The Wave 6 NEPS Adult Study Incentive Experiment
| Autor: | Kretschmer, Sara, Müller, Gerrit |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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NEPS adult study
incentive experiment nonresponse bias sample composition fieldwork efficiency bias competence NEPS adult study Federal Republic of Germany Antwortverhalten level of education sample composition incentive system lcsh:Social Sciences Erwachsener nonresponse Messung response behavior Bildungsforschung Social sciences sociology anthropology panel lcsh:Statistics lcsh:HA1-4737 Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie educational research Stichprobe adult longitudinal study fieldwork efficiency Kohortenanalyse cohort analysis sample Bundesrepublik Deutschland Längsschnittuntersuchung lcsh:H Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis Statistical Methods Computer Methods incentive experiment ddc:300 measurement Bildungsniveau Kompetenz Anreizsystem |
| Zdroj: | Methoden, Daten, Analysen, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 7-29 (2017) Methods, data, analyses : a journal for quantitative methods and survey methodology (mda) |
| ISSN: | 2190-4936 1864-6956 |
| Popis: | In wave 6 of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) adult starting cohort, an incentive experiment was conducted that randomly switched respondent cash incentives from promised to (partly) prepaid for half of the eligible sample. This research note examines the effects that this change in incentive scheme had on response rates, on sample composition in terms of some key survey variables, and fieldwork efforts by interviewers. We find moderately sized positive effects on overall response rates. The switch in incentive scheme appears to be particularly effective in raising response rates of low educated individuals and those with low reading and mathematics competencies, subgroups that participated underproportionately in prior waves. This differential reaction to the changed incentive scheme therefore leads to a somewhat more balanced sample composition along these dimensions. In line with prior studies, effects on fieldwork efforts such as the number of contact attempts to obtain an interview could be found, but are small in magnitude. methods, data, analyses, Vol 11, No 1 (2017) |
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