Review: Online research symposium in Rotterdam

On 10th June 2009 Unipark and the Erasmus Research Institute for Management conducted the first Symposium on: “Online Research: Insights into Methods and their application in practice”.

Round about 50 participants from a variety of Dutch Universities came to Rotterdam to listen to a mix of methodological and best practice talks. The high quality international line-up of speakers ensured insights into state-of-the-art methods and their application in practice.

Here are some impressions of the Symposium:

After the introduction of the organizers ERIM and Globalpark/Unipark, the series of lectures started:

Here again a brief overview about the speakers and their talks:

Effects of data collection technique on the quality of data: A MTMM study of CATI, CAPI and Online interviews; Annette Scherpenzeel (CentERdata, Tilburg University)

Representativeness of web surveys to the general public; Nathalie Sonck (Center for Survey Methodology, Center for Sociological Research, K.U.Leuven)

The reparation of trust after negative feedback – the results of two online experiments among eBay users; Sonja Utz (Department of Communication Science, VU University)

Effectiveness of incentives in web surveys within mixed-mode systems: An evaluation of errors & costs; Katja Lozar Manfreda (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana)

Investigating causal relationships with power: Online experiments; Ulf-Dietrich Reips (Social and Economic Psychology, University of Zurich)

A usability of a new graphical shopping interface through Globalpark; Patrick J.F. Groenen and Martijn Kagie (Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam)

The Symposium met all the expectations of the participants and the organizing team, as well.
So this event can really be denoted as a successful exchange of state-of-the-art knowledge.

For all those who would like to enhance their knowledge about the discussed topics we put the talks as pdf’s on this site.*

You are able to download them below:

*The missing presentation of Ulf-Dietreich Reips will be provided as soon as we received it.