Advantages and Disadvantages of Internet Research Surveys: Evidence from the Literature

By Ronald D. Fricker Jr., Matthias Schonlau. 2002

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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Sampling Methods for Web and E-mail Surveys (2012, background): “That is, researchers naively conducting (allelectronic)Internet-basedsurveys–where themarginalcostsforadditionalsurveyscan be virtually nil – often fail to recognize the ‘trade-off between easy, low cost access to large numbers of patients [participants] and the representativeness in the population…”
Comparing Response Rates from Web and Mail Surveys: A Meta-Analysis (2008, background): “Through a narrative review, Fricker and Schonlau (2002) compared response rates between Web and paper surveys.”
Factors affecting response rates of the web survey: A systematic review (2010, background): “However, web surveys often face specific challenges, such as losing participants who do not Internet access, and having low response rates that could lead to biased results (Couper, 2000; Fricker & Schonlau, 2002; Groves, 1989).”
Social research 2.0: virtual snowball sampling method using Facebook (2012, background): “Some studies reflect that there is a low response rate of many online surveys (Fricker and Schonlau, 2002; Wilson and Laskey, 2003).”
E-commerce adoption by SMEs in developing countries: evidence from Indonesia (2017, methodology): “The online questionnaire was chosen because this method is considered to have several advantages, which are that it is cheaper, better (in term of response rate), faster and easier than conventional methods (Fricker and Schonlau 2002).”
Participation rates in epidemiologic studies. (2007, background): “, automatic skips, randomization of questions, logic checks for responses) while maintaining the anonymity of a selfadministered survey (26, 137).”
The value of online surveys (2005, background): “Fricker and Schonlau (2002) state a popular conclusion that there is limited evidence in the literature that online surveys generally obtain higher response rates than do other survey types.”
Roles of Gender, Race, and SES in the College Choice Process Among First-Generation and Nonfirst-Generation Students (2008, neutral): “For example, Fricker and Rand (2002) in a meta-analysis reported that the response rates of six studies published between 1998 and 2001 ranged from 8% to 44%.”
Psychological research online: report of Board of Scientific Affairs' Advisory Group on the Conduct of Research on the Internet. (2004, background): “Response rates to online surveys are typically lower than comparable mail or telephone surveys, and when given a choice of Internet or paper questionnaires, respondents still overwhelmingly choose paper (Couper, 2001b; Fricker & Schonlau, 2002 ).”
Determinants of residential water consumption: Evidence and analysis from a 10‐country household survey (2011, background): “While the response rate is not available for France, it is available for the following locations: Canada (77%), Australia (72%), Italy (60%), Netherlands (49%), Sweden (65%), Norway (55%), Czech Republic (53%), Mexico (47%), and South Korea (57%).”
Personal and Organizational Diversity Factors' Impact on Social Workers' Job Satisfaction: Results from a National Internet-Based Survey (2009, methodology): “Internet-based survey response rates can vary, depending upon the method utilized and chosen population with Web-only surveys, obtaining response rates between 8% and 44% ( Fricker & Schonlau, 2002 ).”
Impact of a University Recreation Center on Social Belonging and Student Retention (2011, background): “Finally, although convenience sampling cannot be generalized to other university student recreation users, it can be useful to some researchers for future purposes (Fricker & Schonlau, 2002).”
Comparing Mail and Web-Based Survey Distribution Methods: Results of Surveys to Leisure Travel Retailers (2005, background): “Fricker and Schonlau (2002) noted anecdotal evidence in the literature that long surveys did not seem to perform as well in Web format as in mail format.”