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Doing Surveys Online



November 2015 | 280 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Vera Toepoel’s practical, how-to guide to doing surveys online takes you through the entire process of using surveys, from systematically recruiting respondents, to designing the internet survey, to processing the survey data and writing it up.

This book helps students and researchers in identifying possible strategies to make the best use of online surveys, providing pro’s and con’s, and do’s and don’ts for each strategy. It also explores the latest opportunities and developments that have arisen in the field of online surveys, including using social networks, and provides expert guidance and examples of best practice throughout.

Suitable for those starting a research project or conducting a survey in a professional capacity, this book is the ideal go-to reference for anyone using internet surveys, be it a beginner or a more experienced survey researcher.

 
Chapter 1: Introduction to Online Surveys
 
Chapter 2: Developing the Survey: Questions and Answers
 
Chapter 3: Ethical Considerations
 
Chapter 4: Sampling
 
Chapter 5: Using a Panel in Your Research
 
Chapter 6: Comparative Survey Research
 
Chapter 7: Incentives for Respondents
 
Chapter 8: Selecting Survey Software
 
Chapter 9: Programming the Survey
 
Chapter 10: Fieldwork
 
Chapter 11: Processing and Cleaning the Data
 
Chapter 12: Weighting Survey Data
 
Chapter 13: Reporting Survey Results
 
Chapter 14: Making Data Available to Others
 
Chapter 15: The Future of Web Surveys

Doing Surveys Online is an authoritative yet easily accessible primer covering all aspects of how to conduct good, rigorous web-based surveys.  In it, Vera Toepoel clearly and concisely summarizes the state of the art using the most up-to-date and authoritative research sources. This book should be required reading for anyone contemplating conducting an online survey.

Ron Fricker
Professor of Statistics, Virginia Tech

Vera Toepoel indeed achieves her aim to provide a single resource for conducting online surveys with this book. The result is an excellent, comprehensive and thoughtful research handbook. It will make a good reference point for any survey methods course, and the training of research students, and active researchers who aspire to employ online surveys.

 

Maria Pampaka
Lecturer in Social Statistics focusing on Survey Methods in Social Sciences and Education

This book covers all the steps needed to conduct surveys with a focus on the online mode. With didactically well-prepared features, the volume is a valuable source for university students and teachers alike, as well as a handy and usable toolbox for beginning practitioners. A comprehensive and comprehensible read.

Lars Kaczmirek
Department of Monitoring Society and Social Change, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

The book supplements traditional surveys methods by mapping them to online platforms.

Professor Alfred Zimmermann
Faculty of Informatics, Reutlingen University of Applied Sci
June 6, 2016

Surveys are a common methodology in educational research, but often relegated to a chapter in a general text about research methods. It is really helpful to have a specific guide, not just surveys, but about online surveys. Though, due to the ever-changing nature of the online environment, there are likely to be updates / new editions needed, this text currently provides an accessible guide to conducting rigorous online surveys and how to interpret the data. Anyone considering using web-based surveys should make use of this guide.

Dr Sue Howarth
Institute of Education, Worcester University
March 23, 2016

Excellent approach well explained. Good for novice and more advanced research students.

Mrs Tania Wiseman
School of Health Professions, University of Brighton
November 20, 2015

Recommended reading for those who will proceed for a research design with online surveys.

Dr Irene Biza
School of Education & Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia
January 22, 2016

A very thorough and detailed book covering online surveys. This is not a book for anyone new to research and it assumes a level of pre-existing knowledge and also familiarity with research terminology.
There are some nice examples and the text is broken up to some degree by images and diagrams which helps. In some parts it is a little busy and perhaps tries to do too much.

Ms Kirsten Stevens-Wood
Cardiff School of Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University
October 13, 2015

excellent introductory text in a subject that is new to most med ed researchers. Will only be suitable for those who who select this methodology

Dr Clive Gibson
Keele University Medical School, Keele University
November 3, 2015

a useful text for undergraduate research projects

Mrs Jane Wood
Clothing Design & Technology, Manchester Metropolitan University
September 3, 2015

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