Survey resources
Assistance
The UW Office of Educational Assessment provides survey support services to faculty and departments at UW Seattle on a cost recovery basis. Please contact surveys@uw.edu for more information.
Survey tools
Qualtrics survey software
- License. The University of Washington has acquired an institutional license for Qualtrics. UW faculty and staff are eligible for UW Qualtrics accounts, but must be granted access through a UW Qualtrics division. Visit the UWare Qualtrics page to learn how to check existing access or request the set up of a new UW Qualtrics division:
https://itconnect.uw.edu/uware/uw-qualtrics/ - Qualtrics UW Mailman list. This list is intended to be a community resource for UW Qualtrics users and administrators. Subscribe at: https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/qualtrics.
Policies and Regulations
UW Human Subjects Division
http://www.washington.edu/research/hsd/
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
http://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/laws-regulations/
Professional Organizations
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
http://www.aapor.org/Home.htm
References
General
Czaja, R. & Blair, J. (2005). Designing surveys: A guide to decisions and procedures. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Dillman, D. A., Smyth, J. D., & Christian, L. M. (2014). Internet, Phone, Mail, and Mixed-Mode Surveys: The Tailored Design Method, 4th Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 528 p.
Fink, A. (2013). How to Conduct Surveys: A Step-by-Step Guide. 5th edition. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
Groves, R. M., Fowler, F. J., Couper, M., Lepkowski, J. M., Singer, E., & Tourangeau, R. (2009). Survey Methodology. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 487 p. (Online access for UW users.)
Kelley, K., Clark, B., Brown, V., & Sitzia, J. (2003). Good practice in the conduct and reporting of survey research. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 15(3), 261-266.
Trochim, W. M. K. (2006). Survey research. Research Methods Knowledge Base (online resource).
Wikipedia. Survey methodology.
Questionnaire design
Bradburn, N. M., Sudburn, S. & Wansink, B. (2004). Asking questions: The definitive guide to questionnaire design. San Francisco, CA: Jossey‐Bass.
Fowler, F.J., Jr. (1995). Improving Survey Questions: Design and Evaluation. Applied social research methods series, no. 38. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Pew Research Center. Questionnaire design.
UW Office of Educational Assessment, Tips for Writing Questionnaire Items.
Response rate
Dey, E. L. (1997). Working with low survey response rates: The efficacy of weighting adjustments. Research in Higher Education, 38(2), 215-227.
Heerwegh, D. & Loosveldt, G. (2006). Personalizing e-mail contacts: Its influence on web survey response rate and social desirability response bias. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 19(2), 258-268.
Lipka, S. (2011). Want data? Ask students. Again and again. Chronicle of Higher Education.