Doing Surveys Online by Vera Toepoel

Doing Surveys Online by Vera Toepoel

Vera Toepoel’s practical, how-to guide to doing surveys online takes you through the entire process of using surveys, from systematically recruiting respondents, to designing the internet survey, to processing the survey data and writing it up. This book helps students and researchers in identifying possible strategies to make the best use of online surveys, providing pro’s and con’s, and do’s and don’ts for each strategy. It also explores the latest opportunities and developments that have arisen in the field of online surveys, including using social networks, and provides expert guidance and examples of best practice throughout. Suitable for those starting a research project or conducting a survey in a professional capacity, this book is the ideal go-to reference for anyone using internet surveys, be it a beginner or a more experienced survey researcher.

Doing Surveys Online is an authoritative yet easily accessible primer covering all aspects of how to conduct good, rigorous web-based surveysIn it, Vera Toepoel clearly and concisely summarizes the state of the art using the most up-to-date and authoritative research sources. This book should be required reading for anyone contemplating conducting an online survey. -- Ron Fricker

Vera Toepoel indeed achieves her aim to provide a single resource for conducting online surveys with this book. The result is an excellent, comprehensive and thoughtful research handbook. It will make a good reference point for any survey methods course, and the training of research students, and active researchers who aspire to employ online surveys.

 

-- Maria Pampaka

This book covers all the steps needed to conduct surveys with a focus on the online mode. With didactically well-prepared features, the volume is a valuable source for university students and teachers alike, as well as a handy and usable toolbox for beginning practitioners. A comprehensive and comprehensible read.

-- Lars Kaczmirek

Vera Toepoel is assistant professor at the Department of Methods and Statistics at Utrecht University. She obtained her PhD on Online Questionnaire Design from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. She teaches courses on methods & statistics and survey research in particular on all levels. Furthermore, she is the author of the book “Doing Surveys Online” published by Sage.

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ISBN 13	9781446249673
ISBN 10	1446249670
Title	Doing Surveys Online
Author	Vera Toepoel
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2015-11-26
Number of pages	280
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