This randomized experiment from the Understanding Society panel showed that there were not significant positive effects on response rates of using text messages to encourage web-first participation in a panel survey transitioning from a single mode approach (CAPI) to...
Utilizing more than one response mode and providing respondents with an economic incentive to participate in a survey are shown to help improve response rates while not increasing non-response bias.
In recent years, costs associated with in-person interviews have increased, while the data quality advantages typically associated with this data collection method have lessened. Therefore, many longitudinal surveys have begun to transition from in-person to web data...
In the SHARE Wave 10 refreshment sample (target number of interviewers: 2000), a randomized 2×2 experiment testing the effectiveness of a 5 euro prepaid incentive and the inclusion of a contact card for the interviewer found that the prepaid incentive was quite...
