A Comparison of Strategies for Recruiting Teachers Into Survey Panels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3521130 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael W Robbins (0000-0003-4972-1733, RAND Corporation, corresponding author), Geoffrey Grimm (RAND Corporation), Brian Stecher, Brian M Stecher (RAND Corporation), Darleen Opfer (RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA, USA), V Darleen Opfer (RAND Corporation) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 215824401879641 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SAGE Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2158244018796412 |
| PMID | 32983596 |
| OpenAlex | W2888647308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
We examine a range of options for recruiting teachers into a nationally representative survey panel. Recruitment strategies considered include a telephone-based approach and the use of promised incentives and pre-incentives of varying amounts and forms. Using a randomized experiment, we evaluate the effectiveness of five separate recruitment strategies and conduct a cost-benefit analysis. Our preferred strategy is one that uses a US$10 gift card as pre-incentive (it yielded a 27% rate of successful recruitment a cost of US$78 per recruited teacher). Statistical comparisons indicate that no other technique was superior to this strategy in terms of recruitment rate or cost-effectiveness. Efforts at refusal conversion after the initial approach were mostly ineffective. A comparison across demographic type characteristics of enrolled panelists and nonrespondents shows no substantial differences for any recruitment strategy considered. Hence, the potential for recruitment-level nonresponse to induce large bias into findings from surveys administered to the panel is minimal
Actuarial science · Business · Econometrics · Economics · Incentive · Non-response bias · Survey research · Telephone survey · Applied Psychology · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse · Marketing
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |