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CLOSEIndex of case studies and examples
Online questionnaires Online interviews Ethics Technical guide: Online questionnaires
Index of learning activities
Online questionnaires Online interviews Ethics Technical guide: Online questionnaires
An subject index of the contents of the self-study materials is also available from the Self-study index page.
Case Studies and examples: Online questionnaires
| Name (Institution) | Project title | Relevant issues | Location (select link to view) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Bruder (University of Cardiff). | Study on Imagination. | Design of welcome screens for online questionnaires. | Questionnaires | Design of online questionnaires 2: Content |Welcome
screen » Example |
| Neil Coulson and Rebecca Knibb (University of Derby). | How an Online Support Network Affects the Experience of Living with a Food Allergy. | Recruitment for online questionnaires through soliciting visitors to web sites. | Questionnaires | Sampling issues | How to select a sample: A procedure | Implement contacting procedures | Soliciting visitors to web sites » Example |
| Claire Hewson (University of Bolton). | Empirical Evidence Regarding the Folk Psychological Concept of Belief. | Sampling; Recruitment; Identity verification; Response rates. | Questionnaires | Sampling issues | Case studies » Case study 2 |
| Nicola Illingworth (University of Stirling). | Women’s experiences of infertility. | Recruitment for online questionnaires through transmitting appeals to mailing lists. | Questionnaires | Sampling issues | How to select a sample: A procedure | Implement contacting procedures | Transmitting appeals to mailing lists » Example |
| Clare Madge and Henrietta O' Connor (University of Leicester). | The 'Cyberparents' Research Project. | Sampling; Recruitment; Identity verification; Incentives. | Questionnaires | Sampling issues | Case studies »
Case
study 1 |
| Constantine Sedikides (University of Southampton); Alison Lenton (University of Edinburgh). | A range of studies carried out through the 'Social Psychology Web-lab'. | Piloting; Design of evaluation questionnaires in pilot studies. |
Questionnaires | Implementation | Piloting » Example |
| Michael Solem and Waverly Ray (Association of American Geographers). | Internationalizing Geography in Higher Education. | Recruitment for online questionnaires through emailing list based samples. | Questionnaires | Sampling issues | How to select a sample: A procedure | Implement contacting procedures | Emailing list based samples »Example |
| Tim Vorley (University of Leicester). | A Critical Geography of UK Biotechnology. | Sampling; Recruitment; Identity verification; Incentives. | Questionnaires | Sampling issues | Case studies » Case study 3 |
Case Studies and examples: Online Interviews
| Name (Institution) | Project title | Relevant issues | Location (select link to view) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nalita James (University of Leicester). | Teacher Professionalism, Teacher Identity. How do I See Myself? | Sampling; Recruitment; Interview format; Identity verification. | Interviews | Sampling issues in online interviewing | Case studies » Case study 2 |
| Joëlle Kivits (University of Leicester). | Health information on the internet: Researching information seekers and practices in a mediated health context. | Sampling; Recruitment, Interview format; Identity verification. | Interviews | Sampling issues in online interviewing | Case studies » Case study 1 |
| Clare Madge and Henrietta O' Connor (University of Leicester). | The 'Cyberparents' Research Project. | Synchronous online interviews. | Interviews | Types of online interviews | Synchronous online interviews » Example of interface seen by participants in an online interview |
| Clare Madge and Henrietta O' Connor (University of Leicester). | The 'Cyberparents' Research Project. | Designing the interview script; Prepared text to start an interview. | Interviews | Designing online interviews » The interview transcript |
Case Studies and examples: Ethics
| Name (Institution) | Project title | Relevant issues | Location (select link to view) |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Barker (Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth). | Privacy and thirdspace in the research of gay online communities. | Privacy issues. | Ethics | Privacy including the public/private debate » Case study |
| Penny Cholmondeley (University of Alberta). | Evaluating the 'WISEST (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology)' Resource Network. | Good practice in gaining consent. | Ethics | Informed consent » Examples of good practice in gaining consent |
