Are web survey answers similar to face to face ones?
Face to face interviews are increasingly replaced by web surveys. We use an experiment to investigate implications on measurement.
Call for papers: General Online Research 2021 (GOR 21)
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Measurement error in health data collection. The case for nurse effects
Nurses can impact the collection of “objective” athropometric and physical performance measures. They explain on average 13% of variation.
How do interviewers influence the study of discrimination?
Interviwers impact how skin color is measured in face to face surveys. Large differences are found by country with an impact on substantive results.
Why do people take longer to do surveys by mobile?
Recent research has showed that respondents take longer to answer Web survey by mobile than PC. Our new paper explains what leads to this difference using an experimental design.
Survey methods deadlines and events: February 2019
Deadlines and events in survey methodology Febrary 2019
Are you mixing your survey modes the right way?
Is it always beneficial to add another mode of data collection? What is the best order for mixing modes?
Want to make Web surveys more interesting? Maybe ditch the radio buttons
Web surveys have become extremely popular. You see them everywhere, from pop-ups after customer service to questions on Twitter. They are also increasingly used for large and complex surveys like …
Call for abstracts: Measurement error in longitudinal data workshop
Call for abstracts Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data Workshop Manchester, UK 19-21 June 2019 It is our great pleasure to invite you to the Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data …