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The VR Consumer Experience

What are the questions you should ask when designing a VR consumer experience survey?

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Surveying Low Incidence Race and Ethnic Minority Populations by Cell Phone

The Oregon Health Insurance Survey is an important source of information about health care coverage in Oregon. The survey provides detailed information about the impacts of health system reform, health care coverage, access to care, and utilization.

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Are advanced letters cost effective? The use of an advance letter to improve survey response for large scale telephone surveys and to reduce data collection costs

The Oregon Health Insurance Survey is an important source of information about health care coverage in Oregon. The survey provides detailed information about the impacts of health system reform, health care coverage, access to care, and utilization.

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“Use of Incentives to Increase Representation and Cost Effectiveness of African American Mothers in PRAMS”

The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a multi-mode survey providing state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy. While overall response rates for the survey are high, participation is significantly lower among minority … Continue reading

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“Identifying Gender Minorities in Population-Based Proxy Surveys”

  Abstract Identifying members of gender minorities has proven challenging to survey researchers. Transgender, gender non-binary and other gender minority groups are extremely small by definition and, when they are contacted at all, face significant social stigma that creates reticence … Continue reading

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“Is It Worth the Cost? The Use of a Survey Invitation Letter to Increase 
Response to an Email Survey”

Abstract Push-to-web survey design has been used to increase response rates to web surveys when email addresses are unavailable. However, getting consumers to complete online surveys is challenging. Previous research has found that embedding a small cash incentive with a … Continue reading

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“Responsive Survey Design to Improve Participation Among African American Mother in PRAMS”

Abstract The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a multi-mode survey that provides state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and after pregnancy. While overall response rates for the survey are high, research shown that participation … Continue reading

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