Dear List and Holly, Interestingly both of my survey, I have currently up running have a completion rate of about 80%. Even though they differ in length, topic and number of participants. I also found that inviting potential respondents via e-mail is not fostering participation. What are your experiences with motivating participants? Best, Philipp Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:57:36 -0500 From: Holly Kruse <holly-kruse@utulsa.edu> Subject: [Air-L] Survey completion rate To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> I currently have an online survey underway, and as it slogs along, it has made me curious about something. What, generally, do people find to be the completion rate of their online surveys? This is a stat to which I probably wouldn't have access in a traditional paper survey -- I wouldn't be able to differentiate between people who started the questionnaire and didn't complete it, and those who just didn't fill it out at all -- so it's an interesting feature of this survey format. I'm finding that so far, with my survey the completion rate is hovering around 80%. Is that similar to others' experiences? (...) But I am curious to hear about completion rates of others' online surveys. Holly -- Philipp Budka philbu@gmx.net Dreyhausenstraße 18/7 A-1140 Wien, Austria http://www.philbu.net -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kanns mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger