Web Surveys versus other Survey Modes: A Meta-Analysis Comparing Response Rates

By Katja Lozar Manfreda, Michael Bosnjak, J. Berzelak, Iris Haas, Vasja Vehovar. 2008

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Predicting the brighter and darker sides of interpersonal relationships: Does psychological need thwarting matter? (2015, result): “Further, the data obtained are at least as reliable as those obtained via traditional methods (Buhrmester et al. 2011; Manfreda et al. 2008; Musch and Reips 2000; Paolacci et al. 2010).”
Improving Response To Web and Mixed-Mode Surveys (2011, background): “Internet surveys are an increasingly popular alternative to traditional survey modes, but their response rates are typically lower than those of mail surveys (Manfreda et al. 2008).”
Factors affecting response rates of the web survey: A systematic review (2010, background): “Generally, surveys sponsored by academic and governmental agencies have higher response rates than those sponsored by commercial ones (Fox et al., 1988; Goyder, 1982; Heberlein & Baumgartner, 1978; Manfreda et al., 2008; Walston, Lissitz, & Rudner, 2006).”
Effects of perceived service quality, website quality, and reputation on purchase intention: The mediating and moderating roles of trust and perceived risk in online shopping (2021, methodology): “Online surveys are considered a significant and authenticated tool for new research (Manfreda et al., 2008) and also represent a fast, simple, and less costly approach of collecting data (Dutot & Bergeron, 2016).”
Festivals as agents for behaviour change: A study of food festival engagement and subsequent food choices (2015, background): “The high response rates may be attributed to the initial direct engagement between the researcher and the respondents (Manfreda, Bosnjak, Berzelak, Haas, & Vehovar, 2008).”
Food4Me study: Validity and reliability of Food Choice Questionnaire in 9 European countries (2015, background): “The response rate was 31.9% which although lower than some other survey data collection methods, is typical for web-based social research (Manfreda et al., 2008) the limitations of such a recruitment procedure, however, may be that given the volunteers consisted of those more highly motivated to…”