Internet Data Collection

by Samuel J. Best, Brian S. Krueger

Designed for researchers and students alike, the volume describes how to perform each stage of the data collection process on the Internet, including sampling, instrument design, and administration. Through the use of non-technical prose and illustrations, it details the options available, describes potential dangers in choosing them, and provides guidelines for sidestepping them. In doing so, though, it does not simply reiterate the practices of traditional communication modes, but approaches the Internet as a unique medium that necessitates its own conventions.

104 pages, Paperback

First published April 20, 2004

About the author

Professor Samuel J. Best is a Political Science researcher at the University of Connecticut, with a particular interest in Public Opinion and Political Behavior.

He holds a Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, USA.