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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 11
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Multiple Surveys of Students and Survey Fatigue
Porter, Stephen R.; Whitcomb, Michael E.; Weitzer, William H.
New Directions for Institutional Research, n121 p63-73 2004
This chapter reviews the literature on survey fatigue and summarizes a research project that indicates that administering multiple surveys in one academic year can significantly suppress response rates in later surveys. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Research Methodology, Surveys, Telephone Surveys, School Surveys, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Educational Research, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Failure, Evaluation Methods
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