A $2 Bill or Two $1 Bills: An Experiment That Challenges Standard Protocol

Autor/in	Mills, Sarah
Titel	A $2 Bill or Two $1 Bills: An Experiment That Challenges Standard Protocol
Quelle	In: Field Methods, 31 (2019) 3, S.230-240 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-822X
DOI	10.1177/1525822X19844307
Schlagwörter	Incentives; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Mail Surveys; Rural Population; Michigan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anreiz; Antwortkontrolle; Erhebungsinstrument; Landbevölkerung
Abstract	The $2 bill is commonly used as a prepaid incentive in survey administration. Despite the widespread use of this incentive, there is no peer-reviewed research into how providing a single $2 bill rather than two $1 bills affects survey response rate. The results are from a mail survey of 2,970 rural landowners in Michigan with identical survey protocols. Half were randomly assigned to receive a single $2 bill and the other half to receive two $1 bills accompanying the questionnaire. I found no statistical difference in the response rates of the two groups. While there may be logistical advantages to using a single $2 bill compared to two $1 bills, this research suggests that the $2 bill is not more effective at inducing survey participation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01