If your form submits variables whose names do not appear on the list of declared variables specified in the script, you will need to update the list, or else unmentioned variables’ values will be ignored. If you want to submit the form using METHOD=GET, you need to replace instances of ‘Request.Form(item)’ with ‘Request.QueryString(item)’.
Many people will have access to a Microsoft Windows server, such as the Personal Information Server on Windows 98, or the Internet Information Server on Windows 2000. These servers behave similarly to UNIX-based servers, but do not encourage the use of the raw Common Gateway Interface. Instead, Windows servers offer a fairly simple but powerful [...]
To make your HTML form send its data somewhere other than your email account for collection, you need to make use of a proper web server. Most probably you will create a directory inside your server’s directory space and copy your survey.html file in there. Then it will be accessible via the server, using a [...]
Internet Survey Confidentiality
Coomber has raised the issue of respondents‘ concerns about anonymity and confidentiality, especially when dealing with sensitive topics or illegal practices. In his survey research on illicit drug dealers he found that users were concerned about their responses being obtained by people other than the researcher. Several options are available that avoid [...]
Internet Survey Response rates
Researchers often want to maximise response rates. Several studies have reported response rates for Internet surveys. These reports have varied greatly, and the lack of consistency in findings is likely due to the wide variation of factors across these studies. Sheehan and McMillan review some of the studies comparing email survey [...]
