Web Survey Bibliography
Self administered surveys can be conducted over mobile web capable devices. The literature is scarce on design of mobile web surveys. Mobile web surveys have some unique functionality that will require development of new design considerations. Replication of findings from other modes as well as construction of new experiments is needed to inform design for mobile web surveys. An area probability sample from two counties in the U.S. was drawn and a household member was randomly selected and recruited by field recruiters to participate in a Smartphone panel. Ninety-two participants were provided with a Smartphone device with paid voice and data plans and asked to complete a short survey every week. A series of design experiments were launched through the weekly surveys. Experiments addressed three major objectives. First, to replicate selected findings found to be robust across modes, such as effects from question order and scale frequencies, whic are expected to work through the same cognitive processes. Second, to replicate findings from experiments in (computer administered) web surveys. Web surveys differ from other modes and share much of the functionality of mobile web surveys, both administered through web browsers. Among our experiments, we examine the use of pictures in the questionnaire and the number of questions placed on a page. Last, we devised experiments that address the unique functionality and display of the mobile device. Individuals vary in their familiarity with mobile devices that can be related to how survey design affects responding. We measured self reported familiarity with mobile devices in the initial background survey and obtained usage of voice and data services from the mobile provider, to use in multivariate models. We administered another survey a few weeks after the experiments, assigning respondents to the conditions they did not receive in the initial experiments. We conclude with practical implications, cautions, and suggestions for future research.
Web survey bibliography - 7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology (23)
- Use of a website to evaluate quality of work-life and quality of life among community workers helping...; 2008; Dupuis, G.
- Comparing the network structures in teams among companies: Extensions of the MTML approach; 2008; Agneessens, F., Contractor, N.
- Online poll in study of incentives to participation of youth in innovative development; 2008; Gvozdeva, E. S.
- Measuring ties on online forums; 2008; Ziberna, A., Vehovar, V., Jakulin, A.
- Using Internet Pages of Organisations as Data Source for Social Science Research; 2008; Baumgarten, B., Grauel, J.
- Social Web Data as a Source for Social Science Research. The Example of a German Online Dating Website...; 2008; Skopek, J., Schmitz, A.
- DHS CAPI Data Collection Model Using PDAs; 2008; Rojas, G.
- The relative Coverage Error in Telephone Surveys caused by Mobile-Only Populations across Europe; 2008; Fuchs, M.
- Chaotic Web: The challenge of Misinformation and Disinformation; 2008; Keshavarz, H.
- Mixed methods in online evaluation: benefits and problems; 2008; Kuckartz, U.
- Use of the Internet as a data collection tool: a methodological investigation of online synchronous...; 2008; Evans, A. R., Elford, J., Wiggins, D.
- Parallel Phone and Web-based Interviews: Effects of Sample and Weighting on Comparability and Validity...; 2008; Thomas, R. K., Krane, D., Taylor, H., Terhanian, G.
- Modern Telephony, the Web and Survey Management; 2008; Olsen, R. J.
- Mobile Web Survey Design; 2008; Peytchev, A. Hill, C.
- Impact of new technologies in data collection methods; 2008; Callegaro, M.
- Integration of the web into survey data collection: Balancing costs and errors; 2008; Vehovar, V., Berzelak, N., Lozar Manfreda, K.
- Response Non-Differentiation and Response Styles in Web-Based Studies: Causes and Consequences ; 2008; Frisina, L. T., Thomas, R. K.
- Communicative Channels, Cognitive Processes and Question Understanding: Results from a Randomized Field...; 2008; Fuchs, M.
- Understanding the decision to participate in a survey: motives for refusal and preferred forms of contact...; 2008; Álvarez, R. M., Sevillano, V.
- Survey mode effects in smoking status assessment; 2008; Burns, E., Levinson, A.
- Uses of self-anchoring scales in web surveys; 2008; Van Acker, F., Theuns, P.
- Open-ended questions and online surveys: the mode effect in relation to length; 2008; Denscombe, M.
- New survey strategies for radio: the RFM’s “Ouvinte Mais” case study; 2008; Cordeiro, P.