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Designed for researchers and students alike, the volume describes how to perform each stage of the data collection process on the Internet, including sampling, instrument design, and administration. Through the use of non-technical prose and illustrations, it details the options available, describes potential dangers in choosing them, and provides guidelines for sidestepping them. In doing so, though, it does not simply reiterate the practices of traditional communication modes, but approaches the Internet as a unique medium that necessitates its own conventions.
Contents
USING THE INTERNET AS A MEDIUM FOR RESEARCH
- The Data Collection Process
- Data Collection Opportunities on the Internet
- Limitations of Internet Data Collection
- Orientation
- Organization
PRACTICALITIES OF USING THE INTERNET
- A New Communication Medium
- Getting Connected to the Internet
- Online Services Suitable for Data Collection
DRAWING SAMPLES ON THE INTERNET
- Specifying the Target Population
- Developing a Sample Frame
- Choosing a Sampling Method
- Determining the Size of the Sample
- Implementing Contacting Procedures
ADMINISTERING INSTRUMENTS ON THE INTERNET
- Selecting a Communication Mode
- Controlling Access
- Formatting the Instrument
- Incorporating Stimuli
- Limiting Item Non-Response
- Providing Instruction
COMPILING RESPONSES ONLINE
- Inducing Participation
- Collecting Submissions
- Authenticating Cases
- Appraising Responses
- Concluding Remarks
REFERENCES
REFERENCES
Description
Designed for researchers and students alike, the volume describes how to perform each stage of the data collection process on the Internet, including sampling, instrument design, and administration. Through the use of non-technical prose and illustrations, it details the options available, describes potential dangers in choosing them, and provides guidelines for sidestepping them. In doing so, though, it does not simply reiterate the practices of traditional communication modes, but approaches the Internet as a unique medium that necessitates its own conventions.
Contents
USING THE INTERNET AS A MEDIUM FOR RESEARCH
- The Data Collection Process
- Data Collection Opportunities on the Internet
- Limitations of Internet Data Collection
- Orientation
- Organization
PRACTICALITIES OF USING THE INTERNET
- A New Communication Medium
- Getting Connected to the Internet
- Online Services Suitable for Data Collection
DRAWING SAMPLES ON THE INTERNET
- Specifying the Target Population
- Developing a Sample Frame
- Choosing a Sampling Method
- Determining the Size of the Sample
- Implementing Contacting Procedures
ADMINISTERING INSTRUMENTS ON THE INTERNET
- Selecting a Communication Mode
- Controlling Access
- Formatting the Instrument
- Incorporating Stimuli
- Limiting Item Non-Response
- Providing Instruction
COMPILING RESPONSES ONLINE
- Inducing Participation
- Collecting Submissions
- Authenticating Cases
- Appraising Responses
- Concluding Remarks
REFERENCES
REFERENCES
April 2004 | 104 pages | Sage US
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Designed for researchers and students alike, the volume describes how to perform each stage of the data collection process on the Internet, including sampling, instrument design, and administration. Through the use of non-technical prose and illustrations, it details the options available, describes potential dangers in choosing them, and provides guidelines for sidestepping them. In doing so, though, it does not simply reiterate the practices of traditional communication modes, but approaches the Internet as a unique medium that necessitates its own conventions.
Table Of Contents:
- USING THE INTERNET AS A MEDIUM FOR RESEARCH
- The Data Collection Process
- Data Collection Opportunities on the Internet
- Limitations of Internet Data Collection
- Orientation
- Organization
- PRACTICALITIES OF USING THE INTERNET
- A New Communication Medium
- Getting Connected to the Internet
- Online Services Suitable for Data Collection
- DRAWING SAMPLES ON THE INTERNET
- Specifying the Target Population
- Developing a Sample Frame
- Choosing a Sampling Method
- Determining the Size of the Sample
- Implementing Contacting Procedures
- ADMINISTERING INSTRUMENTS ON THE INTERNET
- Selecting a Communication Mode
- Controlling Access
- Formatting the Instrument
- Incorporating Stimuli
- Limiting Item Non-Response
- Providing Instruction
- COMPILING RESPONSES ONLINE
- Inducing Participation
- Collecting Submissions
- Authenticating Cases
- Appraising Responses
- Concluding Remarks
- REFERENCES