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Replication Files: Concurrent, Web-First, or Web-Only? How Different Mode Sequences Perform in Recruiting Participants for a Self-Administered Mixed-Mode Panel Study

Christmann, Pablo; Gummer, Tobias; Häring, Armando
GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2648
Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many survey programs switched to self-administered modes of data collection, often offering respondents both web-based and paper-based questionnaires. However, there is little guidance as to when to offer which mode, especially when the aim is to recruit participants for a panel survey. This study examines the effectiveness of different mode-sequence designs by analyzing an experiment implemented in the recruitment wave of the German panel study “Family Research and Demographic Analysis” (FReDA). We randomly assigned 108,256 individuals aged 18–49 years to one of ... more
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Subject area: [Social Sciences]
Topics: survey research | data collection method | recruitment | experiment | longitudinal study | online survey | mail survey

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2021-04-07; 2021-06-25
Geographic coverage: [Germany / DE]
Universe: Residents aged 18-49 years officially registered in Germany.
Sampling Procedure: Probability Sample
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal (panel study)
Mode of Data Collection: Experiment
Notes: The analysis is based on the first release of the FReDA Data - Version 1.0.0 (https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13745) which is available upon request. The FReDA data is free of charge but requires closing a data use agreement.

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Christmann, Pablo; GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften | Gummer, Tobias; GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften | Häring, Armando; Institut für Angewandte Sozialwissenschaft | Kunz, Tanja; GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften | Oehrlein, Anne-Sophie; GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften | Ruland, M ... more
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.7802/2648
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2648
Project funder: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of FReDA (grant number 01UW2001B)
Publisher: GESIS, Cologne

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2648

Reference publications

Publications: Christmann, Pablo, Tobias Gummer, Armando Häring, Tanja Kunz, Anne-Sophie Oehrlein, Michael Ruland, and Lisa Schmid (Forthcoming). "Concurrent, Web-First, or Web-Only? How Different Mode Sequences Perform in Recruiting Participants for a Self-Administered Mixed-Mode Panel Study" Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.

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Christmann, Pablo, Gummer, Tobias, Häring, Armando, Kunz, Tanja, Oehrlein, Anne-Sophie, Ruland, Michael, & Schmid, Lisa (2023). Replication Files: Concurrent, Web-First, or Web-Only? How Different Mode Sequences Perform in Recruiting Participants for a Self-Administered Mixed-Mode Panel Study. GESIS, Cologne. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2648.

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