Web Survey Bibliography
Previous research could demonstrate that the respondent‘s cognitive processes when answering a web survey are quite similar compared to other self-administrated survey mode. However, some remarkable differences could be demonstrated in the way respondents work their way thru the series of question: Previous question order experiments in web surveys indicate that respondents treat questions more independent from each other, thus, context effects are less pronounced (Fuchs 2001, 2002). Even though this might be interpreted as an improvement of data quality one might also be concerned with respect to the respondent‘s cognitive understanding of the questions. In this paper we will further assess the question answer process in web surveys by combining question order experiments and client side response time measurement in order to develop a deeper understanding of the respondent‘s behavior while answering questions over the internet. We will investigate whether or not web respondents show less pronounced context effects due to a faster working pace (shorter response time) or due to a more segmented view of the questionnaire. Based on field experimental data from n=800 respondents we will also investigate the effect of interactive elements (probing for item-nonresponse and pop-up windows) on the size of context effects. This paper will contribute to general understanding of the cognitive processes while answering a web survey.
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2002
Web survey bibliography - The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 58th Annual Conference, 2003 (20)
- Determining the Probability of Selection for a Telephone Household in a Random Digit Dial Sample Design...; 2003; Triplett, T. A., Abi-Habib, N.
- Validations in Web-based Surveys; 2003; Crawford, S. D., Peytchev, A.
- Use and non-use of clarification features in web surveys; 2003; Tourangeau, R., P., Couper, M. P., Conrad, F. G., Baker, R. P.
- Asking Comparative Questions: A Comparison Of Three Wording Strategies; 2003; Liu, K.
- It's Only Incidental: Effects of Response Format in Determining Behavioral or Event Occurrence; 2003; Lafond, C. R., Smith, M. R., Behnke, C. S., Thomas, R. K.
- Achieving high response rates on web-based surveys of post-secondary students; 2003; Nichols, L. B., Ghadialy, R.
- Design implementation of a Multimode Web Survey; 2003; Wine, S. J., Cominole, M. B., Carwile, D. S., Perry, K.
- Partnering with a Newspaper to Assess Community Opinion Online; 2003; Downs, E. P., Lindley, A. M.
- Implementing a Web Survey Administration System at the GAO; 2003; Feldesman, A. G.
- Using Internet-Based Surveys With Physicians, What Works and What Doesn't Work; 2003; Schneiderman, M., Thran, S., Adams, C., Lerner, B.
- Exploring Online Survey Metodologies: Who are the Respondents and How to Get them to respond; 2003; Wolter-Warmerdam, K., Gardinali, A. P., Wong, R.
- Using RGI (Respondent Generated Interval) to gather factual information in a web survey; 2003; Lusinchi, D.
- Can What We Don’t Know (about “Don’t Know”) Hurt Us?: Effects of Item Non-response...; 2003; Krosnick, J. A., Behnke, C. S., Lafond, C. R., Thomas, R. K.
- What They See Is What We Get: Response Options for Web Surveys; 2003; Couper, M. P., Tourangeau, R., Conrad, F. G., Crawford, S. D.
- Web Survey Design: Comparing Static and Interactive Survey Instruments; 2003; Nyiri, Z., Clark, L. R.
- Comparing Web-Based Survey Methods with other Approaches: An examination of health knowledge, opinion...; 2003; Greiling, K. A., McCarrier, P. K., Stringer, M. C.
- The role of issue involvement in UK public attitudes to the single European currency; 2003; Roberts, E. C.
- Partipation in Online Surveys: Results from a Series of Experiments; 2003; Kiniorski, A. K., R.Smith, M. R.
- Does Order Really Make a Difference? The Impact of Respondent and Question Characteristics on Response...; 2003; O'Neill, G.
- Cognitive processes in Web Surveys; 2002; Fuchs, M.