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Using Facebook Advertising to Recruit Representative Samples: Feasibility Assessment of a Cross-Sectional Survey.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Facebook has shown promise as an economical means of recruiting participants for health research. However, few studies have evaluated this recruitment method in Canada, fewer still targeting older adults, and, to our knowledge, none specifically in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess Facebook advertising as an economical means of recruiting a representative sample of adults aged 35 to 74 years in NL for a cross-sectional health survey. METHODS:Facebook advertising was used to recruit for a Web-based survey on cancer awareness and prevention during April and May 2018; during recruitment, additional advertisements were targeted to increase representation of demographics that we identified as being underrepresented in our sample. Sociodemographic and health characteristics of the study sample were compared with distributions of the underlying population to determine representativeness. Cramer V indicates the magnitude of the difference between the sample and population distributions, interpreted as small (Cramer V=0.10), medium (0.30), and large (0.50). Sample characteristics were considered representative if there was no statistically significant difference in distributions (chi-square P>.01) or if the difference was small (V?0.10), and practically representative if 0.10

SUBMITTER: Shaver LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6718121 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Using Facebook Advertising to Recruit Representative Samples: Feasibility Assessment of a Cross-Sectional Survey.

Shaver Lance Garrett LG   Khawer Ahmed A   Yi Yanqing Y   Aubrey-Bassler Kris K   Etchegary Holly H   Roebothan Barbara B   Asghari Shabnam S   Wang Peizhong Peter PP  

Journal of medical Internet research 20190819 8


<h4>Background</h4>Facebook has shown promise as an economical means of recruiting participants for health research. However, few studies have evaluated this recruitment method in Canada, fewer still targeting older adults, and, to our knowledge, none specifically in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL).<h4>Objective</h4>This study aimed to assess Facebook advertising as an economical means of recruiting a representative sample of adults aged 35 to 74 years in NL for a cross-sectional health survey.<h  ...[more]

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