The impact of questionnaire length on the accuracy rate of online surveys
| Autor: | Takumi Kato, Taro Miura |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Marketing
Response rate (survey) Index (economics) Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Response time Affect (psychology) law.invention Randomized controlled trial law Statistics Personal computer Quality (business) Statistics Probability and Uncertainty Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Marketing Analytics. 9:83-98 |
| ISSN: | 2050-3326 2050-3318 |
| Popis: | Online surveys have the advantages of affordability and speedy collection; however, there have been some concerns about their response quality. Previous studies have measured response quality using nonresponse rate and biased choice behavior. However, it is difficult to detect defective respondents who are randomly selected without careful consideration by using those indicators. Therefore, this study measured the accuracy rate as an index of response quality using a questionnaire with questions for which possible answers were provided. Questionnaire length was found to have a negative effect on response rate but no significant effect on the accuracy rate. In addition, considering the response device, surveys from smartphone users have a lower accuracy rate than surveys from personal computer users. Lastly, respondents who have a response rate faster than 10 seconds per question have a lower accuracy rate. It is important to understand the factors that affect response quality and to design surveys accordingly. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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