{"id":144636,"date":"2020-11-10T10:26:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T10:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=144636"},"modified":"2020-11-10T23:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T23:47:41","slug":"finding-alternatives-on-how-to-conduct-surveys-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=144636","title":{"rendered":"Finding alternatives on how to conduct surveys during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Haidah Halid<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GOMBAK, 10 November 2020: \u02dcContactless mixed mode and mixed device surveys are the best alternative in conducting research right now, says Prof. Edith de Leeuw during the second session of a workshop at the &#8220;WAPOR Asia Kuala Lumpur 2020&#8221; virtual conference on Monday (9 November).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. de Leeuw was making her presentation on the topic \u02dcSurvey Research in a Changing World: Successful Mixed Mode and Mixed Device Surveys together with Miss Anne Elevelt from Utrecht University, Netherlands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In traditional research approaches, mixed modes were used to ensure increased efficiencies and maximum coverage of a sample. However, with the current pandemic, Prof. de Leeuw explains that a \u02dccontactless mixed mode approach has become more practical and relevant when conducting research.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A mix of computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI), video interviews, and online surveys are some of the options that are being used by researchers today after the traditional \u02dcface-to-face interviews were suspended due to health and safety issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new and modern ways of conducting research was further explained by Miss Anne Elevelt, a PhD student focusing on a study regarding smart-phone based surveys. In her presentation, Miss Elevelt, stressed on how a mixed-device approach in conducting surveys is the best way as of right now.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1263\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-10-at-12.49.11-PM.png?fit=790%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-10-at-12.49.11-PM.png 1263w, https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-10-at-12.49.11-PM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-10-at-12.49.11-PM-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-10-at-12.49.11-PM-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1263px) 100vw, 1263px\" \/><figcaption><em>Miss Anne Elevelt giving her presentation on Mixed Device Surveys <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The current pandemic had pushed researchers to use online surveys more often than the other modes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0153Traditionally, all online surveys were computer based. However, with new and modern technology, online surveys are now considered to be mixed device surveys as respondents are able to access them via smartphones or tablets,\u009d Miss Elevelt said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the speakers, this innovative change from a segregated device (computer) to a mixed device system (smartphones and tablets) has proven to be more beneficial to researchers in the current unprecedented situation right now. &#8220;Now, more than ever researchers have seen and used mixed mode and device approaches when conducting research.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research workshop that carried the theme on exploring the &#8216;Concept of Mixed-Mode and Mixed Device was moderated by Communication lecturer, Dr. Wan Norshira Wan Mohd Ghazali, who is also the coordinator of IIUMToday.***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Haidah Halid GOMBAK, 10 November 2020: \u02dcContactless mixed mode and mixed device surveys are the best alternative in conducting research right now, says Prof.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":144653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,6,3,63],"tags":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[134,12,162],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-10-at-12.55.14-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144636"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144734,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144636\/revisions\/144734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/144653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}