How much confidence can you have that your results reflect your target population? For example, the eLearning department recently conducted a satisfaction survey of all students taking eLearning courses. The population is all students taking eLearning courses. We sought a specific sample number (number of survey respondents among all eLearning students) in order to feel that we can draw some actionable conclusions from our survey results.
6) Advantages of surveys
·Can get information from a large number of respondents.
·Can ask for a wide variety of information.
·Can be standardized in content and administration.
·Can be relatively cheap.
7) Disadvantages of surveys
·Depend on motivation, honesty, memory
·May be difficult to determine validity, especially if open ended
·May be biased by those who chose to respond
8) Ways to improve Response
·Brevity
·Incentives
·Notify in advance
·Personalize appeal
·Anonymity
·Legal compulsion
9) The American Statistical Association’s Privacy and Confidentiality Website
http://www.amstat.org/committees/pc/index.html "...[I]nformed consent refers to a person's agreement to allow personal data to be provided for research and statistical purposes. Agreement is based on full exposure of the facts the person needs to make the decision intelligently, including any risks involved and alternatives to providing the data. . . . Informed consent describes a condition appropriate only when data providers have a clear choice. They must not be, nor perceive themselves to be, subject to penalties for failure to provide the data sought." Report of the Committee on National Statistics' Panel on Confidentiality and Data Access, Duncan et al., 1993. Private Lives and Public Policies, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, p. 23. Also, see notification.
For details on informed consent for Federally supported or regulated research, the Committee recommends The Common Rule - Protection of Human Subjects.
Surveys Workshop: The Basics of surveys and how to use SurveyMonkey
Centralia CollegePresented by Mary Ann Medlin and Sue Gallaway
November 18, 2009
1) START HERE
2) Most people do research this way at first
3) But good research involves these steps
4) Survey Methods
Rather than reinvent the wheel, here is some very good basic information on doing surveys.
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~palmquis/courses/survey.html
5) Sampling and Confidence
Sample size calculator
http://www.surveysystem.com/sscalc.htm
How much confidence can you have that your results reflect your target population? For example, the eLearning department recently conducted a satisfaction survey of all students taking eLearning courses. The population is all students taking eLearning courses. We sought a specific sample number (number of survey respondents among all eLearning students) in order to feel that we can draw some actionable conclusions from our survey results.
6) Advantages of surveys
7) Disadvantages of surveys
8) Ways to improve Response
9) The American Statistical Association’s Privacy and Confidentiality Website
http://www.amstat.org/committees/pc/index.html"...[I]nformed consent refers to a person's agreement to allow personal data to be provided for research and statistical purposes. Agreement is based on full exposure of the facts the person needs to make the decision intelligently, including any risks involved and alternatives to providing the data. . . . Informed consent describes a condition appropriate only when data providers have a clear choice. They must not be, nor perceive themselves to be, subject to penalties for failure to provide the data sought." Report of the Committee on National Statistics' Panel on Confidentiality and Data Access, Duncan et al., 1993. Private Lives and Public Policies, Washington, DC: National Academy Press, p. 23. Also, see notification.
For details on informed consent for Federally supported or regulated research, the Committee recommends The Common Rule - Protection of Human Subjects.
Human Subjects Protection, Ethical Research, and IRBs
10) Using SurveyMonkey
SurveyMonkey is an online survey creation tool that is fairly easy to use and has an intuitive interface.
Centralia College has used SurveyMonkey in a few ways:
For today's workshop, you will be going to Surveymonkey.com and creating an account. This link opens in a new window: http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Together, let's go through the following functions:
SurveyMonkey Tutorial Videos: http://www.surveymonkey.com/Home_Videos.aspx
SurveyMonkey Account Details: http://www.surveymonkey.com/Home_Pricing.aspx
Please contact Sue Gallaway regarding access information for the professional account.
11) Thank you!
We value your input because we would like to offer this workshop again at a later time.
This survey is anonymous and takes less than 1 minute.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9NUfYgMqgyXLnXgbr2_2bM3A_3d_3d