Web Survey Bibliography
Uncertainty permeates the process of risk assessment. It arises from recognized sources such as inadequacy of toxicological data, lack of exposure information, and imprecise identification of sensitive populations. In addition to these ambiguities, comparative risk exercises, which amount to risk assessment on a scale wider than that applied to single agents, also entail balancing community values, cost-benefit analyses, and other factors not directly tied to toxicology. Such exercises often convene evaluation panels to attempt a ranking of different stressors or stressor groups. The size of these panels is necessarily limited, and they usually strive to reach some form of consensus on ranking. Because ordinal assignments of risk are so difficult to achieve, they actually evolve into rating agendas in which stressors are categorized as high, medium, or low risks. Whether ranking or rating is its aim, this process, with its emphasis on agreement, usually overlooks two major components of uncertainty. One is variability among raters in assigning a score or category. The other is the degree of uncertainty they implicitly attach to their individual ratings. Both serve as guides to the scope and clarity of the available information. To gather more information about these critical but usually overlooked contributions to uncertainty, and, simultaneously, to query a broader sample of respondents, a survey method was designed to exploit the possibilities of electronic communication based on the World Wide Web. This method can secure risk ratings of selected stressors from many different samples of respondents. In addition, it can also provide information about the extent of ratings variability among risk assessors, individuals, or groups of respondents, about the bases of the ratings, and, concurrently, the confidence they place in their judgment. Comparative risk endeavors conducted in this format make their aims and content easy to modify. Data obtained by such a method can serve as pointers to new research initiatives, to regulator priorities, or to further iterations.
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Web survey bibliography - 2001 (57)
- Computer-assisted Self-interviewing over the Web: Criteria for Evaluating Survey Software with Reference...; 2001; Flatley, J.
- Creating a Web research guide: Collaboration between liaisons, faculty and students; 2001; Sugarman, T. S., Demetracopoulos, C.
- Questionnaire Pretesting Methods: Do Different Techniques and Different Organizations Produce Similar...; 2001; Rothgeb, J. M., Willis, G. B., Forsyth, B. H.
- Practical methods for sampling rare and mobile populations; 2001; Kalton, G.
- Recommended Standard Final Outcome Categories and Standard Definitions of Response Rate for Social Surveys...; 2001; Lynn, P., Beerten, R., Laiho, J., Martin, J.
- Visual Analog Scales: Do they have a role in the measurement of preferences for health states?; 2001; Torrance, G. W., Feeny, D., Furlong, W.
- Trends in household survey nonresponse: A longitudinal and international comparison; 2001; de Leeuw, E. D., de Heer, W.
- The construction of attitudes; 2001; Schwarz, N., Bohnerd, G.
- Subscale distance and item clustering effects in self-administered surveys: A new metric; 2001; Bradlow, E. T., Fitzsimons, G. J.
- On the use of college students in social science research: Insights from a second‐order meta...; 2001; Peterson, R. A.
- Introduction to behavioral research on the internet; 2001; Birnbaum, M. H.
- Experiments on column width spacing in the University of Michigan Student Life Survey; 2001; Boyd, C. J., McCabe, S. E., Couper, M. P., Crawford, S. D.
- Building an alternative response process model for business surveys; 2001; Willimack, D. K., Nichols, E. M.
- Ethische Dimensionen der Online-Forschung; 2001; Dzeyk, W.
- Panel Bias from Attrition and Conditioning: A Case Study of the Knowledge Networks Panel; 2001; Clinton, J. D.
- Web experiment on colour harmony principles applied to computer user interface design; 2001; Laugwitz, B.
- Knowledge acquisition, navigation and eye movements from text and hypertext; 2001; Naumann, A., Waniek, J., Krems, J. F.
- Score Reliability in Web or Internet-Based Surveys: Unnumbered Graphic Rating Scales versus Likert-Type...; 2001; Cook, C., Heath, F., Thompson, R. L., Thompson, B.
