International Questionnaire Postal Response Rate: An experiment comparing no return postage to provision of International Postage Vouchers – "Coupon-Réponse International"

BACKGROUND: Previous studies of methods to increase response rates on international postal surveys did not include providing return postage. We provided International Postage Vouchers – "Coupon-Réponse International" to cover this. The objective of this study was to see if these Internatio...

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Autor principal: Carling, Cheryl
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC471557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15238155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-4-16
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Previous studies of methods to increase response rates on international postal surveys did not include providing return postage. We provided International Postage Vouchers – "Coupon-Réponse International" to cover this. The objective of this study was to see if these International Postage Vouchers had an effect on response rates. METHODS: Between-groups, randomized, after-only RESULTS: There was no difference in response rates between the group that received International Postage Vouchers and the group that did not. (p = 0.23) CONCLUSION: International Postage Vouchers – "Coupon-Réponse International" have no effect on response rates for international postal surveys.

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