The impact of lottery incentives on student survey response rates

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-407

  Porter, Stephen R ^a   Whitcomb, Michael E ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives; Student surveys; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345863485     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024263031800     Document Type: Article

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