title: Increasing return rates of a mail survey to exercise professionals using a modest monetary incentive.
abstract: This study indicated that a variety of survey techniques resulted in a modest return rate (66%) in a national survey of 455 exercise professionals. A $1.00 bill incentive was significantly more effective than no incentive in improving returns, and the rate of double responses in this anonymous mail survey was extremely low (< 1%).
authors.affiliation: University of Toledo, Department of Health Promotion and Human Performance, Ohio 43606-3390, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hare
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011177:Postal Service / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012201:Reward; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires