Factors Affecting Response Rates of the Web Survey with Teachers
Although web survey has been a popular method of data collection in the academic community, it presents meagre response rates, which primarily affect the validity of the results as well as the reliability of the outcomes. Surveys worldwide that study the response rate only of teachers have not been...
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| author | Konstantinos Lavidas Antonia Petropoulou Stamatios Papadakis Zoi Apostolou Vassilis Komis Athanassios Jimoyiannis Vasilis Gialamas |
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| description | Although web survey has been a popular method of data collection in the academic community, it presents meagre response rates, which primarily affect the validity of the results as well as the reliability of the outcomes. Surveys worldwide that study the response rate only of teachers have not been found in the relevant literature. In this survey, with a sample of 263 Greek teachers, we investigate possible factors that explain teachers’ intention to participate in web surveys that are conducted by online questionnaires indicating, therefore, the factors that probably influence the response rate of web surveys. Our findings support those factors such as (a) authority, (b) incentives, (c) survey structure/form, (d) ethical issues, (e) reminders and pre-notifications, and (f) survey time received, which seem to explain the teachers’ intention to participate in web surveys with questionnaires. Based on the findings, methodology implications and limitations for researchers are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5da811acb1124ff581338adbb695a8ee2023-11-23T15:41:49ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2022-08-0111912710.3390/computers11090127Factors Affecting Response Rates of the Web Survey with TeachersKonstantinos Lavidas0Antonia Petropoulou1Stamatios Papadakis2Zoi Apostolou3Vassilis Komis4Athanassios Jimoyiannis5Vasilis Gialamas6Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, GreeceDepartment of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, GreeceDepartment of Preschool Education, Faculty of Education, University of Crete, 74100 Crete, GreeceDepartment of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, GreeceDepartment of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, GreeceDepartment of Social and Educational Policy, University of Peloponnese, 20100 Korinthos, GreeceDepartment of Early Childhood Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, GreeceAlthough web survey has been a popular method of data collection in the academic community, it presents meagre response rates, which primarily affect the validity of the results as well as the reliability of the outcomes. Surveys worldwide that study the response rate only of teachers have not been found in the relevant literature. In this survey, with a sample of 263 Greek teachers, we investigate possible factors that explain teachers’ intention to participate in web surveys that are conducted by online questionnaires indicating, therefore, the factors that probably influence the response rate of web surveys. Our findings support those factors such as (a) authority, (b) incentives, (c) survey structure/form, (d) ethical issues, (e) reminders and pre-notifications, and (f) survey time received, which seem to explain the teachers’ intention to participate in web surveys with questionnaires. Based on the findings, methodology implications and limitations for researchers are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/11/9/127web surveyonline surveyinternet-based surveyquestionnaire studyteachers’ response rateeducational research |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos Lavidas Antonia Petropoulou Stamatios Papadakis Zoi Apostolou Vassilis Komis Athanassios Jimoyiannis Vasilis Gialamas Factors Affecting Response Rates of the Web Survey with Teachers Computers web survey online survey internet-based survey questionnaire study teachers’ response rate educational research |
| title | Factors Affecting Response Rates of the Web Survey with Teachers |
| title_full | Factors Affecting Response Rates of the Web Survey with Teachers |
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| title_short | Factors Affecting Response Rates of the Web Survey with Teachers |
| title_sort | factors affecting response rates of the web survey with teachers |
| topic | web survey online survey internet-based survey questionnaire study teachers’ response rate educational research |
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