Two Investigations into the Influence of Incentives and Subject Characteristics on Mail Survey Responses in Teacher Education.

Autor/inn/en	Denton, Jon J.; und weitere
Titel	Two Investigations into the Influence of Incentives and Subject Characteristics on Mail Survey Responses in Teacher Education.
Quelle	(1988), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Data Collection; Incentives; Rating Scales; Responses; Sampling; Teacher Education; Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Data capture; Datensammlung; Anreiz; Rating-Skala; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	Two investigations examined whether incentives increase the number of survey returns from former students and whether ideographic characteristics, incentives, and multiple mail-outs influence the perceptions of respondents. Survey responses of 125 (Study 1) and 67 (Study 2) baccalaureate graduates in education were used. The survey included 43 Likert-type items associated with educational knowledge and skills. Sampling former students (teacher education programs) across years of experience and level of teaching did not result in response bias for these characteristics. Second, using small monetary incentives (quarter, half dollar, dollar) and a raffle for a professional journal to encourage responding to a survey were unproductive, while establishing a communication network (newsletters) with former students was productive. Third, using multiple requests to increase the number of returns did not affect item response patterns across mail-out requests. Four tables summarize study data. (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC