List of tables |
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List of figures |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 Introduction to Online Surveys |
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1.2 Online surveys for quantitative and qualitative research |
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1.2.1 Quantitative online research |
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1.2.2 Qualitative online research |
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1.3 Different types of Web surveys |
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1.3.1 Non-probability Web surveys |
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1.3.2 Probability-based Web surveys |
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1.5 Dimension differences between modes |
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1.5.1 Degree of interviewer involvement |
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1.5.2 Degree of interaction with the respondent |
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1.5.4 Channels of communication |
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1.5.5 The use of technology |
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1.6 Internet penetration over time and place |
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1.7 Web surveys on mobile devices |
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2 Developing the Survey: Questions and Answers |
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2.2 Psychology of asking questions |
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2.3 From research objectives to constructs to questions |
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2.3.1 Research objectives |
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2.4.2 Closed-ended ordered |
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2.4.3 Closed-ended unordered |
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2.5 Ordering of the questions |
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2.6 Introduction to the questionnaire and thank you message |
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2.7 Pretesting the questionnaire |
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3 Ethical Considerations |
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3.2 Ethical obligations to the respondents |
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3.2.1 Confidentiality, anonymity and privacy |
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3.3 Ethical issues involving the reporting of the results |
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3.3.1 Data falsification or fabrication |
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3.3.3 Redundant publication |
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3.4 Ethics and the Internet |
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3.4.2 Obtaining informed consent in Web surveys |
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3.4.3 Debriefing in Web surveys |
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3.4.4 Threatened confidentiality |
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3.4.5 Collection of paradata |
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3.4.6 Issues arising from identification problems: Protection of children |
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3.4.7 Multiple submissions |
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4 Sampling |
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4.5.1 Probability samples |
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4.5.2 Non-probability samples |
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4.6 Determining sample size |
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4.6.3 Confidence interval |
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4.6.5 Sample size for non-probability samples |
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5 Using a Panel in Your Research |
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5.2 Probability versus non-probability-based panels |
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5.3.1 Offline recruitment: Face-to-face, telephone or paper-and-pencil |
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5.3.3 Optimal strategy for recruitment |
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5.4 Designing the panel invitation |
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5.5 Panel management system |
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5.6 Household or individual panel |
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5.6.1 Dependence of observations within households |
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5.6.2 Household composition changes over time |
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5.6.3 Multilevel models for household panel data |
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6 Comparative Survey Research |
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6.2 Cross-national and cross-cultural surveys |
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6.2.1 Reasons for cross-national and cross-cultural surveys |
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6.2.2 Cross-national and cross-cultural design |
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6.2.3 Consequences of cross-national or cross-cultural designs |
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6.3.1 Reasons for longitudinal surveys |
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6.3.2 Design of longitudinal surveys |
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6.3.3 Consequences of longitudinal surveys |
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6.4.1 Reasons for using mixed-mode surveys |
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6.4.3 Consequences of using mixed-mode designs |
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6.5.1 Reasons for mixed-device surveys |
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6.5.2 Design of mixed-device surveys |
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6.5.3 Consequences of mixed-device surveys |
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7 Incentives for Respondents |
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7.2 Why incentives should work |
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7.5 Survey mode and longitudinal effects |
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8 Selecting Survey Software |
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8.2.1 Web survey software |
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8.2.3 Software without hosting |
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8.2.4 Form-creation websites |
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8.3.3 Big-budget software |
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8.4.3 Full-featured analyses |
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8.6 Other features to consider |
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8.6.3 Additional contacts |
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8.6.4 Accessibility options |
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9 Programming the Survey |
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9.4 Scrolling versus paging design |
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9.5 Welcome screen and thank you message |
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9.6.4 Slider bars and visual analogue scales |
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9.6.7 Labelling of scalar questions |
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9.7 Visual design things you need to know |
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9.8 Question and instruction text |
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9.11 Going back in the survey |
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9.13 Don't know and won't tell |
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9.14 Interactive features |
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9.19 Dependent interviewing |
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10 Fieldwork |
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10.3 Offline draft of the questionnaire |
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10.6 Respondent recruitment |
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10.10 Analysing and writing a report |
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11 Processing and Cleaning the Data |
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11.3.2 Diagnostics: Strange patterns |
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12 Weighting Survey Data |
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12.2.1 Post-stratification weighting |
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12.2.2 Propensity score adjustment |
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12.3 Reasons for weighting |
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12.4 Selection of auxiliary information (weighting variables) |
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12.4.1 Sociodemographic variables |
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12.4.2 Webographic or psychographic variables |
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13 Reporting Survey Results |
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13.2 The written survey report |
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13.2.6 Discussion and conclusion |
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13.2.7 List of references |
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13.2.9 Other sections and general recommendations |
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13.3 Oral presentations using PowerPoint |
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13.3.1 Structure of the presentation |
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14 Making Data Available to Others |
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14.1 Introduction: Why open data? |
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14.2 Copyright and ownership of data |
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14.3.1 Which information should be saved? |
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15 The Future of Web Surveys |
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15.2 The use of new devices |
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15.2.1 Completing surveys on multiple devices |
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15.2.2 Usability of new devices for survey completion |
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15.2.3 Mobile phone: A synthesis of all other survey modes? |
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15.3 Rethink the concept of a survey |
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15.4 Use of existing data |
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15.5 New technologies and privacy |
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Index |
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