| Claire Mercer (University of Leicester). | Social Exclusion and the internet in Tanzania. | Online inequalities; The 'digital divide'. | Ethics | Inequalities 2: Online power inequalities » Case study |
| Jenny Pickerill (University of Leicester). | Participatory research and internet activism. | Debriefing; feedback. | Ethics | Debriefing and feedback procedures » Case study |
Case Studies and examples: Technical guide
| Name (Institution) | Project title | Relevant issues | Location (select link to view) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Bruder (University of Cardiff). | Study on Imagination. | Implementing online questionnaires (Self-produced questionnaires). | Technical guide | Introduction: Overview and options | Self-produced questionnaires » Example |
| Nicky Shaw (Leeds University Business School). |
Work-life balance. | Implementing online questionnaires through institutional systems. | Technical guide | Introduction: Overview and options | Institutional systems » Example: Bespoke services |
| Michael Solem and Waverly Ray (Association of American Geographers). | Internationalizing Geography in Higher Education. | Implementing online questionnaires through institutional systems. | Technical guide | Introduction: Overview and options | Institutional systems » Example: Bespoke services |
| Tim Vorley (University of Leicester). | A Critical Geography of UK Biotechnology. | Implementing online questionnaires through institutional systems. | Technical guide | Introduction: Overview and options | Institutional systems » Example: Standard procedures |
Learning activities: Online questionnaires
| Subject | Aim | Location (select link to view) |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Choosing whether or not to use online questionnaires. | To provide guided background reading on when and why it would be better to conduct a questionnaire via the internet rather than using a telephone or face-to-face survey. | Questionnaires | Introduction » Learning activity: Background reading |
| 2) Advantages and disadvantes of online questionnaires. | To check understanding of the advantages and disadvantes described. | Questionnaires | Advantages and disadvantages | Sampling issues » Learning activity: Review quiz |
| 3) Use of colour in online questionnaires. | To allow consideration of inappropriate use of colour and its likely effects. | Questionnaires | Design issues 1: Appearance | Colour » Learning activity: Colour |
| 4) Text appearance and layout choices. | To allow consideration of appropriate use of text and layout through examination and analysis of successful and unsuccessful examples. | Questionnaires | Design issues 1: Appearance | Text appearance and layout choices » Learning activity: Text and layout |
| 5) Question type. | To allow exploration of the complexity of answering different question types and the effects of their use on completion time. | Questionnaires | Design issues 2: Content | Question type
» Learning
activity: Exploring question types |
| 6) Instructions. | To allow exploration of good practice in writing instructions
through identification and analysis of problematic instructions; To allow practice in writing successful instructions. |
Questionnaires | Design issues 2: Content | Instructions » Learning activity: Instructions |
Learning activities: Online Interviews
| Subject | Aim | Location (select link to view) |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Types and advantages and disadvantages of online interviews. | To provide guided background reading. | Interviews | Introduction » Learning activity: Background reading |
| 2) Selecting software for asynchronous online interviews. | To provide an introduction to a range of online chat facilities and online meeting software, and allow consideration of the use of the facilities for conducting online interviews. | Interviews | Designing online interviews | Selection of software » Learning activity: Software and services for online communication |
| 3) Language use, netlingo, netspeak and emoticons. | To allow analysis of 'netspeak' and/or 'netlingo' and the way
in which this differs from formal written communication; To check knowledge of 'emoticons'. |
Interviews | Designing online interviews | Language use, netlingo, netspeak and emoticons » Learning activity: Netlingo, netspeak and emoticons |
| 4) Flaming. | To allow exploration of different types of flaming. | Interviews | Designing online interviews | Flaming » Learning activity: Types of flaming |
| 5) Online interviews. | To allow review of key materials covered in the module. | Interviews » Review quiz |
Learning activities: Ethics
| Subject | Aim | Location (select link to view) |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Models of ethics. | To provide guided further reading on the topic. | Ethics | Introduction » Learning activity: Background reading |
