Response Rate Calculator

Welcome to the Online Response Rate Calculator! This calculator will:

Ask you a series of questions
Provide limited guidance on best practices given your survey.
Use your responses and selections to calculate AAPOR response rates.

If you would prefer to download a spreadsheet of all response dispositions and calculate the response rate via Excel, click here.

Here are some tips to help you get started.

You will not be able to skip any questions in the calculator. Answers are required to drive skip logic.
Please make sure you know:
- What kind of sample you have (e.g., random-digit dial, a list of names, an address-based sample)
- In what way did you attempt to contact the sampled units (e.g., in-person a letter, called)
- In what modes could the sampled units complete the survey (e.g., online, phone, mail, SMS)
For more detailed documentation on response rate calculations, click here.
The questions in the calculator list the relevant disposition code. For more information about the individual code(s), reference the document.. This calculator is meant for use for probability household- and individual-level cross-sectional surveys (e.g., NOT longitudinal surveys or panels, NOT establishment surveys, NOT non-probability samples).
This calculator is in beta testing. If you believe there’s an error or have a question or comment, please email standards@aapor.org.

Q1: From what frame did you draw a sample?(Required)

An address-based frame (ABS)

A telephone frame (RDD)

A listed frame, such as a list of specifically named people and their contact information

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Below, you will enter the information for each address based frame in its own entry. If you did one frame, you should go through the popup module only one time. If you did nine frames, you should go through the module nine times.

ABS Frames

We’d like to be able to ask about each listed frame separately. Please provide a name for each ABS frame you used so we can reference it throughout this calculator.	Number of sampled units for ABS frame.	Actions

There are no Samples.

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Below, you will enter the information for each RDD frame in its own entry. If you did one frame, you should go through the popup module only one time. If you did nine frames, you should go through the module nine times.

Telephone Frames

Please provide a name for each Telephone frame you used so we can reference it throughout this calculator.	Number of sampled units for Telephone frame	Actions

There are no Samples.

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Below, you will enter the information for each list of names or other individually-linked information in its own entry. If you did one frame, you should go through the popup module only one time. If you did nine frames, you should go through the module nine times.

Lists of names or other individually-linked information

Please provide a name for each Listed frame you used so we can reference it throughout this calculator.	Number of Sample Units	Actions

There are no Samples.

Would you like a copy of your responses emailed to you?(Required)

Yes

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Response Rate Calculator

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