Hello, for those of you who conducted a Web-based survey, participation in the study described below is highly recommended. Cheers, --u ******* We are researchers at the WebSM Site (Web Survey Methodology, http://websm.org), one of the most comprehensive resources on Web surveys. To enrich the understanding in this area, we are now performing a study among Web survey professionals. Our goal in this study is to analyse the factors that determine the response rates in Web surveys. We are thus asking professionals conducting Web surveys to fill out our questionnaire. In this questionnaire you will be asked to report about one Web survey that you performed. To enter the questionnaire, please use the following URL address: http://surveys.over.net/websm/study.pl?i=air Our results will be made publicly available and we believe they will be of interest also to you. They will also contribute to the better general understanding of Web surveys. All additional information is available at the introductory page on the above URL address. Feel free to forward this message to other persons within your organization if you know he/she performed a Web survey. Thank you for your participation. Best regards, Katja Lozar Manfreda and Vasja Vehovar WebSM Group Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana Email: WebSM@ris.org Web: http://websm.org Privacy statement: WebSM group (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) is an academic research group interested in the methodology of Web surveys. We are committed to maintaining the privacy of the respondents in this survey and to keep their answers completely confidential. ******* -- ********** Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips Anschrift/Address: Universität Zürich ICQ: 16739325 Psychologisches Institut Fax: 0041-1-6344929 Attenhoferstr. 9 CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland The Web Experimental Psychology Lab: http://www.psych.unizh.ch/genpsy/Ulf/Lab/WebExpPsyLab.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- Now available: *Dimensions of Internet Science* -> http://www.genpsy.unizh.ch/reips/dis/