| 2) Confidentiality issues and online research. | To provide guided further reading on the topic. | Interviews | Confidentiality, subject anonymity and data security » Learning activity: Confidentiality issues and online research |
| 3) International inequalities in use of the internet. | To allow exploration of geographical variation in online users and provide guided further reading on the topic of the digital divide. | Interviews | Inequalities 1: International inequalities » Learning activity: Guided reading |
Learning activities: Technical guide
| Subject | Aim | Location (select link to view) |
|---|---|---|
| 1) HTML document structure. | To check understanding of HTML tags and document structure. | Technical guide | Introduction to HTML 1 » Learning activity: Review |
| 2) HTML text elements. | To provide practice in the use of HTML text elements. | Technical guide | Introduction to HTML 2 | Text | Text elements » Learning activity: Text elements |
| 3) HTML text and body formatting. | To provide practice in the use of HTML attributes and values to format text and the body of documents. | Technical guide | Introduction to HTML 2 | Text | Text attributes and values » Learning activity: Text and body attributes and values |
| 4) HTML links. | To check understanding of the use of HTML to create links. | Technical guide | Introduction to HTML 2 | links » Learning activity: Linking |
| 5) Images in web pages. | To provide practice in the use of HTML attributes and values to create and format images. | Technical guide | Introduction to HTML 2 | Images » Learning activity: Images |
| 6) Table layout. | To check understanding of the creation and layout of tables using HTML. | Technical guide | Introduction to HTML 2 | tables | Table layout » Learning activity: Table layout |
| 7) Table attributes and values. | To provide practice in the use of HTML attributes and values to format tables. | Technical guide | Introduction to HTML 2 | tables | Attributes and values » Learning activity: Table attributes and values |
| 8) HTML. | To review and check understanding of basic HTML and provide practice in the creation of basic web pages. | Technical guide | Introduction to HTML 2 » Learning activity: Review |
| 9) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). | To explore the use of CSS in formatting HTML documents. | Technical guide | Introduction to CSS» Learning activity: CSS in action |
| 10) CSS review. | To check understanding of CSS punctuation, 'cascades' and classes. | Technical guide | Introduction to CSS» Learning activity: Review |
| 11) Web forms. | To explore the creation of web forms and review the name and action of form elements. | Technical guide | Web forms » Learning activity: Web forms |
| 12) Web forms review. | To check understanding of HTML forms and practice creating and formatting web forms. | Technical guide | Web forms » Learning activity: Review |
| 13) JavaScript basics. | To check understanding of the basics of JavaScript and provide practice in using JavaScript to add validation to simple web forms. | Technical guide | Introduction to JavaScript » Learning activity: Review |
| 14) JavaScript validation. | To check understanding of how JavaScript can be linked to HTML form tags to add simple validation routines. | Technical guide | Form validation | Example of 'once-only' text box validation | The body » Learning activity: Triggering validation |
| 15) JavaScript validation. | To check understanding of JavaScript code used to validate multiple form elements when a form is submitted. | Technical guide | Form validation | Validating multiple form elements » Learning activity: Validating multiple elements |
| 16) Creating 'pop-up' windows using JavaScript. | To check understanding of how Javascript can be used to deliver additional questionnaire instructions using 'pop-up' windows. | Technical guide | Key design issues | Delivering instructions via pop-up windows and alert boxes | Pop-up windows » Learning activity Examining the JavaScript code for creating a pop-up window |
| 17) Server and client-side processing. | To examine the interaction between client and server when a questionnaire is requested and submitted. | Technical guide | Server-side processing | Server and Client-side processing within a questionnaire » Learning activity 1: Examining the interaction between client and server |
| 18) Server and client-side processing. | To check understanding of client-side and server-side processing and the interaction between client and server. | Technical guide | Server-side processing | Server and Client-side processing within a questionnaire » Learning activity 2: Checking understanding of the interaction between client and server |