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Ethical Issues in the Use of Multiple Survey Reminders
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This paper identifies and discusses ethical issues associated with the increasingly common use of multiple reminders in postal survey research, and proposes a set of principles for using multiple reminder in an ethically responsible way.Abstract:
This paper identifies and discusses ethical issues associated with the increasingly common use of multiple reminders in postal survey research. When undertaking postal surveys, it is common to improve response rates by contacting survey recipients multiple times encouraging them to complete the questionnaire. The ethical implications of the use of multiple reminders are rarely discussed in the literature advocating their use. The paper briefly reviews the arguments encouraging use of multiple reminders, and identifies and discusses the potential ethical issues raised by their use in postal surveys. A set of principles is then proposed for using multiple reminders in an ethically responsible way. It is argued that by following these principles, the use of multiple reminders should present no increased potential for harassment or coercion of survey recipients compared to alternative survey techniques. The use of these principles in a recent postal survey is then presented and discussed; a 60% response rate was achieved utilising multiple survey reminders in a way consistent with this set of principles.read more
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Mail and internet surveys : the tailored design method
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of the design of web, mail, and mixed-mode surveys, and present a survey implementation approach for web-based and mail-based surveys.
Mail and internet surveys: The tailored design method, 2nd ed.
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Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals.
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Mail Surveys and Response Rates: A Literature Review:
TL;DR: A review of empirical studies concerned with increasing response rates to mail questionnaires reveals the limited evidence upon which most widely accepted techniques are based as discussed by the authors, and the only techniques that are based on empirical studies are those based on statistical methods.