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Title Survey Response Rates and Survey Administration in Counseling and Clinical Psychology A Meta-Analysis
Source Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69, 3, pp. 389-403
Year 2009
Access date 07.08.2009
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This article reports results of a meta-analysis of survey response rates in published research in counseling and clinical psychology over a 20-year span and describes reported survey administration procedures in those fields. Results of 308 survey administrations showed a weighted average response rate of 49.6%. Among possible moderators, response rates differed only by population sampled, journal in which articles were published, sampling source and method, and use of follow-up. Researchers whose studies were included in this meta-analysis used follow-up but rarely used incentives, prenotification, or other response-facilitation methods to maximize response rates. Although the future of survey research in general may rely more heavily on Internet data collection, mail surveys dominate in this field.

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Year of publication2009
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