Comparing Responses from Internet and Paper-Based Collection Methods in more Complex Stated Preference Environmental Valuation Surveys

By Jill Windle, John Rolfe. 2011

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Internet surveys are becoming an increasing popular survey collection method because collection times are quicker and survey costs are lower than other collection techniques. Many studies have been conducted overseas to compare the effects of survey collection modes with results still remaining inconsistent. Fewer studies have compared collection methods for nonmarket valuation surveys, particularly for the more complex stated preference, choice modelling surveys. In this study, a comparison of internet and paper-based surveys is made to determine if the results for overseas studies can be replicated in Australia. The valuation exercise was to elicit values from Brisbane respondents for future improvements in the environmental condition of the Great Barrier Reef. The results indicate that there were some socio-demographic and attitudinal differences between the two samples and the models developed to explain the influence on choice selection were also significantly different. However, no differences in value estimates were found in the final results; household willingness to pay for an improvement in the condition of the GBR was equivalent across collection methods.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences, Sociology and Political Science

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Contemporary Guidance for Stated Preference Studies (2017, background): “For a mail survey, respondents can see the topic and then decide whether to 2011; Lindhjem and Navrud 2011a, 2011b; Windle and Rolfe 2011; Šĉasný and Alberini 2012; Boyle et al. 2016; Sandorf, Aanesen, and Navrud 2016).”
Using Internet in Stated Preference Surveys: A Review and Comparison of Survey Modes (2011, methodology): “Following a similar approach to Olsen (2009), Windle and Rolfe (2011) compare an Internet panel sample with a drop-off/pick up paper-based collection method (details of which are unclear).”