A Meta-Analysis of Response Rates in Web- or Internet-Based Surveys
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- 1 December 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 60 (6), 821-836
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00131640021970934
Abstract
Response representativeness is more important than response rate in survey research. However, response rate is important if it bears on representativeness. The present meta-analysis explores factors associated with higher response rates in electronic surveys reported in both published and unpublished research. The number of contacts, personalized contacts, and precontacts are the factors most associated with higher response rates in the Web studies that are analyzed.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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