Offering Web Response as a Refusal Conversion Technique in a Mixed-mode Survey
Survey organizations aiming to improve response rates in the later stages of fieldwork often attempt refusal conversions. However, reestablishing contact with units that have refused participation at prior stages of fieldwork may prove costly and time consuming. In this article, the potential of usi...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1525822x241263508 2024-09-15T18:13:19+00:00 Offering Web Response as a Refusal Conversion Technique in a Mixed-mode Survey Einarsson, Hafsteinn The Icelandic Research Fund 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822x241263508 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1525822X241263508 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1525822X241263508 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Field Methods ISSN 1525-822X 1552-3969 journal-article 2024 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822x241263508 2024-07-22T04:31:42Z Survey organizations aiming to improve response rates in the later stages of fieldwork often attempt refusal conversions. However, reestablishing contact with units that have refused participation at prior stages of fieldwork may prove costly and time consuming. In this article, the potential of using a refusal conversion procedure in a single contact is investigated. In a mixed-mode survey of young adults in Iceland, individuals who were contacted by telephone and refused participation were instantly offered the option of self-completing the survey on the web at their time of choice. Results indicate that this procedure can meaningfully improve response rates in a survey of young adults in Iceland. The additional respondents gathered using this procedure were mostly similar to those who responded by using other modes when considering demographic background and responses to survey items. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland SAGE Publications Field Methods |
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Survey organizations aiming to improve response rates in the later stages of fieldwork often attempt refusal conversions. However, reestablishing contact with units that have refused participation at prior stages of fieldwork may prove costly and time consuming. In this article, the potential of using a refusal conversion procedure in a single contact is investigated. In a mixed-mode survey of young adults in Iceland, individuals who were contacted by telephone and refused participation were instantly offered the option of self-completing the survey on the web at their time of choice. Results indicate that this procedure can meaningfully improve response rates in a survey of young adults in Iceland. The additional respondents gathered using this procedure were mostly similar to those who responded by using other modes when considering demographic background and responses to survey items. |
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Offering Web Response as a Refusal Conversion Technique in a Mixed-mode Survey |
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