The Effect of Using Web Technologies to Gather Educational Research Data, and Impact on Research Results

Alshahrani, Saeed and Ward, Rupert (2012) The Effect of Using Web Technologies to Gather Educational Research Data, and Impact on Research Results. In: 2nd International STEM in Education Conference, 24/11/2012, Beijing, China.

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Abstract

Abstract: There are different ways of administering a questionnaire, such as with a pen and paper, face-to-face, over the phone, or via a computer, for example. Some researchers may select a specific mode or use more than one mode within a single study to generate additional responses. Moreover, it is widely agreed that the way in which a questionnaire is administered affects output data (Grandjean et al., 2009, Koponen et al., 2011, Kelly et al., 2008). This paper aims to show the ways in which results from web-based approaches—which are notably based on using web technology—and the paper-based mode of distributing a questionnaire may be dissimilar. Furthermore, this paper shows the way in which the researcher has dealt with the gap in the results.

Keywords: Expert power, Referent power, Self-confidence, Reliance, Connectedness

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Schools:	School of Computing and Engineering > High-Performance Intelligent Computing
Related URLs:	Author Conference
Depositing User:	Saeed Alshahrani
Date Deposited:	29 Jan 2013 15:24
Last Modified:	04 Dec 2016 00:15
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/16529

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