Experiments on the Effects of Advance Letters in Surveys

Vogl, Susanne; Parsons, Jennifer; Owens, Linda; Lavrakas, Paul J.

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“…Response rates can be increased when respondents are notified about the survey some time before the request to participate, especially when this notification is personalized (Lynn 2016;Goldstein and Jennings 2002;Dillman et al 2014;Vogl et al 2019). Advance (and also personalized) notification of the survey is possible in WR surveys when respondents make their appointment, either by phone, mail or email.…”

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Just you wait… and fill out this survey. Discussion of the methodological aspects of waiting room surveys

Ongena

Haan

2022

Health Serv Outcomes Res Method

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A method commonly used in health care research is the waiting room (WR) survey. While patients are waiting for their appointment, they are asked to complete a questionnaire measuring their attitudes, behaviors and other characteristics. In this paper we synthesize practical guidelines for WR surveys by comparing the method with two similar approaches: public intercept (PI) surveys and drop-off-pick-up (DOPU) surveys. In this comparison we use the Total Survey Error approach Groves (Survey Methodology, Wiley, New York, 2004); (Groves in Public Opinion Quarterly 74(5): 849-879, 2010) and apply it to three case examples in which one of the three surveys is used. We take into account measurement (validity, measurement- and processing error) and representation (coverage-, sampling- and nonresponse error). From our review, we conclude that waiting room surveys, though limited to patients and their caregivers, can provide useful information on patients’ perspective on health care. Response rates in waiting rooms are usually high, but often not even reported. We recommend adjustment for sampling bias by taking into account the number of visits to the hospital per respondent and sample times proportionate to the number of sample members expected on a particular time. These surveys also allow for collection of para-data; i.e., relevant information in the circumstances of a request to participate in survey research, and behavior of surveyors can easily be controlled, or investigated in an experimental design.

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Just you wait… and fill out this survey. Discussion of the methodological aspects of waiting room surveys

Ongena

Haan

2022

Health Serv Outcomes Res Method

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Measuring individual attitudes towards Knightian uncertainty: New evidence from an artifactual field experiment

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Mittelstaedt,

Baumgärtner

2024

SSRN Journal

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Exploring private land conservation non-adopters’ attendance at outreach events in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA

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Carroll

Wainger

2021

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Background Outreach events such as trainings, demonstrations, and workshops are important opportunities for encouraging private land operators to adopt voluntary conservation practices. However, the ability to understand the effectiveness of such events at influencing conservation behavior is confounded by the likelihood that attendees are already interested in conservation and may already be adopters. Understanding characteristics of events that draw non-adopters can aid in designing events and messaging that are better able to reach beyond those already interested in conservation. Methods For this study, we interviewed 101 operators of private agricultural lands in Maryland, USA, and used descriptive statistics and qualitative comparative analysis to investigate differences between the kinds of outreach events that adopters and non-adopters attended. Results Our results suggested that non-adopters, as compared to adopters, attended events that provided production-relevant information and were logistically easy to attend. Further, non-adopters were more selective when reading advertisements, generally preferring simplicity. Future research and outreach can build on these findings by experimentally testing the effectiveness of messages that are simple and relevant to farmers’ production priorities.

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Experiments on the Effects of Advance Letters in Surveys

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Just you wait… and fill out this survey. Discussion of the methodological aspects of waiting room surveys

Just you wait… and fill out this survey. Discussion of the methodological aspects of waiting room surveys

Measuring individual attitudes towards Knightian uncertainty: New evidence from an artifactual field experiment

Exploring private land conservation non-adopters’ attendance at outreach events in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA

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