Greetings from beautiful Boise! We are Rakesh Mohan and Amy Lorenzo of Idaho’s legislative Office of Performance Evaluations. For the past six years, our office has been conducting surveys solely in an electronic environment. This approach has worked so well that we have all but abandoned the use of paper surveys. When we looked at …
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Hello, I’m Jessica Foster, a Research and Evaluation Analyst at Franklin County Children Services. Our agency provides child protective services for the Central Ohio area. During the course of my career, I have administered many surveys to a variety of stakeholders and clients. I’ve learned from my work and from the experiences shared by my …
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My name is Susan Kistler and I am AEA’s Executive Director. I contribute each Saturday’s aea365 post. Many years ago I taught survey and instrument design at the University of Minnesota, and survey methodology is an issue near and dear to my heart. Thus, this week, I want to share a few resources from the …
Susan Kistler on Survey Response Rate, Sample Size, Disclosure, from AAPOR Read More »
My name is Shobha Mittal and I am an independent consultant. Seeking a higher response rate on the surveys has always been tricky in the field of evaluation. Lessons Learned: Although there are many good references available to help evaluators impact the response rates, I have found that thinking like a respondent before seeking their …
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