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Download full textBoser, Judith A.; Clark, Sheldon B. – 1996
One approach to examining the findings of multiple studies is descriptive. This descriptive review of the research on increasing the response rates to mail surveys is based on studies also subjected to a meta-analysis. An initial narrative review identified the studies to be used in both analyses, and results will allow the possibility of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies, Incentives, Mail Surveys
Boser, Judith A. – 1996
This review focuses on the effects of multiple contacts with respondents on studies of response rates to mail surveys. After screening articles on research criteria, such as the presence of original research and sufficient reporting detail, 28 studies remained of the original 208 identified. The difference in response rate between treatment and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Followup Studies, Incentives
Boser, Judith A. – 1988
An attempt was made to determine whether a non-response bias exists in the annual follow-up surveys of graduates of teacher education programs when the surveys focus on more than employment. Subjects were 291 graduates of teacher certification programs at a major university in the southeastern United States from Fall 1986 through Summer 1987. In…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Mail Surveys
Boser, Judith A.; Clark, Sheldon B. – 1994
The influence of survey return rate and sources of information other than the survey on the teaching employment rate (as calculated) in the year following completion of a teacher preparation program were studied. A second objective was to investigate the tendency to respond for these individuals. A total of 291 individuals formed the target…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Education Majors, Employment Patterns, Followup Studies
Boser, Judith A. – 1987
This study of teacher education graduate follow-up surveys examined the relationship between response rate and number of graduates, questionnaire length, and follow-up contacts. Also, the study investigated survey practices differentiating between surveys which had high and low return rates in such areas as number of follow-up contacts,…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education, Predictor Variables
Boser, Judith A. – 1985
As part of the evaluation of the College of Education at the University of Tennessee, an annual survey is conducted to obtain principals' ratings of graduates who are certified beginning teachers. This survey has enjoyed a response rate in excess of 90 percent. The survey is conducted by mail, with one mail followup, and occasional telephone…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beginning Teachers, College Graduates, Elementary Secondary Education
Clark, Sheldon B.; Boser, Judith A. – 1992
A context in which existing items may provide a convenient source of questions for questionnaires was explored through a case study making use of existing comparison groups. Two programs at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), the Science and Engineering Research Semester (SERS) and the Laboratory Graduate Research Participation (Lab Grad)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Data Collection
