Raising response rates: What works?

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Abstract This chapter discusses the theoretical literature on why people choose to respond to a survey and reviews the latest empirical research on how survey administration and the characteristics of a survey affect response rates.

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Stephen R. Porter (Thu,) studied this question.

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