How Should I Use Incentives in Research?
It’s not as easy as just offering everyone a gift card or a chance at an iPad. Incentive strategy can have a big impact on your response rate (and your legal liability)!
There are pros and cons for both choices, and you may want to use different approaches for different respondent groups.
Likert scales are a very common tool in survey research. But there are specific things you need to consider when setting them up. The first is BALANCE. Likert scales need to have the same number of options on either side of the neutral point. The second is LENGTH. While scales with more response options…
My face tells you my answer in this one.
There are a lot of things you can do to make sure that your research respondents have a great experience and you’re not throwing roadblocks in their way.
It’s tempting to want to connect an individual’s responses to their email or other data you have, but there are good reasons not to — and a better way to get their permission to reach out to them.