Survey practice 

About: Survey practice is an academic journal published by Survey Practice. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Respondent. It has an ISSN identifier of 2168-0094. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 355 publications have been published receiving 2781 citations.

Do You Know Which Device Your Respondent Has Used to Take Your Online Survey

Abstract: The type of devices that can be used to go online is becoming more varied. Users access the internet through traditional desktops and laptops, as well as netbooks, tablets, videogame consoles, mobile phones and ebook readers. Because many online surveys are designed to be taken on a standard desktop or laptop screen, it is important to monitor from which device your online sample is taking the survey, and to consider the consequences the device might have for visual design impact and survey estimates. A survey designed to be taken on a desktop does not necessarily or automatically look the same when taken from netbooks, smartphones and other devices.

Smart Surveys for Smart Phones: Exploring Various Approaches for Conducting Online Mobile Surveys via Smartphones*

Abstract: Smart Surveys for Smart Phones: Exploring Various Approaches for Conducting Online Mobile Surveys via Smartphones*

Predicting Response Rate: A Natural Experiment

Abstract: While the literature on survey methods (see Richardson et al, 1995 or Dillman, 2000 for rele-vant textbooks) discusses response burden, there seems to be no literature on its ex-ante pre-diction, nor on the resulting response rates. Still, market research firms have to estimate their interviewers’ time requirements in advance to be able to calculate a budget for a study. Using its point system, Ursula Raymann of the Zurich-based Gesellschaft fur Sozialforschung, rated a series of self-administered surveys (Table 1), which had been conducted by Axhausen and his collaborators at the Institute for Transport Planning and Systems (IVT). Table 1 Response burden: Points by question type and action Item Points Question or transition (up to 3 lines) 2 Each additional line 1 Closed yes/no answers 1 Simple numerical answer (e.g. year of birth) 1 Rating with up to 5 possibilities 2 Rating with more than 5 possibilities 3 Left, middle, right rating 2 Scales with 3 and more grades 2 Best of ranking with cards 4 Second and each additional best ranking 3 Answer to subquestions of up to 5 words 1 Answers to subquestion of up to 2 lines 2 a) Response to half-open question with ≤8 possibilities 2 Each additional one 2 b) Response to half-open question with ≥8 possibilities 4 Each additional one 3 Answer to “please specify” 2 First answer to an open question 6 Each additional answer to the open question 3 Mixing showcards 6 Giving/showing a card to the respondent 1 Per response category on a showcard 1 Filter 0.5 Branching 0.5 © Gesellschaft fur Sozialforschung, Zurich, 2006

Cultural Differences: Why Do Asians Avoid Extreme Responses?

Abstract: The United States is a multi-racial and multi-cultural society. Social scientists conducting surveys face one problem: they are dealing with people from different cultural backgrounds. Similar to the challenge of international studies, we have to make sure that the survey measures are comparable across subpopulations with different cultures. To ensure comparability, we should consider two important factors: (1) equivalence of presenting the measures (whether the presentation of the stimuli is equivalent and comparable across different cultures); (2) and equivalence of interpreting/responding to the measures (whether respondents would interpret and respond to the stimuli in the same way).