Informed consent for web paradata use

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"Survey researchers are making increasing use of paradata - such as keystrokes, clicks, and timestamps - to evaluate and improve survey instruments but also to understand respondents and how they answer surveys. Since the introduction of paradata, researchers have been asking whether and how respondents should be informed about the capture and use of their paradata while completing a survey. In a series of three vignette-based experiments, we examine alternative ways of informing respondents about capture of paradata and seeking consent for their use. In all three experiments, any mention of paradata lowers stated willingness to participate in the hypothetical surveys. Even the condition where respondents were asked to consent to the use of paradata at the end of an actual survey resulted in a significant proportion declining. The author's research shows that requiring such explicit consent may reduce survey participation without adequately informing survey respondents about what paradata are and why they are being used." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Informierte Zustimmung zur Verwendung von Paradaten im Netz
• ISSN: 1864-3361
• Extent: Seite(n): 57-67
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Survey Research Methods, 7(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ; Erhebungsmethode ; Befragung ; Daten ; Datenerfassung ; Datengewinnung ; Datenorganisation ; Datenqualität ; Umfrageforschung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Couper, Mick P. ; Singer, Eleanor
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2013.v7i1.5138
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST