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Publication Date: 2008
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Response Rates for Mixed-Mode Surveys Using Mail and E-Mail/Web
Converse, Patrick D.; Wolfe, Edward W.; Huang, Xiaoting; Oswald, Frederick L.
American Journal of Evaluation, v29 n1 p99-107 2008
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. Results indicate that these mixed-mode procedures produce moderately high response rates. However, the mail survey tended to be more effective than the e-mail/Web survey, when serving either as the initial contact or as the follow-up contact. These results suggest that survey implementation involving mail followed by e-mail/Web, or even mail-only approaches, may result in larger samples than implementation involving e-mail/Web followed by mail. (Contains 3 notes.)
Descriptors: Mail Surveys, Measures (Individuals), Response Rates (Questionnaires), Research Methodology, Questionnaires, Followup Studies, Intermode Differences, Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Critical Incidents Method, Critical Path Method
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