Methods for Collecting Survey Data
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Dr. Michael R. Hyman, NMSU
Methods for Collecting Survey Data
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There is no best form of survey; each has advantages and
disadvantages
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Communicating with Respondents
• Personal interviews– Door-to-door– Shopping mall intercepts
• Telephone interviews• Self-administered questionnaires
– Mail– Internet (Web and e-mail)
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Factors to Consider When Choosing a Collection Method
• Available budget• How quickly data needed• Complexity/structure/length of questionnaire• Need for stimuli exposure• Sampling precision• Quality of data• Respondent interest in topic• Ease of obtaining respondent cooperation• Incidence rate
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Personal Interviews
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Door-to-Door Interviews
• Speed of data collection
– Moderate to fast
• Geographical flexibility
– Limited to moderate
• Respondent cooperation
– Excellent
• Versatility of questioning
– Quite versatile
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Door-to-Door Interviews
• Questionnaire length
– Long
• Item non-response
– Low
• Possibility of respondent misunderstanding
– Lowest
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Door-to-Door Interviews
• Degree of interviewer influence of answer
– High
• Supervision of interviewers
– Moderate
• Anonymity of respondent
– Low
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Door-to-Door Interviews
• Ease of call back or follow-up
– Difficult
• Cost
– Highest
• Special features
– Visual materials may be shown or demonstrated; extended probing possible
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Mall Intercept Interviews
• Speed of data collection
– Fast
• Geographical flexibility
– Confined, urban bias
• Respondent cooperation
– Moderate to low
– Versatility of questioning
• Extremely versatile
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Mall Intercept Interviews
• Speed of data collection
– Fast
• Geographical flexibility
– Confined, urban bias
• Respondent cooperation
– Moderate to low
– Versatility of questioning
– Extremely versatile
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Mall Intercept Interviews
• Questionnaire length
– Moderate to long
• Item non-response
– Medium
• Possibility of respondent misunderstanding
– Lowest
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Mall Intercept Interviews
• Degree of interviewer influence of answers
– Highest
• Supervision of interviewers
– Moderate to high
• Anonymity of respondent
– Low
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Mall Intercept Interviews
• Ease of call back or follow-up
– Difficult
• Cost
– Moderate to high
• Special features
– Taste test, viewing of TV commercials possible
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Telephone Surveys
• Central location interviewing
• Computer-assisted telephone interviewing
• Computerized voice-activated interviews
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Telephone Surveys
• Speed of data collection
– Very fast
• Geographical flexibility
– High
• Respondent cooperation
– Good
• Versatility of questioning
– Moderate
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Telephone Surveys
• Questionnaire length
– Moderate
• Item non-response
– Medium
• Possibility of misunderstanding
– Average
• Degree of interviewer influence of answer
– Moderate
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Telephone Surveys
• Supervision of interviewers
– High, especially with central location WATS interviewing
• Anonymity of respondent
– Moderate
• Ease of call back or follow-up
– Easy
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Telephone Surveys
• Cost
– Low to moderate
• Special features
– Fieldwork and supervision of data collection are simplified; quite adaptable to computer technology
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Mail Surveys
• One Shot
• Mail Panel
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Mail Surveys
• Speed of data collection
– Researcher has no control over return of questionnaire; slow
• Geographical flexibility
– High
• Respondent cooperation
– Moderate--poorly designed questionnaire will have low response rate
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Mail Surveys
• Versatility of questioning
– Highly standardized format
• Questionnaire length
– Varies depending on incentive
• Item non-response
– High
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Mail Surveys
• Possibility of respondent misunderstanding
– Highest--no interviewer present for clarification
• Degree of interviewer influence of answer
– None--interviewer absent
• Supervision of interviewers
– Not applicable
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Mail Surveys
• Anonymity of respondent
– High
• Ease of call back or follow-up
– Easy, but takes time
• Cost
– Lowest
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Internet Surveys
• Self-administered questionnaire posted on a Web site
• Respondents provide answers to questions displayed online by highlighting a phrase, clicking an icon, or keying in an answer
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Internet Surveys
• Speed of data collection
– Instantaneous
• Cost effective
• Geographic flexibility
– Worldwide
• Visual and interactive
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Internet Surveys
• Versatility of questioning
– Extremely versatile
• Questionnaire length
– Individualized base on respondent answers
– Longer questionnaires with panel samples
• Item non-response
– Software can assure none
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Internet Surveys
• Possibility for respondent misunderstanding
– High
• Interviewer influence of answers
– None
• Supervision of interviewers not required
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Internet Surveys
• Anonymity of Respondent
– Respondent can be anonymous or known
• Ease of Callback or Follow-up
– Difficult unless e-mail address is known
• Special Features
– Allows graphics and streaming media
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Internet Surveys: Sample Representativeness
• Subject to self-selection bias• Some people without Internet access• Some people lack powerful PCs with high-speed
Internet connections• Some respondents relatively unsophisticated
computer users• When opt-in not used, cooperation is low
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E-Mail Surveys
• Speed of data collection
– Instantaneous
• Geographic flexibility
– Worldwide
• Cheaper distribution and processing costs
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E-Mail Surveys
• Flexible, but
– Extensive differences in capabilities of respondents’ PCs and e-mail software limit types of questions and layouts
• E-mails are not secure and “eavesdropping” can possibly occur
• Respondent cooperation
– Varies if e-mail is seen as “spam”
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Summaries of Relative Advantages of Disadvantages
of Different Data Collection Methods
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