Enhancing Participation in Probability-Based Online Panels: Two Incentive Experiments and Their Effects on Response and Panel Recruitment
Autor: | Witte, Nils, Schaurer, Ines, Schröder, Jette, Décieux, Jean Philippe, Ette, Andreas |
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Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Sozialwissenschaften
Soziologie Social sciences sociology anthropology probability-based panel recruitment combined incentives demographic bias generous lottery incentive experiment mobile populations money-in-hand prepaid cash recruitment costs Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis Statistical Methods Computer Methods participant motivation incentive system online survey survey research panel Motivation Panel Online-Befragung Umfrageforschung Anreizsystem Teilnehmer |
Zdroj: | Social Science Computer Review, 41, 3, 768-789 |
Druh dokumentu: | journal article<br />Zeitschriftenartikel |
ISSN: | 1552-8286 |
DOI: | 10.1177/08944393211054939 |
Popis: | This article investigates how mail-based online panel recruitment can be facilitated through incentives. The analysis relies on two incentive experiments and their effects on panel recruitment, and the intermediate participation in the recruitment survey. The experiments were implemented in the context of the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study and encompass two samples of randomly sampled persons. Tested incentives include a conditional lottery, conditional monetary incentives, and the combination of unconditional money-in-hand with conditional monetary incentives. For an encompassing evaluation of the link between incentives and panel recruitment, the article further assesses the incentives' implications for demographic composition and panel recruitment unit costs. Multivariate analysis indicates that low combined incentives (€5/€5) or, where unconditional disbursement is unfeasible, high conditional incentives (€20) are most effective in enhancing panel participation. In terms of demographic bias, low combined incentives (€5/€5) and €10 conditional incentives are the favored options. The budget options from the perspective of panel recruitment include the lottery and the €10 conditional incentive which break-even at net sample sizes of 1000. |
Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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