Differences in responses to Web and paper surveys among school professionals

Space closing versus space opening for bilateral missing upper laterals – aesthetic judgments of laypeople: a web-based survey

“…This study did have a higher proportion of female participants than male participants (76% v 24%), which has also been found previously with internet surveys (Yetter and Capaccioli, 2010). The fact that females tended to be more generous with their attractiveness rating compared with males would suggest that the overall attractiveness of the images might have been over-estimated;…”

“…One weakness of this study could be considered to be the overall low response rate; however this is a recognised characteristic of internet surveys (Yetter and Capaccioli, 2010). The response rate is similar to other web-based surveys (Rosenstiel et al, 2000, Rosenstiel et al, 2004 and the overall number of participants is much larger than any previous survey in this area; however a question does arise concerning the increased risk of nonresponse bias.…”

Effect of personalized nutrition on health-related behaviour change: evidence from the Food4me European randomized controlled trial

“…A second strength of the study was the delivery of the intervention across seven European countries via the internet and the application of a remote system for data and biological sample collection. An internet-based platform to deliver the intervention was effective in retaining participants; 79% completed follow up after 6 months intervention and there was > 98% compliance for blood and DNA testing, which is high compared with previous web-based survey research (26) and web-based (22) or face-toface(25) genetic-based interventions. A recent study of direct-to-consumer genomic testing by Bloss et al reported 44% and 63% dropouts at months 3 and 12, respectively.…”

Do clinicians understand the size of treatment effects? A randomized survey across 8 countries

“…We also surveyed both internal medicine and family medicine clinicians, which allowed us to compare across these specialties. Rather than conducting an online survey that would likely have resulted in low response rates, 18,19 we chose to canvas staff and trainees in person at the beginning of regularly scheduled educational or grand rounds, which achieved a response rate of 87%. Finally, we were able to prove our a priori hypotheses: dichotomous measures would be best understood and perceived as most useful.…”