Can Incentive Effects in Web Surveys Be Generalized to Non-Western Countries? Conditional and Unconditional Cash Incentives in a Web Survey of Ghanaian University Students

Meuleman, Bart; Langer, Arnim; Blom, Annelies G.

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“…According to Meuleman et al (2017), the number of responses in the online survey can be increased if incentives are utilized. No incentives were used in this study since the presence of incentives could impact the responder's actions during on online surveys (Meuleman et al, 2017).…”

Section: Sample Sizementioning

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The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success

Hoxha

McMahan

2019

EPPM-Journal

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The world population is aging rapidly. The United Nations listed aging as one of the main social transformations of the twenty-first century. Aging impacts project managers as well. The most prevalent form of discrimination in workplaces is age discrimination. This study evaluated how project managers’ age influences project success. The population was 108 active or former project managers working in Albania or Kosovo. By using quantitative analysis, it was demonstrated that project managers’ age did not significantly predict project success. Therefore, there is a need to increase awareness among employers, so older project managers are not discriminated based on age.

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Section: Sample Sizementioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success

Hoxha

McMahan

2019

EPPM-Journal

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“…Yet, on the other hand, aspects of the pre-existing culture of economic exchange may continue to influence contemporary behaviour. These or similar concerns have been voiced by others who are worried about what Pforr et al (2015) referred to as the 'cross-national transferability of incentive effects' (Blom, 2012;Couper and De Leeuw, 2003;Meuleman et al, 2017;Singer, Groves and Corning, 1999).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…These or similar concerns have been voiced by others who are worried about what Pforr et al . () referred to as the ‘cross‐national transferability of incentive effects’ (Blom, ; Couper and De Leeuw, ; Meuleman et al ., ; Singer, Groves and Corning, ).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…The same cannot be said about LDC settings. In fact, the long record of research on incentives is extremely limited in its geographic scope: it is concentrated in English-speaking countries and hardly extends outside western Europe (Meuleman et al, 2017). As a result, major LDC surveys-among them the demographic and health surveys (DHSs), World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study and world values surveys-do not use incentives.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Can Incentives Improve Survey Data Quality in Developing Countries?: Results from a Field Experiment in India

Stecklov¹,

Weinreb

Carletto

2017

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society

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Summary We report results of an experiment designed to assess whether the payment of contingent incentives to respondents in Karnataka, India, impacts the quality of survey data. Of 2276 households sampled at the city block level, 934 were randomly assigned to receive a small one‐time payment at the time of the survey, whereas the remaining households did not receive this incentive. We analyse the effects of incentives across a range of questions that are common in survey research in less developed countries. Our study suggests that incentives reduced unit non‐response. Conditionally on participation, we also find little impact of incentives on a broad range of sociodemographic, behavioural and attitudinal questions. In contrast, we consistently find that households that received incentives reported substantially lower consumption and income levels and fewer assets. Given random assignment and very high response rates, the most plausible interpretation of this finding is that incentivizing respondents in this setting may increase their motivation to present themselves as more needy, whether to justify the current payment or to increase the chance of receiving resources in the future. Therefore, despite early indications that contingent incentives may raise response rates, the net effect on data quality must be carefully considered.

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“…Similarly, incentives to increase response rates on telephone surveys under different circumstances were also studied (Gunn and Rhodes, 1981;Singer et al, 2000;Knoll et al, 2012) with varying results. Recently, with the advent of internet survey tools, such experiments were conducted on web-based surveys as well (Cobanoglu and Cobanoglu, 2003;Porter and Whitcomb, 2003;Deutskens et al, 2004;Goritz, 2006;Sánchez-Fernández et al, 2010;Dykema et al, 2012;Kennedy and Ouimet, 2014;Meuleman et al, 2018;Coryn et al, 2020;Stanley et al, 2020;Knowles and Stahlmann-Brown, 2021). However, studies on increasing response rate and data quality in face-to-face interviews are relatively scant, especially for a committed lottery incentive.…”

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Impact of Lottery Incentive on Response Rate and Data Quality: Evidence From Organic Food Consumption Survey of Conventional Shoppers

Islam¹

2021

Cul.comm.social.

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Incentives of different forms and at different stages are used for motivating people to participate in human subject research. Although it is widely accepted that incentives, in general, play a positive role in increasing participation rate and are widely used, there are exceptions that they may not increase response rate and may even contaminate the quality of data resulting in poor research findings. This study examines the impact of pre- and post-disclosed committed lottery incentives on response rate and data quality in a face-to-face survey of conventional consumers for organic food consumption. A survey was conducted at the premises of four conventional grocery stores in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Half of the randomly approached and agreed upon respondents were disclosed the lottery incentives at the beginning, and the rest half were told at the end. Data quality was measured using three indicators – edit occurrences, imputation occurrences, and proportion of incomplete answers. Our study finds little difference in response rate between pre- and post-disclosed committed lottery payments. However, the useability of incomplete questionnaires among post-disclosed lottery was significantly higher than those of pre-disclosed. Our study also shows that people with likings of organic food and buying organic food more frequently are likely to offer a better quality of information.

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Can Incentive Effects in Web Surveys Be Generalized to Non-Western Countries? Conditional and Unconditional Cash Incentives in a Web Survey of Ghanaian University Students

Cited by 9 publications

References 53 publications

The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success

The Influence of Project Manager’s Age on Project Success

Can Incentives Improve Survey Data Quality in Developing Countries?: Results from a Field Experiment in India

Impact of Lottery Incentive on Response Rate and Data Quality: Evidence From Organic Food Consumption Survey of Conventional Shoppers

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