In the previous century, survey data collection was often based on random samples from the population. Respondents were questioned in face-to–face or telephone interviews or by mail questionnaires. Nowadays, in many polls, people are invited to express their opinion through the internet. Is this technological progress, a methodological hornets’ nest or both?
In October 2006, DANS organized a symposium on this topic called ‘Access Panels en online onderzoek, panacee of slangenkuil’. The presentations and debates at the symposium reflected a mixture of enthusiasm, fierce criticism and scientific scepticism. This volume contains the papers of this day.
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