Web Survey Bibliography
Title Online Interviews as an Instrument of the Development of Organizations. A Meta-Analysis of Online Surveys at Universities
Author Poetschke, M., Simonson, J.
Year 2005
Access date 22.04.2005
Abstract The number of online interviews grows continually. Within the last few years studies were carried out particularly as single topic interviews. Today, the conception of the permanent implementation of interviews becomes more and more important. Therewith, the capabilities of net supported interviews are emphasized.Conditional on the fast data appropriation, the automated feedback of results, the economical elicitation of opinions or attitudes and the availability of the interview as a communication platform, the online survey becomes a high-quality instrument for the development of organizations.A special challenge consists in motivating the respondents to participate in recurrent interviews which include the same aspects of the work and studies situation.A project at the University of Bremen, called "Studies Barometer", was initialised to analyse the acceptability and capability of online surveys. The interviews in the "Studies Barometer"-Project were addressed to students. Simultaneously, two employee surveys, which completed the picture of the university, also could be carried out.A meta-analysis of all surveys carried out till now should provide information about the conception and implementation of online interviews at organisations. Response rates and proportions of item nonresponse will be consulted for the evaluation of the data quality.Different ways for respondents recruitment were created as one main focus of variation between the studies. Several respondents were invited to participate in a survey by e-mail. In other studies the respondents received a letter which were distributed during the lessons.For the invitation by e-mail an address list was necessary. One of the major intentions of the "Studies barometer"-Project was to test different ways of compiling an e-mail address list at the university.Furthermore the content focus of the surveys were varied. As a result, a well known empirical finding could be replicated. The proximity to the topic and a subjective concernment of the respondents increases the willingness to participate. The more general the topic is, the less students respond to the questionnaire. The results of the empirical analysis should be contributed to the development of a best practice list for repeated online interviews at universities. Specific recommendations for the special context of the universities will be elaborated. Finally, general valid remarks regarding to possibilities for the increase of response rates in online surveys will be presented.
Abstract - optional Die Anwendung von Onlinebefragungen wächst. In den letzten Jahren wurden dabei meist Einzelstudien durchgeführt. Zunehmend gewinnen jedoch Fragen der dauerhaften Implementierung von Befragungen an Bedeutung. Die Vorteile der netzgestützten Befragung kommen hierbei besonders zur Geltung. Die schnelle Datenbereitstellung, die automatisierbare Rückmeldung von Ergebnissen, die kostengünstige Erhebung und die Nutzung der Befragung als eigene Kommunikationsplattform lassen die Onlinebefragung auch zu einem qualitativ hochwertigen Instrument der Organisationsentwicklung werden. Die besondere Herausforderung besteht hierbei darin, die Befragten zur Teilnahme an Befragungen zu inhaltlich wiederkehrenden Themen, die sich auf Aspekte des Arbeits- und Studienlebens beschränken, zu motivieren.Vor diesem Hintergrund wurde an der Universität Bremen im Rahmen des Pilotprojekts Studienbarometer der Frage nach der Akzeptanz und dem Potential von Onlinebefragungen nachgegangen. Im Mittelpunkt des Pilotprojektes standen Befragungen Studierender. Parallel dazu konnten jedoch auch zwei Mitarbeiterbefragungen realisiert werden, die das Bild über die Universität vervollständigen.Eine Meta-Analyse der bisher durchgeführten Studien soll Erkenntnisse darüber liefern, wie organisationsinterne Onlinebefragungen durchgeführt werden können. Als Maße für die Güte der erhobenen Daten werden spezifische Rücklaufquoten und Anteile von Item Nonresponse untersucht. Ein Schwerpunkt der Variation in den Einflussfaktoren lag auf unterschiedlichen Rekrutierungswegen der potentiell Befragten. In einigen Studien wurden die Befragten per E-Mail eingeladen, in anderen über einen Brief, der während der Lehrveranstaltungen verteilt werden konnte. Für die Einladung per E-Mail war die Bereitstellung von Adresslisten notwendig. Mögliche Wege für den Aufbau dieser Listen zu testen, war eines der zentralen Anliegen des Studienbarometerprojektes.Darüber hinaus wurde der thematische Schwerpunkt variiert. Hierbei konnte ein bereits empirisch gesichertes Ergebnis repliziert werden. Die Nähe und die subjektive Betroffenheit der Befragten erhöht die Teilnahmebereitschaft. Je allgemeiner das Thema ist, umso weniger Studierende antworteten auf den Fragebogen. Mit der Analyse wird eine Beitrag zur Entwicklung einer Best Practice List für wiederholte Onlinebefragungen an Universitäten geleistet. Es werden gleichermaßen spezifische Empfehlungen für den besonderen Kontext der Universitäten erarbeitet, wie allgemeiner gültige Anmerkungen zu Möglichkeiten der Erhöhung des Rücklaufes in Onlinebefragungen.
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Year of publication2005
Bibliographic typeConferences, workshops, tutorials, presentations
Web Survey Bibliography - 2005 (418)
- Data Quality Issues in a Multimode Survey; 2005; Wilson, C., Wright, D., Barton, T., Guerino, P.
- Web Survey Methodologies: A Comparison of Survey Accuracy; 2005; Krosnick, J. A., Nie, N., Rivers, D.
- Non-interviews in Mobile Phone Surveys; 2005; Vehovar, V.
- Quality Assessed: Cellular Phone Surveys versus Traditional Telephone Surveys; 2005; Steeh, C. G.
- Testing the Impact of Caller ID Technology on Response Rates in a Mixed Mode Survey; 2005; Trussell, N., Lavrakas, P. J.
- Re-examining Approaches to Achieving High Response Rates on Web-based Surveys of Post-secondary Students...; 2005; Lodato, B. N., Ghadialy, R.
