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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Promoting Participation in a Culture of Sustainability Web Survey

Authors : Heather M. Schroeder, Andrew L. Hupp, Andrew D. Piskorowski

Published in: Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program (SCIP) at the University of Michigan is designed to measure and track the university’s progress (Callewaert and Marans 2017) in moving the campus community towards a culture of sustainability. SCIP gathers this data using a web survey conducted annually. Web surveys generally attain lower response rates than other modes of data collection. Web surveys are also at risk of other forms of nonresponse, such as breakoffs, which happen less frequently in other modes. Breakoffs commonly occur very early in a web survey, often on informed consent screens required by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), before respondents have a chance to get to the survey content. There are many methods used (prenotification, incentives, etc.) to try to increase participation and reduce breakoffs. This paper investigates the efficacy of two experiments designed to increase participation and reduce breakoffs in two SCIP surveys. The first experiment examines the effect of “celebrity endorsement”. As part of the final email reminder, respondents were randomized to receive a reminder with a link to the survey or a reminder that also contained a link to a video of a head coach from the U-M Department of Athletics encouraging non-respondents to participate. The second experiment investigates informed consent screen design. One group was presented a screen appearing as a traditional informed consent form. The other group was presented a screen with the most important items visible and the rest of the information available via a series of accordion menus.

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Metadata
Title
Promoting Participation in a Culture of Sustainability Web Survey
Authors
Heather M. Schroeder
Andrew L. Hupp
Andrew D. Piskorowski
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-67121-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-67122-2

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67122-2_21