Video interviewing for survey data collection: beyond the pandemic |
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| Coordinator 1 | Mr Tim Hanson (ESS HQ (City St Georges, University of London)) |
| Coordinator 2 | Mr Matt Brown (Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL) |
| Coordinator 3 | Professor Gabriele Durrant (NCRM, University of Southampton) |
Video interviewing became a more common method for survey data collection during the COVID-19 pandemic, having been used less often before this point. It was often used as an alternative to in-person interviewing during periods when this wasn’t possible. Following the pandemic, there were questions over whether video interviewing would remain a viable and effective mode for surveys – and if so, in which contexts. Our session seeks to shed renewed light on this topic.
We invite submissions from researchers and practitioners who have used video interviewing for quantitative survey data collection. This includes use of video interviewing beyond the pandemic and studies carried out during the pandemic that have future implications for the method. Evidence to date suggests that it is feasible to carry out survey interviews via video platforms (Carr et al., 2023) and that the quality of video interviewing is comparable with in-person interviewing (Endres et al., 2023). However, the current evidence base is quite limited, and more evidence is needed to inform the future of video interviewing.
Submissions on various topics relating video interviewing are welcome. This includes: experimental studies that compare video interviewing with other modes (e.g. based on data quality or measurement); impact of video interviewing on response rates, representativeness and nonresponse; interviewer effects associated with video interviewing; analysis of paradata from video interviews; use of video interviewing in different contexts (e.g. standalone versus complementary mode, for longitudinal versus cross-section studies); practical lessons relating to the administration of video interviews, including development of bespoke platforms; use of video interviewing for complex survey tasks; and use of both live and recorded video interviewing.
This session is being organised in partnership with the Survey Data Collection Methods Collaboration (‘Survey Futures’), funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council.