Date:         Thu, 8 Nov 2007 19:54:56 -0800
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Hi Sharon

It really depends on what you mean by 'better'.

Are the response rates themselves the DVs in your experiment (e.g., is
your experiment actually about what is the best way to conduct a
survey)?  If so, what are your hypotheses?

If you're simply wanting to make a statement about how well the two
modes of surveying participants for your study went, then I'd be
inclined just to say that one had a higher response rate than the
other, and was therefore 'better' for this survey at this time with
this population.  I'd think that relative success for different modes
of undertaking a survey is more a qualitative than quantitative
question.

Does that help?  Or have I missed something?

Tree Frog

On Nov 9, 1:10 pm, Sharon <bssr.wedd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a student and I am conducting an experiment.
>
> I have one survey but administered it in two ways. One way was through
> the web and the other way was through the phone.
>
> I have a response rate for each type of method.
>
> Which test should I use to test if one method was better than the
> other?