Implementation of the forced answering option within online surveys: Do higher item response rates come at the expense of participation and answer quality?

Décieux, Jean Philippe Pierre; Mergener, Alexandra; Sischka, Philipp; Neufang, Kristina

doi:10.2298/psi1504311d

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“…The number of mandatory questions was kept low, owing to the risk of increased dropout rates associated with forced response in electronic‐based surveys . In retrospect, it may have been wiser to have made the questions about exposure levels to gloves mandatory, as these questions had fewer answers than the questions on hand washing frequency and hand disinfectant use (Table ).…”

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“…Therefore, future research could implement other alternatives, such as a soft reminder option. This could reduce the possibility of response oversights while still allowing respondents to not respond if they don't know or are not comfortable answering (Décieux, Mergener, Neufang, & Sischka, 2015;Dillman, Smyth, & Christian, 2014).…”

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Ethical Decision-Making: The Role of Self-Monitoring, Future Orientation, and Social Networks

Bon

Volkema

Silva

2017

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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This study examines the influence of individual factors (self-monitoring, temporal orientation) on social networking, and their relationship with unethical decision-making. The study used surveys to measure the unethical intentions and social network data of 129 professionals. Data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The findings provided evidence that individual factors influence the development of social networks and, along with self-monitoring, the likelihood of unethical decision-making. In particular, being in positions of lower network centrality increased individuals' risk of unethical intention. One explanation stems from the need for high situation control to reduce risk and ensure the success of an event, which only a closed network can provide. However, ethical low self-monitor women were also found to have low centrality, so social networks alone do not explain ethical decision-making. This research represents a step forward in our understanding of ethical decision-making through the adoption of multiple and simultaneous factors, proposing an integrated theory of individual and situational factors influencing unethical options.

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“…This result can be explained by the fact that a "don't know" option was explicitly offered in the web survey but was not read by the interviewer in the telephone survey. If this "don't know" option is not offered to respondents, they tend to quit [71,72]. Consequently, we decided to offer this answer choice for the appropriate questions.…”

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Telephone versus web panel National Survey for monitoring adoption of preventive behaviors to climate change in populations: a case study of Lyme disease in Québec, Canada

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Valois

Canuel

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BMC Med Res Methodol

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Background: To monitor the adoption of climate change adaptive behaviors in the population, public health authorities have to conduct national surveys, which can help them target vulnerable subpopulations. To ensure reliable estimates of the adoption of these preventive behaviors, many data collection methods are offered by polling firms. The aim of this study was to compare a telephone survey with a web survey on Lyme disease with regard to their representativeness. Methods: The data comes from a cross-sectional study conducted in the Province of Québec (Canada). In total, 1003 people completed the questionnaire by telephone and 956 filled in a web questionnaire. We compared the data obtained from both survey modes with the census data in regard to various demographic characteristics. We then compared the data from both samples in terms of self-reported Lyme disease preventive behaviors and other theoretically associated constructs. We also assessed the measurement invariance (equivalence) of the index of Lyme disease preventive behaviors across the telephone and web samples. Results: Findings showed that neither the telephone nor the web panel modes of data collection can be considered more representative of the target population. The results showed that the proportion of item nonresponses was significantly higher with the web questionnaire (5.6%) than with the telephone survey (1.3%), and that the magnitude of the differences between the two survey modes was nil for 19 out of the 30 items related to Lyme disease, and small for 11 of them. Results from invariance analyses confirmed the measurement invariance of an index of adaptation to Lyme disease, as well as the mean invariance across both samples.

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Implementation of the forced answering option within online surveys: Do higher item response rates come at the expense of participation and answer quality?

Cited by 56 publications

References 35 publications

Wet work exposure and hand eczema among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

Wet work exposure and hand eczema among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

Ethical Decision-Making: The Role of Self-Monitoring, Future Orientation, and Social Networks

Telephone versus web panel National Survey for monitoring adoption of preventive behaviors to climate change in populations: a case study of Lyme disease in Québec, Canada

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