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What Day of the Week Would You Like to Answer Our Survey?
Maria Andreasson, B.A.Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE)
Department of Political ScienceUniversity of Gothenburg
Overview
• Different weekdays participation rate- after 24 hours- after 6 days- after 8 days and one reminder
- after 14 days • Respondents preferred day for survey
response
Laboratory of Opinion Research (LORE)
• Web survey experiments• Panel data• Methodological evaluations
Panels
• The Citizen Panel- 57,000 opt-in- 9,000 probability
recruited
Non-commercialNo incentives
• The Panel of Politicians- 4,000 politicians on
national, regional and local level, opt-in
• The Panel of Journalists- 1,700 opt-in
Research collaborations
Open call for proposals at
lore.gu.se
Survey design
• 11,300 pre-recruited members of the Citizen Panel
• Mix of opt-in (74%) and probability sample (26%)• Randomly assigned day of the week for survey
invitation (n=1,600/day)• Survey invitation Wednesday 15th-Tuesday 21st
October 2014• A reminder sent after one week
Participation rates
- Clicking on survey link in email invitation- Excluding email bounces
Results: Participation rates after 24 hours (%)
Results: Participation rates after 6 days (%)
Results: Participation rates after 8 days (%)
Results: Participation rates after 14 days (%)
Preferred day for survey (%)
Preferred day for survey (%)
Preferred day for survey (%)
Difference of preferred day of survey if invitation same day and response within 24 hours (percentage points)
Summary
• Invitation day has significant effects on participation rates after 24 hours - Saturday worst- Early days of the week best
• No significant effects after 6 days or more
• Respondents say they prefer surveys on Mondays-Thursdays and Sundays
• Respondents more positive to receiving surveys on the day they actually receive it
• Respondents even more positive once they have tried the day, especially Saturday and Sunday
Thank you!
You can read more at
lore.gu.se