[Air-l] FW: mode differences across cultures

[Ellis Godard]

Shared w/ Dr. Leeuw's permission...

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AAPORNET [mailto:AAPORNET at asu.edu] On Behalf Of Edith de Leeuw
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:24 AM
> > To: AAPORNET at asu.edu
> > Subject: mode differences across cultures
> >
> >
> > Apologies for cross-posting.
> >
> > A colleague asked me a very intriguing question, but unfortunately I 
> > could not give him a detailed answer, except the suggestion, to
> > look up Internet
> > penetration in each country, and treat this as a proxy of 'being
> > acquainted/used to Internet technology in a specific country.
> >
> > I am posting his question below. Please send your reply to him 
> > directly. A.DeBeuckelaer at fm.ru.nl
> > I will ask him to send me a summary of answers to share with
> > the list again.
> >
> > Thanking you on his behalf, Edith
> >
> > Dr. Edith D. de Leeuw, MethodikA
> > Plantage Doklaan 40, NL-1018 CN  Amsterdam
> > tel + 31 20 622 34 38   fax + 31 20 330 25 97
> > e-mail edithl at xs4all.nl
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> >          God do you still have a blue print of my cat?
> >                                  J.B. Charles (Willem Hendrik Nagel 
> > 1910-1982)
> >
> >          __________________text question________________________ I 
> > am struggling with the following issue:
> > Topic: Are between-mode (survey) effects expected to be
> > CONDITIONAL on
> > culture/nation?
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> > In the literature on mixed-mode surveys (in particular: online and
> > paper-and-pencil), the issue of measurement equivalence of a survey
> > instrument across both modes of data collection has been (and
> > still is)
> > highly debated. Although many empirical studies in the U.S.
> > (and Spain)
> > have reported no violations of measurement equivalence of the
> > survey across
> > online and paper-and-pencil surveys (e.g., Stanton, 1998;
> > Buchanon & Smith,
> > 1999; Vispoel et al., 2001; Cole et al., 2006), some studies
> > actually did
> > find some important differences (e.g., Taylor, 2000 in terms
> > of choosing
> > extreme responses with Likert-type of scales; Ployhart et
> > al., 2003 showing
> > differential effects in mean- and variance structures,
> > internal consistency
> > of measures, and item correlations).
> > I am wondering whether the literature has provided any
> > "STRONG" ARGUMENT to
> > believe that the extent of between-mode effects (online and
> > paper-and-pencil) would show substantial cross-cultural or
> > cross-national
> > variation. So far, I did not find such strong arguments in
> > the literature.
> > One possible argument could relate to differential
> > familiarity with the
> > Internet (as a research tool) across nations or cultures. As
> > the population
> > I am investigating is highly 'computer literate', this
> > argument is not
> > relevant for my study.
> > Actually, I just wonder whether a STRONGER ARGUMENT could be
> > given (based
> > on cross-cultural or cognitive psychology). Please help me
> > (if you can). Please send your reaction to:
> > A.DeBeuckelaer at fm.ru.nl THANKS A LOT! Alain DE BEUCKELAER,
> > PhD Radboud University Nijmegen Nijmegen School of Management
> > Thomas van Aquinostraat 1 6500 HK Nijmegen The Netherlands
> > A.DeBeuckelaer at fm.ru.nl T +31 (0)24 361 14 67 F +31 (0)24 361 19 33
> >
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