Methodological Aspects of Diaspora Research Through Web-Surveys
| Autor: | Rihtar, Stanko |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Pilar : časopis za društvene i humanističke studije Volume XVII Issue 32(1) |
| ISSN: | 1846-3010 |
| Popis: | Anketna istraživanja putem interneta popularnost ponajprije duguju ekonomičnosti i neograničenom teritorijalnom obuhvatu, uključujući mogućnost dosega inače nedostupnih (ili teško dostupnih) populacija. Uz to, važne su i tehničke pogodnosti koje mogu unaprijediti ne samo kvalitetu anketnog postupka, nego i naknadno baratanje podatcima i nalazima. Zbog porasta pokrivenosti, usvojenih navika upotrebe interneta, porasta informatičke pismenosti i prikupljenih metodoloških iskustava, reprezentativne ambicije takvih istraživanja sve su opravdanije: valjanošću i metrijskim kvalitetama u mnogim su slučajevima dostigla (a u nekim i prestigla) klasične tehnike. Budući da ih velika teritorijalna disperzija ne sputava, anketiranja putem interneta posebno su pogodna (umnogome i jedino pogodna) za istraživanja iseljeništva. No pritom se suočavaju s dvjema glavnim preprekama. Prva je nedovoljna poznatost populacije (njezina opsega i strukture) u cjelini i većine uže ciljanih potpopulacija. Druga su oskudni okviri uzorkovanja. Jedno i drugo bitno otežava ili onemogućuje izbor uzoraka koji bi opravdali širu generalizaciju nalaza. Uže metodološka obilježja, prednosti i nedostatci online anketnih istraživanja u prvom su dijelu rada sagledani iz perspektive ukupne anketne pogreške koja, osim psihometrijske ili pogreške mjerenja, obuhvaća i pogreške autoselekcije, obuhvata i uzorka. U drugom su dijelu prikazane načelne mogućnosti i dosezi istraživanja iseljeništva, posebno vodeći računa o naznačenim poteškoćama koje im sputavaju reprezentativne ambicije. Online survey research owes its popularity primarily to cost-effectiveness and unbridled territorial coverage, including the possibility of reaching otherwise inaccessible (or difficult to reach) populations. Additionally, there are also certain important technical advantages, which can improve not only the quality of the survey procedure, but also the subsequent handling of data and findings. Due to the increase in coverage, the adopted Internet use habits, the increase in computer literacy and the accumulated methodological experiences, the representative ambitions of such research are becoming justified: In terms of validity and metric qualities, such research has in many cases reached (and in some cases even surpassed) classical techniques. Since they are not hindered by a large territorial dispersion, as other methods may be, online surveys are particularly suitable (in many ways the only suitable method) for diaspora research. However, two main obstacles need to be faced. The first is insufficient knowledge of the population (its size and structure) as a whole and of the majority of the narrowly-targeted subpopulations. The second is the lacking sampling framework. Both of these obstacles make it difficult or even impossible to choose samples that would justify a wider generalization of the findings. The methodological features, advantages and disadvantages of online survey research are examined in the first part of this paper from the perspective of total survey error, which, in addition to the psychometric or measurement error, also includes self-selection, coverage and sample errors. In the second part of this paper, the main possibilities and scope of diaspora research are presented, especially taking into account the indicated limitations that hinder their representative ambitions. |
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