Survey Administration: Methods and Variations

Major approaches

  • Interview
  • Self-administered
    • Mail
    • Online

Variations

  • Anonymous link
  • Identity-tracking link
  • Conditional questions
  • Experimental conditions, randomly selected

Data Collected

  • Survey answers
  • Tracking ID
  • Access and completion dates and times
  • Response times

Discussion questions

  • What additional data might be collected?
  • When should tracking ID be used? Advantages?