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* (+) Cost-effective; we only give money to people who have done the survey | * (+) Cost-effective; we only give money to people who have done the survey | ||
* (+) Incentivizes people to pass on survey since they get more money as more participants are involved, and also their friends also get money | * (+) Incentivizes people to pass on survey since they get more money as more participants are involved, and also their friends also get money | ||
* (-) Conditional incentive is not as much as a "gift", people might not want to | * (-) Conditional incentive is not as much as a "gift", people might not want to badger friends by soliciting them | ||
* (-) Also people may not spread survey if they don't know whether other participants will finish survey and pass it on; involving more people can be problematic and it may not be worth the effort | * (-) Also people may not spread survey if they don't know whether other participants will finish survey and pass it on; involving more people can be problematic and it may not be worth the effort | ||
* (+) Introducing some way to monitor other participants may resolve this | * (+) Introducing some way to monitor other participants may resolve this | ||
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Furthermore, conditional incentives and mutual monitoring could induce the participants to act like a team in order to claim the full incentive. It would be difficult for someone to turn down a friend's request to help the two of you to gain more money by taking a survey. However, there is a question of whether the additional incentive from an additional participant is large enough such that the effort of soliciting a friend would be worth it. | Furthermore, conditional incentives and mutual monitoring could induce the participants to act like a team in order to claim the full incentive. It would be difficult for someone to turn down a friend's request to help the two of you to gain more money by taking a survey. However, there is a question of whether the additional incentive from an additional participant is large enough such that the effort of soliciting a friend would be worth it. | ||
The unconditional incentives make it more likely for participants to pass on the survey and the conditional incentive will make it more likely for participants to complete the survey. These two incentives may not be entirely mutually exclusive; for instance, we can still give unconditional incentives to facilitate the spread of the survey, but also offer a final incentive once everyone in the group has finished the survey. | The unconditional incentives make it more likely for participants to pass on the survey and the conditional incentive will make it more likely for participants to complete the survey. These two incentives may not be entirely mutually exclusive; for instance, we can still give unconditional incentives to facilitate the spread of the survey, but also offer a final incentive once everyone in the group has finished the survey. A combination of the two incentive structures may be the best incentive structure to use to accomplish our objectives. | ||
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Unconditional vs Conditional IncentivesUconditional: we give $5 upfront to participants in the survey
ConclusionThe objective of any incentive structure we design is to obtain data from all members of a three participant group who will fill out the SUCCEED survey. The problem, however, is that we can't directly offer incentives to all three of the participants at once; we rely on the first one to deliver the survey to the second one and the second one to deliver the survey to the third one. Therefore, we must find the best way to get people to take the survey and have first and second person to pass on the survey. In the conditional incentive scheme, we assume that people pass on the survey because they want more money for themselves and others. In the unconditional scheme, people pass on the survey because it is a free gift for another person. Therefore, the more conditional incentive scheme puts participants more into the mind of a salesperson while the unconditional incentive puts them more into the mind of a gift-giver. Furthermore, conditional incentives and mutual monitoring could induce the participants to act like a team in order to claim the full incentive. It would be difficult for someone to turn down a friend's request to help the two of you to gain more money by taking a survey. However, there is a question of whether the additional incentive from an additional participant is large enough such that the effort of soliciting a friend would be worth it. The unconditional incentives make it more likely for participants to pass on the survey and the conditional incentive will make it more likely for participants to complete the survey. These two incentives may not be entirely mutually exclusive; for instance, we can still give unconditional incentives to facilitate the spread of the survey, but also offer a final incentive once everyone in the group has finished the survey. A combination of the two incentive structures may be the best incentive structure to use to accomplish our objectives.
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