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Web-Based Surveys:An Emerging Tool


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1 UGC, Bangalore University, India
2 Quantitative Methods and Operations, ICFAI Business School, Bangalore, India
 

With increasing web accessibility and popularity, Web-Based-Surveys (WBS) are becoming common and convenient. In spite of the lower cost and greater speed advantages, there are a few concerns with WBS, including sample randomness. This article reviews WBS scenario briefly, mentions advantages and concerns sources of error. The question of noncoverage is addressed in particular and its impact is examined and this study addresses the category of non-respondents. A few seed ideas for addressing the shortcomings of the WBS are given.

Keywords

Bias, Dual-Frame Sampling, Internet, Noncoverage, Nonresponse, Randomness, River Sampling, Web-Based Surveys.
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Authors

T. Srivenkataramana
UGC, Bangalore University, India
M. Saisree
Quantitative Methods and Operations, ICFAI Business School, Bangalore, India

Abstract


With increasing web accessibility and popularity, Web-Based-Surveys (WBS) are becoming common and convenient. In spite of the lower cost and greater speed advantages, there are a few concerns with WBS, including sample randomness. This article reviews WBS scenario briefly, mentions advantages and concerns sources of error. The question of noncoverage is addressed in particular and its impact is examined and this study addresses the category of non-respondents. A few seed ideas for addressing the shortcomings of the WBS are given.

Keywords


Bias, Dual-Frame Sampling, Internet, Noncoverage, Nonresponse, Randomness, River Sampling, Web-Based Surveys.

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