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=== Week 5: Wednesday April 27: Surveys === '''Facilitator:''' Ben '''Required Readings:''' * Van Selm, Martine & Nicholas Jankowski (2006), "[http://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-005-8081-8 Conducting Online Surveys]," Quality and Quantity, 40: 435-456. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' * Walejko, Gina, "[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36334690/download?download_frd=1 Online survey: Instant publication, instant mistake, all of the above]," from Research Confidential: Solutions to Problems Most Research Scientists Pretend They Never Have, University of Michigan Press, 2009, pp. 101-121. ''[Available in Canvas]'' * Joseph A. Konstan, B. R. Simon Rosser, Michael W. Ross, Jeffrey Stanton, & Weston M. Edwards, β[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2005.tb00248.x/full The Story of Subject Naught: A Cautionary but Optimistic Tale of Internet Survey Research],β Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, V.10, N. 2, January 2005. ''[Free Online]'' * Hill, B. M., & Shaw, A. (2013). [http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065782 The Wikipedia Gender Gap Revisited: Characterizing Survey Response Bias with Propensity Score Estimation]. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e65782. ''[Free Online]'' * Salganik, M. J., & Levy, K. E. C. (2015). [http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123483 Wiki Surveys: Open and Quantifiable Social Data Collection]. PLOS ONE, 10(5), e0123483. ''[Free Online]'' : Note: [http://www.technologyreview.com/view/531696/inspired-by-wikipedia-social-scientists-create-a-revolution-in-online-surveys/ This journalistic account of the research] may also be useful. '''Optional Readings:''' If you don't have a background in survey design, these two have been recommended by our guest speaker as good basic things to read: * Krosnick, J. A. (1999). [http://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.50.1.537 Survey Research]. Annual Review of Psychology, 50(1), 537β567. ''[Available through UW Libraries]'' * Krosnick, J. A. (1999). Maximizing measurement quality: Principles of good questionnaire design. In J. P. Robinson, P. R. Shaver, & L. S. Wrightsman (Eds.), Measures of Political Attitudes. New York: Academic Press. These are other texts on the subject that you might find useful: * Dal, Michael, "[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36335114/download?download_frd=1 Online data collection and data analysis using emergent technologies]," Ch. 12 in HET. ''[Available in Canvas]'' * Smith, Tom W. and John Sokolowski, "[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36335113/download?download_frd=1 The use of audiovisuals in surveys]," Ch. 19 in HET. ''[Available in Canvas]'' * Kellock, Anne, et. al. "[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36335148/download?download_frd=1 Using technology and the experience sampling method to understand real life]," Ch. 24 from HET. ''[Available in Canvas]'' * Yun, Gi Woong and Craig Trumbo, "[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2000.tb00112.x/abstract Comparative Response to a Survey Executed by Post, E-mail and Web Form]," Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, V.6, N.1, September, 2000. ''[Free Online]'' * Hargittai, Eszter, and Chris Karr, "[https://canvas.uw.edu/files/36334928/download?download_frd=1 WAT R U DOIN? Studying the Thumb Generation Using Text Messaging]," from Research Confidential: Solutions to Problems Most Research Scientists Pretend They Never Have, University of Michigan Press, 2009, pp. 192-216. ''[Available in Canvas]'' * Wright, Kevin, "[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2005.tb00259.x/abstract Researching Internet-Based Populations: Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Survey Research, Online Questionnaire Authoring Software Packages, and Web Survey Services]," Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, V. 10, N. 3, April 2005. ''[Free Online]''
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