Incentivizing P/CVE Research, Evaluation, & Program Participants
Keywords:
Preventing Violent Extremism, PVE, Countering Violent Extremism, CVE, P/CVE, Design, Evaluation, Incentives, IncentivizingAbstract
Incentivizing research or evaluation participants can be crucial toward reducing data collection timeframes and obtaining sufficient sample sizes (i.e., to reduce the risks of obtaining null or misleading findings). Consequently, participant incentives should not be underestimated with respect to their importance both for obtaining quality P/CVE research or evaluation data, and for improving subsequent managerial/programmatic decision-making: no small matter given the high-stakes fields of P/CVE. This research methods brief discusses participant incentives (including potential pitfalls and means to avoid them), in the context of P/CVE program design and evaluation, including: their relevance to statistical power and reducing sample bias, budgeting for incentives, alternatives to monetary incentives, and considerations for planning to upscale a given P/CVE program.
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