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Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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412
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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Abstract - #303295 |
Title:
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Knock Knock: Walk in with a Quantitative Questionnaire
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Author(s):
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Mehary T. Stafford*+
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Companies:
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University of North Texas
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Address:
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, Dallas, TX, 75231, United States
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Keywords:
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survey ;
method ;
walk-in ;
response ;
rate ;
quantitative
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Abstract:
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This study explains an effective method of collecting data from a group of scientists working in a region with a historic low response rate. Researchers seek to get relevant data to answer specific research questions. One of the major challenges is getting enough data to analyze. In a time of information overload there is still a need to collect more data from people groups we know little about. However, collecting data from a region with a historic low response rate is a major challenge. This study used a walk-in method of distributing questionnaires in person. Four hundred questionnaires were distributed to a university faculty and 298 questionnaires were returned resulting in a 74.5 % response rate. After exclusion of 12 cases with missing information, 286 cases (71.5 % response rate) were analyzed. Most of the respondents were men (M=92.1%, F=7.9 %).
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