Do you have time for a survey? Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Recruitment Process for an Online Survey

Danielle Langlois; Simone Kriglstein

doi:10.1145/3544549.3573865

Do you have time for a survey? Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Recruitment Process for an Online Survey

Masaryk University

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Abstract

Regardless of study design, recruitment is always an important challenge for researchers. In the current paper, we would like to share some lessons learned in the recruitment techniques for an online survey study. In order to recruit for a survey study on Esports, the authors decided to try and recruit from a diverse population. To this end, they recruited both from their personal networks and via social media. While they were unable to recruit the desired number of participants (30- 50), they were able to learn a great deal about what worked and what did not in the recruitment process. Some of the issues encountered involved survey length and timing issues. Also, they learned that researchers need to be mindful about the limitations of the social media sites they use. We hope that sharing these lessons will be helpful to future researchers as they plan future research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573865
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2023
Event	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Congress Center Hamburg (CCH), Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023 https://chi2023.acm.org/

Publication series

Name	Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Conference

Conference	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI23
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23
Internet address	https://chi2023.acm.org/

Research Field

Former Research Field - Experience Business Transformation

Keywords

ESports
survey methodology
study recruitment
online survey

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Langlois, D., & Kriglstein, S. (2023). Do you have time for a survey? Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Recruitment Process for an Online Survey. In CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-5). Article 381 (Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems).. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573865

Langlois, Danielle ; Kriglstein, Simone. / Do you have time for a survey? Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Recruitment Process for an Online Survey. CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA, 2023. pp. 1-5 (Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems).

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Langlois, D & Kriglstein, S 2023, Do you have time for a survey? Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Recruitment Process for an Online Survey. in CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 381, Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-5, ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3573865

Do you have time for a survey? Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Recruitment Process for an Online Survey. / Langlois, Danielle; Kriglstein, Simone.
CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA, 2023. p. 1-5 381 (Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems).

Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Proceedings › Conference Proceedings with Oral Presentation › peer-review

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Langlois D, Kriglstein S. Do you have time for a survey? Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Recruitment Process for an Online Survey. In CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA. 2023. p. 1-5. 381. (Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems). doi: 10.1145/3544549.3573865

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