Separate incentive forms preserve participant anonymity in sensitive-topic surveys

Evidence

On completion of the survey, participants were asked to click on a link to a second form, which asked for their email address to be entered into the raffle. The use of the second form for the incentive ensured that participants’ identifying information was not linked to their survey responses. — Naheed Ahmed, Measurement of Perceived Interpersonal…, 34

Categorization

• XREF: A concrete, reusable design tactic for anyone surveying stigmatized or surveilled populations — worth pairing with methodological notes on researching Muslim Americans post-9/11.