Abstract
Richard L. Claytonand George S.Werking
(1995) "Using E-Mail/World Wide Web For Establishment Survey
Data Collection", Proceedings of the Section on Survey
Research Methods, American Statistical Association.
Electronic mail (E-mail) is increasingly available within
businesses and may be exploited for survey data collection
where connection to the Internet/World Wide Web exists. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics has conducted a preliminary
assessment of the ability and willingness CES respondents to
use E-mail and developed a prototype collection instrument as
the first steps in launching a feasibility test of E-mail
collection in the monthly Current Employment Statistics (CES)
survey. Under the envisioned E-mail collection, respondents
receive electronic mail, enter their data which immediately
resides on the survey agency's computer. This paper provides
results from this customer attitudes review, including their
willingness to use E-mail. It also reviews current
Internet/WWW features relevant to data collection. Also, we
profile the strengths and weaknesses of the E-mail/Internet
against other automated collection methods in terms of
quality, timeliness and costs, and discuss issues relating to
its future use for surveys including confidentiality.
For the purposes of this paper, references to E-mail include
using Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) for communicating
with respondents.
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