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Survey Research
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/survey.htm
This is part of the Trochim site that discusses survey research. There are additional links to types of surveys, recommendations for selecting a survey method, constructing a survey, types of questions, item writing guidelines, formatting, and advantages and disadvantages of using survey methods. Information on the most current version of this web site or a printed copy of the text can be found at http://www.atomicdog.com/trochim. Information is also available on the use of this version of the site at http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/.
What Is a Survey?
http://www.whatisasurvey.info/
This site was developed by the American Statistical Association to provide a brief introduction to many aspects of survey research. The topics of ten short papers include defining a survey, planning survey research, data collection, mail surveys, focus groups, designing questionnaires, and telephone surveys.
Research from Interactive Swift Technologies
http://www.swiftinteractive.com/research.asp
This is the research section of Interactive Swift Technologies. It contains three articles related to using the Internet for survey research. The first article is a general discussion of using the Internet for this purpose (Using the Internet for Quantitative Survey Research by James H. Watt). The second provides insights into the validity issues related to conducting research online (The Top 10 Insights About the Validity of Conducting Research Online by Don Bruzzone), and the third is a report of research into designing web surveys (Design of Web Survey Questionnaires: Three Basic Experiments by Katja Manfreda, Zenel Batageli, and Vasja Vehovar).
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