Paper/Pencil Versus Online Data Collection An Exploratory Study

Usage of online data-collection methods are increasing in leisure research. Some potential benefits to using online methods over traditional paper/pencil techniques include financial savings and easier access to large populations. Disadvantages, however, include difficulty in sample selection and va...

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Published inJournal of leisure research Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 84 - 105
Main Authors Ward, Peter, Clark, Taralyn, Zabriskie, Ramon, Morris, Trevor
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Urbana Routledge 01.01.2014
Sagamore Publishing
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Anonymity
College Students
Cost control
Data collection
Data entry
Family Relationship
Internet
Internet access
Leisure
Leisure Education
Leisure Time
Life Satisfaction
Literature Reviews
Methods
online
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Reliability
Research methodology
Research Tools
Researchers
Savings
Social science research
Social sciences
Trends
Undergraduate students
United States
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Summary:Usage of online data-collection methods are increasing in leisure research. Some potential benefits to using online methods over traditional paper/pencil techniques include financial savings and easier access to large populations. Disadvantages, however, include difficulty in sample selection and variations of the instruments' reliability. This study explores how subject responses potentially differ when collecting data online versus paper/pencil for six instruments commonly used within leisure research. A repeated measure design with paired sample t-tests and HLM was used with 207 college students to compare these methods of data collection. Responses differed between methods on three of the tested instruments. A general pattern was found suggesting participants perceived their anonymity was better protected when completing online questionnaires.
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ISSN:0022-2216
2159-6417
DOI:10.1080/00222216.2014.11950314