On-line surveys

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  Posted by Sue Dicker on August 15, 2012 at 4:28 pm

  I am new to on-line research. I am a sociolinguist and I started an on-line survey of bilingual English-Spanish and English-Chinese New Yorkers to get their experiences using their native/heritage languages in their private lives and in public spaces. So far, I have not received a lot of responses. If anyone has advice, I’d love to get it. I can share with you what I have tried so far. CUNY, of course, should be a rich venue for getting subjects. Please respond if you can help.

• Priscilla Stadler

  Member

  August 15, 2012 at 4:29 pm

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  Eva Fernández

  Participant

  August 19, 2012 at 5:56 am

  Sue, in my experience you have to target very specific populations (e.g., all Spanish speaking students in a Psych 101 subject pool), and if they have no incentive (like course credit in a Psych 101 class), you have to be satisfied with a low response rate. I understand that private sector surveyors are pretty happy with a response rate well below 5%. Let me know if you want to talk more offline.
  Sue Dicker

  Member

  August 19, 2012 at 5:16 pm

  Thanks, Eva. I’ll have to deal with the 5% reply rate. I know I am disadvantaged by not giving an incentive and not having a captive audience (as I would if I visited a class and asked everyone to go to the survey). As I try to get responses from the general public, I also think CUNY is also a good source of subjects, and I’ll try to find potential subjects here as well as other colleges in the area. I will continue to post facebook notices on college web pages like student clubs as the semester starts. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.
  Junior Tidal

  Participant

  August 21, 2012 at 3:11 pm

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