- On-line student feedback: A pilot study ; 2001; Galbraith, L. B., Gee, P., Jennings, F., Riley, R.
- Comparing Two Survey Research Approaches: E-Mail and Web-Based Technology versus Traditional Mail ; 2001; Howes, C. M., Mailloux, M. R.
- Literature Review of Web and E-mail Surveys, Chapter III; 2001; Schonlau, M., Fricker, R. D., Elliot, M. N.
- Over the Net. Taking advantage of the Internet in radio measurement; 2001; Cohen, E., O'Hare, B., Jones, L.
- Platform-dependent biases in Online Research: Do Mac users really think different?; 2001; Buchanan, T., Reips, U.-D.
- Documentation for 2001 Winter Internet Survey; 2001; Alvarez, M. R., Sherman, R.
- Using touch screen audio-CASI to obtain data on sensitive topics; 2001; Cooley, P. C., Rogers, S. M., Al-Tayyib, A. A., Ganapathi, L. F., Willis, G. B., Turner, C. F.
- When money doesn't talk; 2001; Funk, S., McCallum-Keeler, G.
- Reaching IT professionals: online vs. telephone interviewing; 2001; Van Houten, B.
- A comparison of Internet and mail survey methodologies; 2001; Medlin, B., Whitten, D.
- Qualitatively Speaking: Online focus groups are no substitute for the real thing; 2001; Greenbaum, T.
- Designing a questionnaire that dives beneath the surface; 2001; Humphreys, G., McNeish, J.
- Online focus group FAQs; 2001; Zinchiak, M.
- Telephone Survey Methodology; 2001; Groves, R. M., Biemer, P. P., Lyberg, L. E., Massey, J. T., Nicholls II, W. L., Waksberg, J.
- In the flesh or online? Exploring qualitative research methodologies; 2001; Seymour, W. S.
- Comparing Random Digit Dial Surveys With Web Surveys: The Case Of Health Care Consumers In California...; 2001; Berry, S., Zapert, K., Payne, S., Payne, L., Sanstad, K., Marcus, S., Spranca, M., Kan, H., Turner,...
- Analysis of Internet Users' Level of Online Privacy Concerns; 2001; O'Neil, D.
- Financial Incentives, Personal Information and Drop-Out in Online Studies; 2001; Frick, A., Bachtiger, M. T., Reips, U.-D.
- Survey Nonresponse; 2001; Groves, R. M., Dillman, D. A., Eltinge, J. L.
- Web survey errors; 2001; Lozar Manfreda, K.
- Testing an Internet Response Option for the American Community Survey; 2001; Griffin, D. H., Fischer, D. P., Morgan, M. T.
- Successful online qualitative market research; 2001; Bradford, D. P.
- From telephone to the Web; 2001; Stone, B.
- Best practices for online survey research; 2001; Dimetrosky, S., Khawaja, S., Degens, P.
- Scandinavia Leading Europe's Broadband Revolution; 2001; Anonymous
- Human factors in business-to-business research over the internet; 2001; Culkin, N., Brown, Js., Fletcher, J.
- Going Global: Issues in Applying Internet; 2001; Bauman, S., Jobity, N., Wilson, D., Atak, H., Deis, M., Airey, J.
- Experimental comparison of Web, electronic and mail survey technologies in operations management; 2001; Klassen, R. D., Jacobs, J.
- An Assessment of the Generalizability of Internet Surveys; 2001; Best, S. J., Krueger, B. S., Hubbard, C., Smith, A. J.
- Web survey design and administration; 2001; Couper, M. P., Traugott, M. W., Lamias, M. J.
- The record of internet-based opinion polls in predicting the results of 72 races in the November 2000...; 2001; Taylor, H., Bremer, J., Overmeyer, C., Siegel, J. W., Terhanian, G.
- Using Internet polling to forecast the 2000 elections; 2001; Terhanian, G., Taylor, H., Bremer, J., Overmeyer, C., Siegel, J. W.