Living with Smartphones: Does Completion Device Affect Survey Responses?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2015
Keywords
smartphones, completion device, survey response
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-014-9354-7
Abstract
With the growing reliance on tablets and smartphones for internet access, understanding the effects of completion device on online survey responses becomes increasing important. This study uses data from the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, a multi-institution online alumni survey designed to obtain knowledge of arts education, to explore the effects of what type of device (PC, Mac, tablet, or smartphone) a respondent uses has on his/her responses. Differences by device type in the characteristics of survey respondents, survey completion, time spent responding, willingness to answer complex and open-ended questions, and lengths of open-ended responses are discussed.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Research in Higher Education, v. 56, no. 2, p. 166-177.
Scholar Commons Citation
Lambert, Ambert D. and Miller, Angie L., "Living with Smartphones: Does Completion Device Affect Survey Responses?" (2015). Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education Faculty Publications. 268.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ehe_facpub/268
