There are a _few_ circumstances in which valid information can be gathered
using a survey form on the internet. I can think of three. Perhaps others can
identify more such circumstances.
One circumstance is to have volunteers on the internet respond to a survey form
as one part of the pretesting of a survey instrument. For example, you can see
if there are a lot of "other" responses with a particular write-in answer. This
would allow you change the response categories for that question. You might also
find different ways the respondents managed to misunderstand questions.
The second circumstance is when the population of interest is on a defined part
of the internet (perhaps an intranet), for example, employees of a company or
agency.
The third circumstance is to gather some data to practice data cleaning and
preparation skills.
Dale Berger wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I have a student who would like to collect data using a survey form on the
> internet. He would like to have data collected in a format that can be
> imported easily into SPSS. Other desired features: confidentiality, though
> not anonymity - that is, he would like to assure users that other users will
> not have access to individual responses. He also would like to assure that
> no one responds more than one time, and ideally be able to track who has
> responded.
>
> I know there are commercial firms that will do this work, but I would prefer
> to have the information collected on our computer, and to be close to the
> data collection process. What do we need to know to do this ourselves? Has
> anyone had experience with software to make this easier?
>
> Thanks for any advice. Dale
>
> Dale Berger
> Professor and Dean, Psychology
> Claremont Graduate University
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> Claremont, CA 91711
>
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