Conducting online surveys / Valerie M. Sue, Lois A. Ritter.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187) and index.

List of tables & figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What is a survey? -- Why is a book specific to online survey research needed? -- When should an online survey be used? -- Online survey studies -- Summary -- Planning the online survey -- E-mail surveys -- Internet/Intranet (Web page) surveys -- What to consider when buying survey software and selecting a Web survey host -- Survey objectives -- Survey timelines -- Survey research ethics -- Summary -- Sampling -- Populations and samples -- Sampling techniques for Internet surveys -- Sources of error in online surveys -- Summary -- Writing survey questions -- General considerations -- Validity of measurement -- Respondent-centered threats to validity -- Question format and wording -- Level of measurement -- Demographic questions -- Pretesting -- Summary -- Designing and developing the survey instrument -- Questionnaire design -- Making your survey accessible to everyone -- Ensuring that participants respond only once -- Summary -- Conducting the survey -- Methods of recruitment -- Increasing the response rate -- Thank-you notes -- Summary -- Processing and analyzing the survey data -- Planning for data analysis -- Tracking the surveys -- Creating a codebook for e-mail surveys -- Data cleaning -- Data transformation -- Descriptive statistics -- Inferential statistics -- Summary -- Reporting the survey results -- Preliminary considerations -- Format of a survey report -- Oral presentations -- Poster session presentations -- Visual aids -- Matching survey results to type of display -- Distributing results using a Web-based survey development tool -- Summary -- Concluding comments -- Opportunities and challenges in online survey research -- Benefits of online surveys -- The future of online survey research -- Appendix A: Resource guide -- Appendix B: Probability sampling review for closed populations -- Appendix C: Basic demographic questionnaire -- Appendix D: Sample e-mail invitation -- Appendix E: Sample snail mail invitation -- Appendix F: Review of basic summary statistics -- Appendix G: Sample of SurveyMonkey's basic results report -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the authors.