Raising response rates: What works?
Article first published online: 31 MAR 2004
DOI: 10.1002/ir.97
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New Directions for Institutional Research
Special Issue: Overcoming Survey Research Problems
Volume 2004, Issue 121, pages 5–21, 2004
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Porter, S. R. (2004), Raising response rates: What works?. New Directions for Institutional Research, 2004: 5–21. doi: 10.1002/ir.97
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the theoretical literature on why people choose to respond to a survey and reviews the latest empirical research on how survey administration and the characteristics of a survey affect response rates.

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