Examining Completion Rates in Web Surveys via Over 25,000 Real-World Surveys

Liu, Mingnan; Wronski, Laura

doi:10.1177/0894439317695581

Cited by 148 publications

(115 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

108

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The SSP-2 consists of 34 items from the SP2. The advantage of the SSP-2 is that it can easily be administered within a clinical practice and the shorter survey length is associated with increased response rates, quality of responses, and survey completeness (Haunberger 2011;Liu and Wronski 2018).…”

Section: The Most Frequently Used Measures Have Been Those Within Dunmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Sensory Profiles of Children on the Autism Spectrum Using the Short Sensory Profile-2 (SSP-2)

Simpson

Adams

Alston-Knox

et al. 2019

J Autism Dev Disord

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: The Most Frequently Used Measures Have Been Those Within Dunmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Sensory Profiles of Children on the Autism Spectrum Using the Short Sensory Profile-2 (SSP-2)

Simpson

Adams

Alston-Knox

et al. 2019

J Autism Dev Disord

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…For this study, we use data collected from respondents over a 4-day period, from April 4 to April 7, 2020. The survey was designed to take less than 5 minutes to encourage participation and completion [20]. Our survey was open access to elicit a large number of responses in a short period of time, which would allow us to obtain rapid information on social distancing behaviors.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The association between age, COVID-19 symptoms, and social distancing behavior in the United States

Canning

Karra

Dayalu

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background:Public health authorities recommend that people practice social distancing, especially if they have symptoms of coronavirus disease , or are older and more at risk of serious illness if they become infected. We test the hypothesis that these groups are following these recommendations and are more likely to undertake social distancing. Methods:We conducted an open online survey of 4,676 U.S. adults aged 18 and older between April 4 and April 7, 2020. We model the effects of age and common COVID-19 symptoms in the last two weeks on going out of the home for non-healthcare reasons the day before taking the survey, using a logistic model and the number of close contacts (within 6 feet) that respondents had with non-household members, using a Poisson count model. Our models control for several covariates, including other flu-like symptoms, sex, education, income, whether the respondent worked in February, household size, population density in the respondent's ZIP code, state fixed effects, and the day of completion of the survey. We also weight our analyses to make the sample representative of the U.S. adult population. Findings:About 52 percent of the adult United States population went out of their home the previous day. On average, adults had close contact with 1.9 non-household members. We find that having at least one COVID-19 symptom (fever, dry cough, or shortness of breath) increased the likelihood of going out the previous day and having additional close contacts with non-household members; however, the estimates were not statistically significant. When disaggregating our analysis by COVID-19 symptoms, we find no strong evidence of greater social distancing by people with a fever or cough in the last two weeks, but we do find that those who experienced shortness of breath have fewer close contacts, with an incidence rate ratio (IRR) of 0.49 (95% CI: 0.30-0.78). Having other flulike symptoms reduces the odds of going out by 0.32 (95% CI: 0.18-0.60) and the incidence rate of having close contacts by 42 percent (IRR = 0.58; 95% CI: 0.38-0.88). We find that older people are just as likely to leave their homes as younger people, but people over the age of 50 had less than half the predicted number of close contacts than those who were younger than 30. Our approach has the limitation that the survey sample is self-selected. Our findings may therefore be subject to selection bias that is not adequately controlled for by weighting. In addition, the possibility exists of confounding of the results due to omitted variable bias. Conclusions:We provide evidence that older people are having significantly fewer close contacts than younger people, which is in line with the public health authorities' recommendations. We also find that people experiencing shortness of breath are practicing more intense social distancing. However, we find that those with two other common COVID-19 symptoms, fever and dry cough, are not engaging in greater social distancing, suggesting that increased targeting on relevant symptoms, an...

show abstract

“…The low response rate of online surveys compared to that of postal surveys has been demonstrated in multiple studies (Fan & Yan, 2010;Fosnacht, Sarraf, Howe, & Peck, 2017;Roberts & Allen, 2015;Shannon & Bradshaw, 2002;Sheehan, 2001). However, a few studies (Koundinya, Klink, Deming, Meyers, & Erb, 2016;Liu & Wronski, 2017;Schonlau, Fricker, & Elliot, 2002) have reported opposite results, that is, the response rates of online surveys are significantly higher than those of paper-based surveys. In these studies, the important factors that could influence the response rate were as follows: correct email address list of all survey participants, good information dissemination to all participants, survey design and presentation that could attract participants, and, crucially, survey duration (should not be longer than 13 minutes) (Handwerk, Carson, & Blackwell, 2000).…”

Section: Methodological Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Employees' experiences of education and knowledge in intellectual disability practice

Olsson

Gustafsson

2020

Policy Practice Intel Disabi

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background The value of support, service, and care in intellectual disability (ID) practice is linked to the competence of the professional caregivers. The quality of work is affected by the level of education of healthcare employees involved. Specific Aims This study aimed to collect data on how employees perceive their education and training in ID practice and how educational programs prepare them for their working environment. Methods We used a quantitative approach to investigate how employees reflect on their knowledge about ID and other disabilities and the sources of such knowledge. A total of 262 employees engaged in ID practice completed an online survey. Findings The results indicated that education significantly influenced the participants' knowledge level, and highly specific education (i.e., workplace training) can substitute for work experience in ID practice. The authors conclude that all workplaces should examine their employees' skills regularly from the viewpoint of fulfilling the needs of people with ID. Discussion Based on the results, it can be concluded that employees in ID practice need specific knowledge through workplace training (i.e., through hands‐on practice at the workplace). Competence development in the form of workplace training is needed to upskill the staff and possibly increases employees' participation at work.

show abstract

Examining Completion Rates in Web Surveys via Over 25,000 Real-World Surveys

Cited by 148 publications

References 19 publications

Exploring the Sensory Profiles of Children on the Autism Spectrum Using the Short Sensory Profile-2 (SSP-2)

Exploring the Sensory Profiles of Children on the Autism Spectrum Using the Short Sensory Profile-2 (SSP-2)

The association between age, COVID-19 symptoms, and social distancing behavior in the United States

Employees' experiences of education and knowledge in intellectual disability practice

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About