Response Rate Comparisons of E-Mail- and Mail-Distributed Student Evaluations

Paolo, Anthony M.; Bonaminio, Giulia; Gibson, Cheryl; Partridge, Ty; Kallail, K. James

doi:10.1207/s15328015tlm1202_4

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“…Specific tracking of the number of lost e-mails and the time the e-mail survey was started, replied to, and deleted can improve sampling procedures [73]. The e-mail survey can also increase response quality.…”

Section: Survey Design and Administrationmentioning

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Economic Valuation of the Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation in South Korea: Correcting for the Endogeneity Bias in Contingent Valuation

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Abstract:In this study, we use the Contingent Valuation (CV) method to estimate households' willingness to pay (WTP) for the aquatic ecosystem health (biodiversity) improvement. This paper extends CV studies by dealing with the endogenous effect of a proxy variable, namely the subjective experience of negative environmental quality changes. The results show that the correction for the endogeneity bias facilitates the efficiency of parameter estimation in the empirical model. The mean WTP per household accounts for around 46.8% (KRW 79.6) of the current water use charge (KRW 170 per cubic meter). The total benefit from conserving the biodiversity is around KRW 198.62 billion. We found several factors that affect households' WTP for fish biodiversity conservation, suggesting the importance of these factors in the formulation of water policies associated with aquatic biodiversity. In addition, the inefficient water management costs should be redistributed to other projects or new programs such as for the fish biodiversity conservation.

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“…The e-mail survey can also increase response quality. This is because respondents are prone to give longer, more detailed, and plainer responses by e-mail compared to other types of surveys [73,74].…”

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Economic Valuation of the Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation in South Korea: Correcting for the Endogeneity Bias in Contingent Valuation

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“…By precise tracking of e-mailed surveys, the researcher can know the number of undeliverable e-mail as well as what time the e-mail survey was opened, replied to and deleted. This can improve sampling procedures [75]. People are apt to give longer open-ended responses to e-mail, which tend to be more candid, than other types of surveys.…”

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“…People are apt to give longer open-ended responses to e-mail, which tend to be more candid, than other types of surveys. This can also increase response quality [75,76] by avoiding the problem of social desirability and interviewer biases, both well-known problems of face-to-face interview surveys [77].…”

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Willingness to Pay for a Highland Agricultural Restriction Policy to Improve Water Quality in South Korea: Correcting Anomalous Preference in Contingent Valuation Method

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This study examines the willingness to pay (WTP) for the highland agriculture restriction policy which aims to stabilize the water quality in the Han River basin, South Korea. To estimate the WTP, we use a double-bounded contingent valuation method and a random-effects interval-data regression. We extend contingent valuation studies by dealing with the potential preference anomalies (shift, anchoring, and inconsistent response effects). The result indicates that after the preference anomalies are corrected, the statistical precision of parameter estimates is improved. After correcting the potential preference anomalies, estimated welfare gains are on average South Korean currency (KRW) 2,861 per month per household. Based on the WTP estimate, the total benefits from the land use restriction policy are around KRW 297.73 billion and the total costs are around KRW 129.44 billion. The net benefit is, thus, around KRW 168.29 billion. This study suggests several practical solutions that would be useful for the water management. First, a priority should be given to the valid compensation for the highland farmers' expected income loss. Second, it is necessary to increase in the unit cost of the highland purchase. Third, wasted or inefficiently used costs (e.g., overinvestment in waste treatment facilities, and temporary upstream community support) should be transferred to the program associated with high mountainous agriculture field purchase. Results of our analysis support South Korean legislators and land use policy makers with useful information for the approval and operationalization of the policy.

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“…McDonald and Adam; 28 and Paolo et al, 29 as some examples), the authors also investigated whether informants would switch modes of filling out the survey, if given that option.…”

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E-mail and mixed mode database surveys revisited: Exploratory analyses of factors affecting response rates

Roy¹,

Berger

2005

J Database Mark Cust Strategy Manag

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university-wide award for excellence in teaching.Abstract Two studies were conducted to test for factors affecting the overall response rates of e-mail and mixed-mode surveys. The surveys were directed at association executives who were asked to respond about the characteristics of their associations and their members.The first study was international, involving association executives from six continents and 29 countries. It showed that the response rates were poor overall, with 'undeliverable' addresses as a potential problem. This global sampling frame was found to be unfeasible, given the very low response rates from association executives in most countries.The subsequent study used a mixed mode approach and focused on executives within just the USA. The data collection process was specifically designed, in part, to enable certain comparisons among different e-mail survey options (eg degree of personalisation), as well as the core comparison of e-mail versus regular mail, with respect to response rates and other items of interest. Specifically, the authors found the response rate to be much higher for surveys mailed (versus e-mailed) to informants. Lottery incentives did not increase response rates for e-mail surveys. Only a small percentage (2.2 per cent) of informants who were mailed the 'paper' version of the questionnaire chose to fill it in online. On the other hand, none of the informants receiving the e-mail version of the questionnaire asked for the paper version.There was no significant difference between the response rate for embedded versus attached e-mails; there was a marginally significant increase in response rate for personalised e-mails over that for non-personalised e-mail solicitations. Finally, the implications of these findings for using e-mail and mixed mode methodologies are addressed.

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Response Rate Comparisons of E-Mail- and Mail-Distributed Student Evaluations

Abstract: Although the findings have limited generalizability because of low response rates and small sample sizes, the results suggest caution when using e-mail to collect curriculum evaluations from 4th-year medical students.

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Economic Valuation of the Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation in South Korea: Correcting for the Endogeneity Bias in Contingent Valuation

Economic Valuation of the Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation in South Korea: Correcting for the Endogeneity Bias in Contingent Valuation

Willingness to Pay for a Highland Agricultural Restriction Policy to Improve Water Quality in South Korea: Correcting Anomalous Preference in Contingent Valuation Method

E-mail and mixed mode database surveys revisited: Exploratory analyses of factors affecting response rates

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