Validation in Internet Survey Research: Reviews and Future Suggestions

In recent years, Internet surveys have been widely used by researchers and companies as a means of data collection. However, few IS studies have discussed the validation of Internet survey research. From the perspective of the positivist and quantitative research, studies that fail to organize a scientific and rigorous research design will harm their finding's validity, reliability and generalizability. In turn; their contributions to the literature and implications for business are limited. Building on a review of past marketing research studies which were well-developed in Internet survey methodological validation, this study illustrated nine issues for IS researchers to re-consider in their empirical Internet surveys. Alternative ways to enhance the necessary rigor of the survey quality in term of the Internet survey types, population, and pros./cons. of each survey type were also proposed. This paper should serve as a useful guide for IS researchers in the planning and execut...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: HICSS
• Authors: Hui-Chih Wang, Her-Sen Doong
• Keywords: Biometrics, HICSS 2007, Internet Survey, Internet Survey Research, Survey Type