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Peer reviewedPorter, Stephen R.; Whitcomb, Michael E. – Research in Higher Education, 2003
A controlled experiment tested the effects of lottery incentives using a prospective college applicant Web survey, with emails sent to more than 9,000 high school students. Found minimal effect of postpaid incentives for increasing levels of incentive. (EV)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Incentives, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Student Surveys
Direct linkPorter, Stephen R.; Whitcomb, Michael E. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2004
A controlled experiment is used in a survey of high school students to investigate the effect on response rates of prizes awarded for responding to a survey. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Surveys, Incentives, Response Rates (Questionnaires)
Porter, Stephen R.; Whitcomb, Michael E. – Research in Higher Education, 2005
What causes a student to participate in a survey? This paper looks at participation across multiple surveys to understand survey non-response; by using multiple surveys we minimize the impact of survey salience. Students at a selective liberal arts college were administered four different surveys throughout the 2002-2003 academic year, and we use…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Student Characteristics
Download full textPorter, Stephen R.; Whitcomb, Michael E. – Online Submission, 2004
What causes a student to participate in a survey? This paper looks at survey response across multiple surveys to understand who the hard-core survey responders and non-responders are. Students at a selective liberal arts college were administered four different surveys throughout the 2002-2003 academic year, and we use the number of surveys…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, College Students, Student Surveys
Porter, Stephen R.; Whitcomb, Michael E.; Weitzer, William H. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2004
This chapter reviews the literature on survey fatigue and summarizes a research project that indicates that administering multiple surveys in one academic year can significantly suppress response rates in later surveys. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Research Methodology, Surveys, Telephone Surveys
