveys: comparing trained and fresh respondents; 2008; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Can I use a panel? Panel conditioning and attrition bias in panel surveys; 2007; Das, M., Toepoel, V., van Soest, A.
- Beyond Demographics: Are ‘Webographic’ Questions Useful for Reducing the Selection Bias...; 2007; Schonlau, M., van Soest, A., Kapteyn, A.
- Are ‘Webographic' or Attitudinal Questions Useful for Adjusting Estimates from Web Surveys Using...; 2007; Schonlau, M., van Soest, A., Kapteyn, A.
- Design of Web Questionnaires: The Effect of Layout in Rating Scales ; 2006; Toepoel, V., Das, M., van Soest, A.
- Selection Bias in Web Surveys and the Use of Propensity Scores; 2006; Schonlau, M., van Soest, A., Kapteyn, A., Couper, M. P.
- Adjusting for selection bias in Web surveys using propensity scores: the case of the Health and Retirement...; 2005; Schonlau, M., van Soest, A., Kapteyn, A., Couper, M. P.
- Attempting to adjust for selection bias in Web surveys with propensity scores: the case of the Health...; 2004; Schonlau, M., van Soest, A., Kapteyn, A., Couper, M. P., Winter, J.