[Air-L] Alternative to Amazon gift card for incentives

[S.A. Applin]

It isn’t always true that someone who is wealthy wouldn’t want to participate. Sometimes they do.

Alternately, with no incentive, people for whom time is a by-the-hour-compensation issue, may be more willing to.

I understand that for government it would be different.

I’m glad there is more discussion in the list archives. 

When I did my dissertation, my research subjects were more interested in being heard than being compensated, and that was interesting in itself. 

Sally 


> On Aug 5, 2021, at 1:48 PM, Peter Timusk <peterotimusk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just mentioning again ( this topic is discussed in the list archives) the
> luxury of working in government surveys that while some of our surveys are
> legal mandatory to respond to many are voluntary and we offer no incentive
> at all.
> 
> There are possible biases introduced with incentives. Example: someone who
> is wealth will not reply because a 50$ Amazon gift card is not worth it.
> 
> In government surveys too, we can not favour any private businesses, so
> gift cards to businesses are not going to work.
> 
> My suggestions for more neutral unbiased survey work.
> 
> Peter not speaking for my employer Statistics Canada
> 
> On Thu., Aug. 5, 2021, 11:23 a.m. Hara, Noriko, <nhara at indiana.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I am wondering if anyone can recommend any alternatives to Amazon gift
>> cards for providing incentives for study participants.
>> 
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated,
>> 
>> Noriko
>> 
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>    Noriko Hara, Ph.D. |   https://norikohara.org<https://norikohara.org/>
>>    Professor
>>    Department of Information & Library Science
>>    Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, & Engineering
>>    Indiana University
>> 
>> 
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