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-----Original Message----- From: AAPORNET [mailto:AAPORNET@asu.edu] On Behalf Of Edith de Leeuw Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:24 AM To: AAPORNET@asu.edu Subject: mode differences across cultures
Apologies for cross-posting.
A colleague asked me a very intriguing question, but unfortunately I could not give him a detailed answer, except the suggestion, to look up Internet penetration in each country, and treat this as a proxy of 'being acquainted/used to Internet technology in a specific country.
I am posting his question below. Please send your reply to him directly. A.DeBeuckelaer@fm.ru.nl I will ask him to send me a summary of answers to share with the list again.
Thanking you on his behalf, Edith
Dr. Edith D. de Leeuw, MethodikA Plantage Doklaan 40, NL-1018 CN Amsterdam tel + 31 20 622 34 38 fax + 31 20 330 25 97 e-mail edithl@xs4all.nl ----------------------------------------------------------- God do you still have a blue print of my cat? J.B. Charles (Willem Hendrik Nagel 1910-1982)
__________________text question________________________ I am struggling with the following issue: Topic: Are between-mode (survey) effects expected to be CONDITIONAL on culture/nation? -------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- In the literature on mixed-mode surveys (in particular: online and paper-and-pencil), the issue of measurement equivalence of a survey instrument across both modes of data collection has been (and still is) highly debated. Although many empirical studies in the U.S. (and Spain) have reported no violations of measurement equivalence of the survey across online and paper-and-pencil surveys (e.g., Stanton, 1998; Buchanon & Smith, 1999; Vispoel et al., 2001; Cole et al., 2006), some studies actually did find some important differences (e.g., Taylor, 2000 in terms of choosing extreme responses with Likert-type of scales; Ployhart et al., 2003 showing differential effects in mean- and variance structures, internal consistency of measures, and item correlations). I am wondering whether the literature has provided any "STRONG" ARGUMENT to believe that the extent of between-mode effects (online and paper-and-pencil) would show substantial cross-cultural or cross-national variation. So far, I did not find such strong arguments in the literature. One possible argument could relate to differential familiarity with the Internet (as a research tool) across nations or cultures. As the population I am investigating is highly 'computer literate', this argument is not relevant for my study. Actually, I just wonder whether a STRONGER ARGUMENT could be given (based on cross-cultural or cognitive psychology). Please help me (if you can). Please send your reaction to: A.DeBeuckelaer@fm.ru.nl THANKS A LOT! Alain DE BEUCKELAER, PhD Radboud University Nijmegen Nijmegen School of Management Thomas van Aquinostraat 1 6500 HK Nijmegen The Netherlands A.DeBeuckelaer@fm.ru.nl T +31 (0)24 361 14 67 F +31 (0)24 361 19 33
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