Investigating selection bias of online surveys on coronavirus-related behavioral outcomes

Schaurer, Ines; Weiß, Bernd

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dc.contributor.author	Schaurer, Ines	de
dc.contributor.author	Weiß, Bernd	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-05-17T14:16:08Z
dc.date.available	2021-05-17T14:16:08Z
dc.date.issued	2020	de
dc.identifier.issn	1864-3361	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/73073
dc.description.abstract	The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has stimulated numerous online surveys that are mainly based on online convenience samples or commercial online access panels where participants select themselves. The results are, nevertheless, often generalized to the general population. In our paper we investigate the potential bias that is introduced by respondents' self-selection. The analysis is based on survey data of the "GESIS Panel Special Survey on the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in Germany", together with background information of the GESIS Panel. Our analyses show indication of a nonignorable amount of selection bias for measures of personality traits among online survey respondents. This provides some evidence that participating in an online survey and complying with measures that can minimize the risk of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus are confounded. Hence, generalizing these results to the general population bears the risk of over or underestimating the share of the population that complies with specific measures.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Social sciences, sociology, anthropology	en
dc.subject.other	online survey; nonprobability sample; self-selection bias; coronavirus SARS-CoV-2; GESIS Panel special survey on the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Germany (ZA5667); GESIS Panel standard edition (ZA5665)	de
dc.title	Investigating selection bias of online surveys on coronavirus-related behavioral outcomes	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Survey Research Methods
dc.source.volume	14	de
dc.publisher.country	DEU
dc.source.issue	2	de
dc.subject.classoz	Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften	de
dc.subject.classoz	Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Befragung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	survey	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Online-Befragung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	online survey	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Stichprobe	de
dc.subject.thesoz	sample	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Selektionsverfahren	de
dc.subject.thesoz	selection procedure	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Epidemie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	epidemic	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Panel	de
dc.subject.thesoz	panel	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Persönlichkeitsmerkmal	de
dc.subject.thesoz	personality traits	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Maßnahme	de
dc.subject.thesoz	measure	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Verhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Gesundheitsverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	health behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Risikoverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	risk behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Infektionskrankheit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	contagious disease	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Daten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	data	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Selektion	de
dc.subject.thesoz	selection	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Trend	de
dc.subject.thesoz	trend	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz. 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	GESIS	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	103-108	de
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dc.source.issuetopic	Survey Research Methods During the COVID-19 Crisis	de
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2020.v14i2.7751	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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