MAIL SURVEYS AND NON-RESPONSE BIAS:*REPORT ON A N.S.W. MAIL SURVEY
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Investigating non-response bias in mail surveys.
Losses in follow-up that are biased with respect to outcome invalidate the results. There are many ways of dealing with non-response in follow-up studies. Three separate methods were used to investigate a potential bias in a mail survey of 2471 disabled people. At a response rate of 84%, the non-respondents were significantly different from the respondents with respect to the outcome, return to...
متن کاملResponse Rates for Mixed-Mode Surveys Using Mail and E-mail/Web
This study examines response rates for mixed-mode survey implementation involving mail and e-mail/Web components. Using Dillman’s Tailored Design Method, 1,500 participants were sent a survey either (a) via mail with a follow-up contact via e-mail that directed them to a Web-based questionnaire or (b) via e-mail that directed them to a Web-based questionnaire with a follow-up contact via mail. ...
متن کاملIndustrial Mail Survey Response: An Experimental Approach
Abstract There is concern about the non-response rate in mail surveys. Many studies indicate respondents’ reluctance to participate, which may influence the validity, cost effectiveness, and practicality of conducting surveys. The issue has particular relevance in industrial surveys. This paper reviews some elements of this issue, and reports on the conduct of a national mail survey which teste...
متن کاملResponse rates to mail surveys published in medical journals.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to characterize response rates for mail surveys published in medical journals; to determine how the response rate among subjects who are typical targets of mail surveys varies; and to evaluate the contribution of several techniques used by investigators to enhance response rates. METHODS One hundred seventy-eight manuscripts published in 1991, represent...
متن کاملIncreasing response rates in physicians' mail surveys: an experimental study.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain high response rates in physicians' mail surveys. In 1983-84, we tested the effectiveness of two techniques among 604 Quebec physicians who had not responded to an initial letter. A handwritten thank you note at the bottom of the letter accompanying the questionnaire and a more personalized mailout package increased response rates by 40.7 per cent ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0004-9395
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.1967.tb00030.x