Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics
Survey Respondent Seminar To Be
Held in DC
A
seminar called Survey Respondent Incentives: Research and federal or other grants; and surveys sponsored
Practice, hosted by the Council of Professional Associations and conducted by private sector organizations
on Federal Statistics, will be held March 10, 2008, at the and commercial establishments.
L’Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC. Session two will include a panel
Incentive payments to survey respondents have been used for discussion bringing together survey
many years to improve response rates. Considerable evidence research professionals who have
supports the value of monetary incentives to increase coopera- conducted and are knowledgeable
tion and improve the speed and quality of response in a range of major research, practices, and
of data-collection efforts. In 1992, a symposium on provid- trends in the use of respondent
ing incentives to survey respondents, hosted by the Council of incentives in government, academic, commercial surveys. The
Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, brought together theme of this session is “Who, What, Where, When, Why, and
a spectrum of survey research professionals from government, How Do We Pay?” Panelists will focus on what we are doing
business, academia, and research organizations to focus on these and what we know about the use of respondent incentives.
issues in detail—to review the state of the art. (To read the The concluding session will bring together a panel of survey
report, visit
www.members.aol.com/copafs/incentives.htm). Since researchers who have had considerable experience in the design
that time, the use of respondent incentives in survey practice and implementation of sample surveys. They will attempt to
has increased dramatically across all sectors, but there has been consolidate and synthesize the seminar discussion, identify com-
no professional forum. The purpose of the proposed seminar is mon elements/themes, and suggest future directions for imple-
to fill that void. mentation and research.
The first session of the seminar will focus on current practices Seminar registration is $125. For a copy of the program and
in the use of respondent incentives across the three major domains registration information, contact COPAFS at
copafs@aol.com or call
of surveys: surveys sponsored by federal agencies; surveys (703) 836-0404 and ask for Edward Spar or Lee Ann Sklar. The
conducted by academic investigators, including those funded by program and registration form are available at
www.copafs.org. n
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