Does the recruitment of offline households increase the sample representativeness of probability-based online panels ? : Evidence from the German Internet Panel

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serval:BIB_3EFACEC245C5
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
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Publications
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Titre
Does the recruitment of offline households increase the sample representativeness of probability-based online panels ? : Evidence from the German Internet Panel
Périodique
Social Science Computer Review
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Blom Annelies G., Herzing Jessica M. E., Cornesse Carina, Sakshaug Joseph W., Krieger Ulrich, Bossert Dayana
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
01/08/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
35
Numéro
4
Pages
498-520
Langue
anglais
Résumé
he past decade has seen a rise in the use of online panels for conducting survey research. However, the popularity of online panels, largely driven by relatively low implementation costs and high rates of Internet penetration, has been met with criticisms regarding their ability to accurately represent their intended target populations. This criticism largely stems from the fact that (1) non-Internet (or offline) households, despite their relatively small size, constitute a highly selective group unaccounted for in Internet panels, and (2) the preeminent use of nonprobability-based recruitment methods likely contributes a self-selection bias that further compromises the representativeness of online panels. In response to these criticisms, some online panel studies have taken steps to recruit probability-based samples of individuals and providing them with the means to participate online. Using data from one such study, the German Internet Panel, this article investigates the impact of including offline households in the sample on the representativeness of the panel. Consistent with studies in other countries, we find that the exclusion of offline households produces significant coverage biases in online panel surveys, and the inclusion of these households in the sample improves the representativeness of the survey despite their lower propensity to respond.
Mots-clé
online panel, probability sample, previously offline respondents, representativeness
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