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ERIC Number: EJ673282
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0361-0365
Assessing Response Rates and Nonresponse Bias in Web and Paper Surveys.
Sax, Linda J.; Gilmartin, Shannon K.; Bryant, Alyssa N.
Research in Higher Education, v44 n4 p409-32 Aug 2003
Examined response rates and nonresponse bias across four groups administered the survey "Your First College Year": paper only, paper with Web option, Web only with response incentive, and Web only without response incentive. Found that response rates vary by mode of administration; moreover, predictors of response differed by administration group. (EV)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Incentives, Mail Surveys, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Student Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nonresponse Bias