Background The development of the web survey has led to significant strides in
questionnaire survey methodology, including its potential to substantially increase sample …

Background Self‐administered questionnaires are widely used to collect data in
epidemiological research, but non‐response reduces the effective sample size and can …

Women remain underrepresented among faculty in nearly all academic fields. Using a
census of 245,270 tenure-track and tenured professors at United States–based PhD …

Across academia, men and women tend to publish at unequal rates. Existing explanations
include the potentially unequal impact of parenthood on scholarship, but a lack of …

Despite the special role of tenure-track faculty in society, training future researchers and
producing scholarship that drives scientific and technological innovation, the …

Background: In educational research, online survey has become one of the most popular
methods of data collection. Academic researchers, including faculty and students, expect …

In cross-sectional surveys, as well as in longitudinal panel studies, systematic gender
differences in survey participation are routinely observed. Since there has been little …

Background Physical inactivity and mental health problems are both major public health
concerns worldwide. Although several studies have demonstrated the health benefits of …

A survey's completion rate is one of its most important data quality measures. There are
quite a few published studies examining web survey completion rate through experimental …

Background Physical inactivity and obesity pose a major public health challenge. The aim of
this study was to describe the level of physical exercise and body-mass index in college and …