Offering Web Response as a Refusal Conversion Technique in a Mixed-mode Survey

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ID7154408
AuthorsHafsteinn Einarsson (0000-0001-9623-487X, University of Iceland, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume37
Issue3
Pages215-227
Publication date2025-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCAM (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-8513 • E-ISSN: 1552-3969
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1525822x241263508
OpenAlexW4400855057
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

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

Human–computer interaction · Mixed mode · Mode (computer interface) · Web survey · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Materials Science · Psychology · Social Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse · Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques

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