Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Technological improvements are utilized in data collection methods as in all areas of life. The expansion of computer and Internet use make it possible to conduct a survey on Internet. Today, many researchers take advantage of this opportunity. This paper seeks to answer whether there is any significant difference between data collection methods as Internet and face to face. To reach this objective response patterns from two data collection methods and from two different scales (Cetscale and Self-Efficacy) are investigated by using an entropy measure. Findings reveal that internet based survey provides less dispersed responses for selfefficacy scale in which social desirability effect is less than Cetscale. Furthermore our results provide evidence that scales have also influences over dispersion of responses.
Institution: Pamukkale University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2780247631