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The Effect of a Lottery Incentive on Response Rate for an Online Survey
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Groce-Niehoff, Stephanie
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391675230
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Year and Degree
2002, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, EDU Policy and Leadership.
Abstract
As conducting research over the internet becomes more common, researchers must continue to examine how some of the techniques used in more traditional methods, mail and telephone, apply to web-based data collection. This study examines the extent to which a lottery-type incentive, offered to the respondent without the requirement to participate will increase the response rate. The lottery incentive resulted in a slightly higher response rate; the difference, however, was not statistically significant. Nonetheless, the cost of the incentive, $100, is a relatively inexpensive price for an additional 36 completed questionnaires, which translates into an additional 72 questionnaires across the entire population. Moreover, the incentive appears to have had no negative effect on either the students who responded, that is, they did not differ demographically, nor on the quality of data.
Committee
Donald Haefele (Advisor)
William Loadman (Committee Member)
Pages
63 p.
Subject Headings
Education
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Groce-Niehoff, S. (2002).
The Effect of a Lottery Incentive on Response Rate for an Online Survey
[Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391675230
APA Style (7th edition)
Groce-Niehoff, Stephanie.
The Effect of a Lottery Incentive on Response Rate for an Online Survey.
2002. Ohio State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391675230.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Groce-Niehoff, Stephanie. "The Effect of a Lottery Incentive on Response Rate for an Online Survey." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1391675230
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