- Qualitative Comparison of Paper and Online Self-Administered Modes; 2005; Grigorian, K. H., Sederstrom, S.
- Evaluating Nonsampling Errors in a Study Comparing Data Collected by Mail and Using the Web; 2005; Lesser, V. M., Newton, L.
- Effectiveness of E-mail and Paper Mail Notifications for Internet Surveys; 2005; Ruggiere, P., Ver Duin, D'Arlene
- Transforming a Paper Survey into a Web-based Survey: Respondent Experiences; 2005; Luyegu, A.
- A Profile of Self-Selecting Web Respondents; 2005; Guerino, P.
- What's Up Doc? Mixing Web and Mail Methods in a Survey of Physicians; 2005; Beebe, T. J., Locke, G. R., Barnes, S. A.
- Predicting Smapled Respondents' Likelihood to Cooperate in a Mail Survey: Part III; 2005; Burks, A. T., Lavrakas, P. J., Bennett, M.
- Sound Bytes: Capturing Audio in Survey Interviews; 2005; Hansen, S. E., Krysan, M., Couper, M. P.
- (Inter) Net Gain? Experiments to Increase Web-Based Response; 2005; Tourkin, S., Cox, S., Parmer, R., Zukerberg, A.
- Does Type of Pre-Notification Affect Web Survey Response Rates?; 2005; Harmon, M., Westin, E., Levin, K.
- Did You Get The Message? Using E-Mail and SMS for Prenotification in Web Surveys; 2005; Neubarth, W., Bosnjak, M., Bandilla, W., Couper, M. P., Kaczmirek, L.
- Analysis of Break-off Patterns in Web Surveys; 2005; Ahsan, S., Broach, R. J.
- The Effect of Incentives on Two Physician Mail Surveys: A Response Rate Comparison; 2005; Christian, J.
- Value and Timing Strategies in Prize Draws: A Further Examination of the Immediacy Effect in Web Surveys...; 2005; Tuten, T. L., Galesic, M., Bosnjak, M.
- Comparative Analyses of Parallel Paper, Phone, and Web Surveys With and Without Incentives: What Differences...; 2005; Olsen, D., Call, V., Wygant, S.
- Characteristics Related to Cell Phone Status: Why Generation Y Should be Targeted; 2005; Hancock, L.
- The Labelling Game: A Conceptual Exploration of Deviance on the Internet; 2005; Denegri-Knott, J., Taylor, J.
- Mode Effects for Hybrid Telephone/Internet Surveys and Reaching Cellphone-Only Households; 2005; Kulp, D., Herrmann, M., Dutwin, D., Lavine, S.
- In Search of Equivalency across Modes: Experimental Results Comparing Alternative Question Formats for...; 2005; Christian, L. M., Dillman, D. A., Smyth, J. D.
- Survey Mode Effects: Comparison between Telephone and Web; 2005; Speizer, H., Baker, R. P., Schneider, K.
- How Does Social Desirability Affect Responses?: Differences in Telephone and Online Surveys; 2005; Taylor, H., Krane, D., Thomas, R. K.
- Young Cell Phone Users and Voting Behavior in Georgia in 2004; 2005; Bason, J. J.
- Comparing Check-All and Forced-Choice Question Formats in Web Surveys: The Role of Satisficing, Depth...; 2005; Smyth, J. D., Dillman, D. A., Christian, L. M., Stern, M. J.Chou, C.; de Rouvray, C.Christianson DeMay...
- Improving Web Based Intercept Surveys: A Framework For The Active User Sampling; 2005; Kaczmirek, L., Neubarth, W.
- Comparing the Knowledge Networks Web-Enabled Panel and the In-Person 2002 General Social Survey: Experiments...; 2005; Smith, T. W., Li, R. J., Pulliam, P.
- Data Collection Mode Effects Controlling for Sample Origins in a Panel Study: Telephone versus Internet...; 2005; Dennis, J. M., Chatt, C.Li, R. J.; de Rouvray, C.Pulliam, P.; de Rouvray, C.
- Translucent is the mind of the web user; 2005; Britschgi, M.
- Comparing response distributions of offline and online data collection methods; 2005; Schillewaert, N., Meulemeester, P.
- Online focus groups; 2005; Reid, D. J., Reid, F. J. M.
- A Typology of Real-Time Validations in Web-Based Surveys; 2005; Peytchev, A., Crawford, S. D.
- Pediatric Gastroenterology Workforce Survey, 2003-2004; 2005; Crandall, W., Barnard, J., Cohen, M., Colletti, R., Ferry, G., Harnsberger, J., Hart, M., Rosenthal,...
- Interaction in cyberspace: an online focus group; 2005; Kenny, A. J.
- The value of online surveys; 2005; Evans, J. R., Mathur, A.
- Improving Customer Experience via Text Mining; 2005; Lakshminarayan, C., Yu, Q., Benson, A.
- An Empirical Evaluation of Three Web Survey Design Principles; 2005; Healey, B., MacPherson, T., Kuijten, B.
- In my opinion; 2005; Haley, F.
- Studying marriage and family therapists in the 21st century: Methodological and technological issues; 2005; Northey, N. F. Jr.
- Online has all the answers; 2005; Buxton, P.
- Survey Says...Or Does It? Fun with Statistics; 2005; Crawford, W.
- Websurveyor debuts free web polling tool; 2005; Anonymous
- FIRM: FIRM to release a free and easy-to-use questionnaire designer; 2005; Anonymous
- Online Data Collection: Strategies for Research; 2005; Granello, D. H., Wheaton, J. E.
- Eight tips offer best practices for online MR; 2005; Kottler, R. E.
- Get the most from Net-based panel research; 2005; Philpott, G.

