Incentivizing P/CVE research, evaluation, & program participants‎

Abstract

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. ‎

Keywords: Preventing Violent Extremism, PVE, Countering Violent Extremism, CVE, P/CVE, Design, Evaluation, Incentives, Incentivizing