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Westat IDEA Services
Recruiting Statistics
Recruiting Hours
The following calculations are drawn from IDEA Services’ records of recruiting efforts. The calculations exclude
projects which involved unusually difficult recruitment criteria (e.g., women who were sexually assaulted) or
which involved unusual recruitment sources (e.g., the client provided a predetermined list of respondents from
which we recruited). In all, 20 studies conducted between 2011 and the present are included in the
calculations. The list of studies can be found on the next page.

Correlation between Recruiting Effort and Incentive Amounts
n
(Number of
tasks included
in calculation)

Incentive Amounts

Average number of recruiting hours spent per
respondent scheduled

$60-75

1.91

6

$50

3.99

8

$40

5.11

6

Recruiting hours per respondent
6
5
4

Recruiting hours per
respondent

3
2
1
$60-75

$50

$40

No-show Rate
We only recently began tracking no-show rates, so only 4 studies from 2014 are included.

Correlation between No-show Rates and Incentive Amounts
Study

Incentive
Amount

No-show
Rate

NCI Physical Motivation Focus Groups (100 minutes, in-person)

$30

54.2%

IRS ETB Cognitive Testing (60 minutes, in-person)

$75

0%

NHATS Training Interviews (90 minutes, in-person)

$75

0%

NIH AREA Awards Cognitive Testing (60 minutes, in-person)

$100

0%

1

Projects Included in Recruiting Hours Calculations
Interview
Length
(minutes)

Incentive
Amount

Interview type

Population

Bureau of Justice
Statistics
CDC's Office on
Smoking and Health
NIH & FDA

90

$ 40.00

In-person

Crime victims in last 12 months

60

$75.00

In-person

Tobacco users and non-tobacco users

60

$ 75.00

In-person

NIH & FDA

60

$75.00

In-person

Heart or lung problems, smokers past and
present
Smokers & non-smokers

NIH & FDA

60

$75.00

In-person

Smokers & non-smokers

NCI FLASHE

30

$75.00

In-person

Youth ages 12-17 and parents

Food and Nutrition
Services, USDA
Department of Health
and Human Services
United States Public
Health Service
HINTS

60

$60.00

In-person

SNAP recipients

90

$50.00

In-person

60

$50.00

In-person

90

$50.00

In-person

Mix of respondents with different health issues,
smokers
General population, mix of ethnicity, gender, &
education
Mix of cancer patients and general population

HINTS

90

$50.00

In-person

18 years or older

Bureau of Justice
Statistics
CDC

60

$50.00

In-person

Crime victim within last 12 months

60

$50.00

In-person

Respondents with recent acute gastroenteritis

Food and Nutrition
Services, USDA
CDC

60

$50.00

Phone Interview

30

$50.00

In-person

Bureau of Justice
Statistics
NCI

90

$40.00

In-person

Managers of Farmer's Market, farmers
participating in Farmer's Markets
Local respondents who had heart attack or
stroke, who use aspirin and had TDAP shot
Crime victim within past 12 months

120

$40.00

CDC PLCO

45

$40.00

In-person,
followed by phone
interview
In-person

CDC- BRFSS

30

$40.00

Phone Interview

Persons who were on 2 prescriptions & at least 1
over the counter antacids and/or pain meds.
Respondents with chronic diseases

Maryland Department of
Health and Mental
Hygiene

30

$40.00

Phone Interview

Users of smoking devices, especially e-cigarettes

Client

Respondents with android cell phones

2