Assessing bias in online surveys using alternative survey modes

Neil Spencer; Dag Sverre Syrdal; Matthew Coates; Ursula Huws

doi:10.13169/workorgalaboglob.16.1.0034

Assessing bias in online surveys using alternative survey modes

Neil Spencer, Dag Sverre Syrdal, Matthew Coates, Ursula Huws

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Abstract

Due to concerns that respondents to online surveys are different from populations of interest, parallel offline surveys can be undertaken and results compared. In this article we create a set of principles to compare results from online surveys with those from surveys using other survey modes. Rather than just comparing estimates and confidence intervals from the different modes, these principles consider biases that each survey mode introduces and whether the results obtained are compatible with each other, given these different biases. Using the example of a survey of platform work, we demonstrate that this approach can be used effectively and be applied to a variety of social science studies that use online surveys.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-51
Number of pages	18
Journal	Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13169/workorgalaboglob.16.1.0034
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2022

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