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. 1998 Feb;86(1):217-8.
doi: 10.2466/pms.1998.86.1.217.

Increasing return rates of a mail survey to exercise professionals using a modest monetary incentive

S Hare  1 , J H Price, M G Flynn, K A King
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Increasing return rates of a mail survey to exercise professionals using a modest monetary incentive

S Hare et al. Percept Mot Skills. 1998 Feb.

Abstract

This study indicated that a variety of survey techniques resulted in a modest return rate (66%) in a national survey of 455 exercise professionals. A $1.00 bill incentive was significantly more effective than no incentive in improving returns, and the rate of double responses in this anonymous mail survey was extremely low (< 1%).

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