International
Conference on
Survey Research Methods
The Challenge of the
Internet
Sessions
| Programme
Introduction
The importance of the Internet to Survey Research is being increasingly
recognised, and its impact extends from data capture through to dissemination.
Many conferences and meetings (by ASC and others) have discussed the impact of
the Internet, and we hear both enthusiasm and cautionary voices. In consequence,
the 2nd ASC International Conference on Survey Research
Methods addressed 'the Challenge of the Internet'.
These conferences aim
to have more depth and be more focussed than 1-day meetings or the larger ASC
international conferences. They are residential, giving much greater opportunity
for interaction and discussion between participants and presenters. This conference followed the pattern of the
successful conference held at Chilworth
in August 1998. As on that occasion we joined forces with three other
organisations in building the programme.
| The conference consisted of four half-day sessions
(listed below), each
with a specific theme, an invited keynote speaker and three contributed papers
(no parallel sessions). Topics and papers in the
programme (with abstracts) are detailed separately. The proceedings are available
for purchase, both on paper and on CD, and copies of the
presentations can be viewed from the programme
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Sessions
Full
Programme
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The
conference was residential and was held at the Latimer Conference Centre, in
the Chiltern Hills, just outside London.
Just over 100 people attended the conference, and some
photographs from the event are available (view
pictures, 1Mb). You can read a review of the conference
from the
MRS Research site (though you may have to register to get access).
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Latimer House
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Location
Map
Pictures
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The
conference was structured as four half-day sessions, as follows. Click here
for the full programme, including links to abstracts
and presentations.
Session 1, organised by the Market Research Society
Designing on-line studies to maximum
advantage
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Keynote
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Ray Poynter: A Guide to Best Practice in Online Quantitative Research
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Session 2, organised by the Social Research Association
Sampling and Instrumentation Issues
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Keynote |
Mick P. Couper: The Promises and Perils of Web Surveys
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Session 3, organised by the Office for National Statistics
Dissemination of Statistical Information
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Keynote
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Len Cook: Seizing opportunities to inform the information society: creating
value from statistics through exploiting new technologies
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Session 4, organised by the Association for Survey Computing
Integration through Software and Metadata
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Keynote
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Chris Nelson: The Effect of Standards on Software Component Architecture
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A Proceedings volume, containing all the presented papers, is available
for purchase, either on paper or on CD.
| Market Research Society |
Malcolm Rigg, BMRB |
| Social Research Association |
Wendy Sykes |
| Office for National Statistics |
Tony Manners |
| Association for Survey Computing |
Andrew Westlake (Chair)
John Francis
Randy Banks |
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