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Providing Evidence and “Voice” During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Online Rapid Response Surveys: Lessons from the UJ/HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey
South African Review of Sociology Pub Date : 2022-02-25 , DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2022.2032315
Carin Runciman 1 , Stephen Rule 2 , Martin Bekker 1, 3 , Benjamin Roberts 4 , Mark Orkin 5 , Yul Derek Davids 4 , Narnia Bohler-Muller 4 , Kate Alexander 1
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ABSTRACT

COVID-19 presents significant challenges to society and to social scientists in their attempts to understand the unfolding consequences of the pandemic. This article examines how the UJ/HSRC COVID-19 Democracy survey responded to these challenges by conducting a series of rapid-response non-probabilistic surveys using a mass membership online data-free platform, known as the Moya messenger app. While not without its limitations, we argue that the narrowing “digital divide” in South Africa means that online survey research is of increasing utility to researchers under the conditions of the pandemic and beyond. By offering insight into the technicalities of designing, translating and fielding the survey we aim to share insights into best practice that can further develop online survey research in South Africa. In particular, we reflect upon why the river sampling offered by the Moya messenger app was favoured over online panel data. This leads into a discussion of the process of weighting the data to replicate the national population, and the potential biases among participants versus non-participants in the surveys. The article then moves on to illustrate how the findings were used to provide evidence to policymakers and “voice” to adults living in South Africa about their experiences of the pandemic and their views on policy responses. The article considers how the research contributed to the public discourse around the pandemic response in 2020, including the public’s views on various pandemic policy decisions, school closures and pandemic fatigue.



中文翻译:

在 COVID-19 大流行期间使用在线快速反应调查提供证据和“声音”:UJ/HSRC COVID-19 民主调查的经验教训

摘要

COVID-19 对社会和社会科学家在试图了解大流行的发展后果方面提出了重大挑战。本文探讨了 UJ/HSRC COVID-19 民主调查如何通过使用大规模会员在线无数据平台(称为 Moya messenger 应用程序)进行一系列快速响应的非概率调查来应对这些挑战。虽然并非没有局限性,但我们认为,南非缩小的“数字鸿沟”意味着在线调查研究在大流行及其他情况下对研究人员的效用越来越大。通过深入了解设计、翻译和实施调查的技术细节,我们旨在分享对可以进一步发展南非在线调查研究的最佳实践的见解。特别是,我们反思了为什么 Moya messenger 应用程序提供的河流采样比在线面板数据更受青睐。这导致了对数据加权以复制全国人口的过程的讨论,以及调查中参与者与非参与者之间的潜在偏见。然后,文章继续说明这些发现如何被用来向政策制定者提供证据,并向生活在南非的成年人“表达”他们对这一流行病的经历以及他们对政策反应的看法。文章考虑了该研究如何为围绕 2020 年大流行应对措施的公众讨论做出贡献,包括公众对各种大流行政策决定、学校停课和大流行疲劳的看法。这导致了对数据加权以复制全国人口的过程的讨论,以及调查中参与者与非参与者之间的潜在偏见。然后,文章继续说明这些发现如何被用来向政策制定者提供证据,并向生活在南非的成年人“表达”他们对这一流行病的经历以及他们对政策反应的看法。文章考虑了该研究如何为围绕 2020 年大流行应对措施的公众讨论做出贡献,包括公众对各种大流行政策决定、学校停课和大流行疲劳的看法。这导致了对数据加权以复制全国人口的过程的讨论,以及调查中参与者与非参与者之间的潜在偏见。然后,文章继续说明这些发现如何被用来向政策制定者提供证据,并向生活在南非的成年人“表达”他们对这一流行病的经历以及他们对政策反应的看法。文章考虑了该研究如何为围绕 2020 年大流行应对措施的公众讨论做出贡献,包括公众对各种大流行政策决定、学校停课和大流行疲劳的看法。然后,文章继续说明这些发现如何被用来向政策制定者提供证据,并向生活在南非的成年人“表达”他们对这一流行病的经历以及他们对政策反应的看法。文章考虑了该研究如何为围绕 2020 年大流行应对措施的公众讨论做出贡献,包括公众对各种大流行政策决定、学校停课和大流行疲劳的看法。然后,文章继续说明这些发现如何被用来向政策制定者提供证据,并向生活在南非的成年人“表达”他们对这一流行病的经历以及他们对政策反应的看法。文章考虑了该研究如何为围绕 2020 年大流行应对措施的公众讨论做出贡献,包括公众对各种大流行政策决定、学校停课和大流行疲劳的看法。

更新日期:2022-02-25
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