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Dykema, Jennifer; Assad, Nadia; Sanchez-Diettert, Griselle; Elver, Kelly; Stevenson, John – Field Methods, 2019
Best practices in mail survey design advise personalizing correspondence, but most research predates the use of address-based sampling (ABS) in which a householder's name either cannot be matched to an address or may be matched incorrectly. Further, recent evidence casts doubt on the effectiveness of personalization. The current study examines the…
Descriptors: Response Rates (Questionnaires), Mail Surveys, Letters (Correspondence), Sampling
Carpenter, Dick M., II – Institute for Justice, 2007
This document describes the flaws in an October 2007 Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (WPRI) report on public school choice and parental involvement, "Fixing the Milwaukee Public Schools: The Limits of Parent-Driven Reform." Because the report claims that public school choice and parental involvement have little effect on student…
Descriptors: School Choice, Public Schools, Private Schools, Urban Schools