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The effect of the advance letter was examined by experiments during two mail surveys. Results show the advance letter significantly improved response rates. The advance letter, however, did not affect how fast a questionnaire was returned, how many questions were not answered, and how the respondent answered the questions.
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Neil M. Ford (1967) studied this question.
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