Impact of Covid-19 on Survey Methods and Challenges |Biomedgrid

Until 19 century the mainstream mode of collecting information was complete enumeration, which was replaced by sample surveys based on probability sampling in 1930s. Since then probability sampling became a standard approach for data collection and statistical inference in the area of survey research. Survey methods has been developed in chronological order, mail surveys in 1950s, telephone surveys in 1960s, computer-assisted surveys in 1980s, internet, web surveys in 1990s and mobile surveys in 2010s. In 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 occurred and survey research is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.