Maximize Your Survey Response Rates: Expert Insights from Sheila Robinson

In this episode, James Pann, Ph.D., interviews Sheila Robinson, Ed.D., about the topic of surveys and response rates. We focus on the significance of response rates in surveys and the steps that can be taken to maximize them. Sheila is a career educator and professional learning designer with experience in K-12 public education and higher education, a certified program evaluator, and Certified Presentation Specialist (CPS™) with particular interests in survey design, data visualization, and presentation design. Read more here: Timeline 00:40 Why Sheila is interested in survey research 03:50 Why survey response rate is critical 05:15 The optimal response rate 07:37 Ensuring accurate demographic representation of the sample 09:30 How to improve response rate 12:01 The survey invitation message is critical 13:26 Transparency in the length of time to complete the survey is important 15:19 Survey reminders can be used tactically to improve the response rate 16:43 Incentives should be used carefully 20:46 Timing of incentives and the principle of reciprocity 23:08 Building survey completion time into program activities can increase response rate 26:17 Importance of piloting the survey prior to use 28:15 Who sends the survey is important 33:20 How to reach Sheila EPISODE LINKS: - Sheila's website: - Sheila's Linkedin: CONNECT WITH JAMES: -

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This episode was published on Mar 2, 2023.

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