The Joint Effect of Topic Interest and Follow-Up Procedures on the Response in a Mail Questionnaire

Roose, Henk; Lievens, John; Waege, Hans

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“…der Effekt des Incentives minimiert wird, wenn eine andere, intrinsische Motivation für die Teilnahme vorliegt (Groves et al 2000). Bezogen auf die Strategie der Mehrfachkontaktierung zeigten Roose et al (2007), dass verschiedene Erinnerungsaktionen bei Personen einen höhe-ren Effekt erzielten, die bei einem Vorkontakt weniger Interesse am Thema äußerten als bei interessierten Personen. Jedoch besteht hier aufgrund einer bisher unzureichenden Befundlage weiterer Forschungsbedarf, der sowohl aus inhaltlichen als auch methodischen Gründen vor allem experimentell auf diese Fragestellung ausgerichtet sein sollte (Singer und Ye 2013 (Prenzel et al 2006;Bos et al 2010;Lüdtke et al 2010).…”

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Effekte von Merkmalen des administrativen Untersuchungsdesigns auf die Teilnahme an Fragebogenstudien im Schulkontext: Eine experimentelle Studie zu den Auswirkungen von Mehrfachkontaktierung und Incentives

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ZusammenfassungIn der empirischen Bildungsforschung ist man häufig mit dem Problem der Nicht-Teilnahme von Zielpersonen einer Untersuchung konfrontiert. In den Sozialwissenschaften wurde aufgezeigt, dass durch gezielte administrative Strategien die Teilnahme verbessert werden kann. Für Bildungsstudien im Schulkontext sind diese Möglichkeiten bisher kaum untersucht. In der vorliegenden Studie wird in einer Elternbefragung von N = 3935 Schülerinnen und Schülern der 6. Jahrgangsstufe in Berlin der Effekt der administrativen Strategien Verlosung und Erinnerungsschreiben im Rahmen eines experimentellen Untersuchungsdesigns geprüft. Es zeigt sich, dass die angewandten Strategien die Rücklaufquote der Elternbefragung erhöhen können. Zudem finden sich Hinweise darauf, dass Eltern, die tendenziell weniger häufig an den entsprechenden Untersuchungen teilnehmen, durch die administrativen Strategien verstärkt in die Befragung eingebunden werden können.Schlüsselwörter Teilnahmequote · Studien im Schulkontext · Experimentaldesign administrative Strategien 2 M. Kropf et al. 3 Administrative procedures to increase the response rate in questionnaire studies in the school context: an experimental study of the effects of reminders and incentivesAbstract Educational researchers are often confronted with the problem of nonresponse in empirical studies. For studies in the social sciences it is shown that specific administrative strategies can raise the response rate. These possibilities have been rarely investigated in educational studies. The present study investigates the strategies of using incentives and reminders in a large-scale questionnaire study of the parents of N = 3935 6th grade students in Berlin. The results show a positive effect of lotteries and reminders on the response rate of the parents. Furthermore there is some evidence to suggest that these strategies may be successful in involving those parents who can be characterized as higher-risk nonrespondents.

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Effekte von Merkmalen des administrativen Untersuchungsdesigns auf die Teilnahme an Fragebogenstudien im Schulkontext: Eine experimentelle Studie zu den Auswirkungen von Mehrfachkontaktierung und Incentives

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“…Survey response rates on natural resources management topics have been steadily dropping in the USA for at least the past 30 years [38]. Moreover, response rate is strongly linked to recipient interest [39], and response to surveys about specialized topics such as ours is invariably lower. Recent advances in public opinion theory suggest that persons with high levels of interest in a topic respond quickly while subsequent efforts to boost response rate work best among persons for whom the topic is less salient [40].…”

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A War of Words: Do Conflict Metaphors Affect Beliefs about Managing “Unwanted” Plants?

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Brunson

2013

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Woody plants have increased in density and extent in rangelands worldwide since the 1800s, and land managers increasingly remove woodland plants in hopes of restoring pre-settlement conditions and/or improved forage for grazing livestock. Because such efforts can be controversial, especially on publicly owned lands, managers often attempt to frame issues in ways they believe can improve public acceptance of proposed actions. Frequently these framing efforts employ conflict metaphors drawn from military or legal lexicons. We surveyed citizens in the Rocky Mountains region, USA, about their beliefs concerning tree-removal as a management strategy. Plants targeted for removal in the region include such iconic tree species as Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine as well as other less-valued species, such as Rocky Mountain juniper, that are common targets for removal nationwide. To test the influence of issue frame on acceptance, recipients were randomly assigned surveys in which the reason for conifer removal was described using one of three terms often employed by invasive biologists and land managers: "invasion", "expansion", and "encroachment". Framing in this instance had little effect on responses. We conclude the use of single-word frames by scientists and managers use to contextualize an issue may not resonate with the public.

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“…Sample members who are interested in the topic of the survey have a higher chance to respond than someone who is not interested [16,17]. Further, [18] finds that the effect of follow-up procedures is larger for those less interested in the survey topic. These effects may be related to the leveragesaliency theory [19], which postulates that features of the survey design have different impact on different kinds of people.…”

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Targeted letters: Effects on sample composition and item non-response

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Biffignandi²

2017

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Abstract. General population surveys as well as business surveys are affected by low response rates. There is a need to investigate possible ways to increase participation in surveys and to motivate interviewee in answering questionnaires. Even in official statistics the problem is relevant since lack of motivation undermines not only participation to the survey, but it is related to the timeliness in participation, the quality of the answers and hence the quality of the measurements of socio-economic phenomena. A possible approach to cope with this problem, which has received attention in recent years, is targeted design. In targeted designs, several survey features may be the object of interventions (timing of contact, number of contact attempts, mode of contact, interviewers' assignment, communication features, etc.). In our paper, we consider the invitation letter, which is one possible targeted feature. This is related to motivation to respond to surveys and to respond accurately, completely, and timely. We analyze a case study in the UK Household Longitudinal Study Innovation Panel. At wave 6 of the panel, a randomized experiment was carried out to study the effects of targeted initial letters [1]. We investigate effects of targeted initial letters on sample composition, representativity, and item non-response.

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The Joint Effect of Topic Interest and Follow-Up Procedures on the Response in a Mail Questionnaire

Cited by 27 publications

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Effekte von Merkmalen des administrativen Untersuchungsdesigns auf die Teilnahme an Fragebogenstudien im Schulkontext: Eine experimentelle Studie zu den Auswirkungen von Mehrfachkontaktierung und Incentives

Effekte von Merkmalen des administrativen Untersuchungsdesigns auf die Teilnahme an Fragebogenstudien im Schulkontext: Eine experimentelle Studie zu den Auswirkungen von Mehrfachkontaktierung und Incentives

A War of Words: Do Conflict Metaphors Affect Beliefs about Managing “Unwanted” Plants?

Targeted letters: Effects on sample composition and item non-response

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