Innovations in Survey Research

By S. Sills, Chunyan Song. 2002

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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Entrepreneurial orientation and SME international performance: The mediating role of networking capability and experiential learning (2019, methodology): “The survey was created via Qualtrics and administered online, as an online survey can control for the risk of unrepresentative samples (Sills and Song, 2002).”
Participation rates in epidemiologic studies. (2007, neutral): “Concerns about Internet security also impede the use of Web-based data collection ( 146 ), but can be overcome by available tools such as user authentication and data encryption (137).”
The Psychological Well-Being and Sociocultural Adaptation of Short-Term International Students in Ireland (2010, background): “Indeed, previous researchers using similar methods of data collection with university students have reported response rates as low as 22% and as high as 39% (Sills & Song, 2002; Wei et al., 2007).”
Acculturative stress, perfectionism, years in the United States, and depression among Chinese international students. (2007, result): “However, there is often a lower response rate from participants in Web-based surveys (e.g., 22% response rate; Sills & Song, 2002 ) compared with the response rate from participants who receive course credits.”
A Comparison of Web and Mail Survey Response Rates (2004, methodology): “For special populations that regularly use the Internet, the Web has been found to be a useful means of conducting research (Couper, Traugott, and Lamias 2001; Sills and Song 2002).”
The effects of HRM practices and antecedents on organizational commitment among university employees (2006, background): “Although Web surveys are relatively new for data collection, several researchers found support for use of the medium in terms of acceptable response rates (e.g. Cobanoglu et al. , 2001; Sills and Song, 2002).”
Response Rates in Organizational Science, 1995–2008: A Meta-analytic Review and Guidelines for Survey Researchers (2010, background): “One line of thought, however, has suggested that using electronic administration modes may result in lower response rates due to concerns of Internet security, the receipt of electronic ‘‘junk mail’’ or ‘‘spam’’, and lack of personal relationship between researcher and respondents ( Sills and Song 2”
Conducting Online Surveys (2006, methodology): “ Sills and Song (2002) discuss the issue of sampling error and recommend including entire populations of given groups in order to avoid this type of error.”
Facilitating Content Analysis in Tourism Research (2009, background): “The escalating employment of e-surveys by social scientists (Sills and Song 2002) also contributed to the availability of electronic data.”
Adoption of Mobile Technologies for Chinese Consumers (2007, methodology): “As recommended by researchers (Couper et al. 2001; Sills and Song 2002), the data were collected through the web from a Chinese online panel, which was bought from an online survey company.”
Adult Attachment, Social Self-Efficacy, Self-Disclosure, Loneliness, and Subsequent Depression for Freshman College Students: A Longitudinal Study (2005, background): “Sills and Song (2002) reported a response rate of 22% after three waves of solicitations in response to a Web-based survey with no incentive offered for participation.”