# Response rate

`kaal:entity:response-rate`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 5 claims that carry the concept tag `response-rate`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

5 claims across 4 works, 2012 to 2016.

**2012**

- [2150377-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2150377-014) [empirical/evidenced] -- Persistent multi-channel follow-up, by fax, e-mail, and telephone, yielded ninety-four completed surveys, a 7.42% response rate from a population of 1267, which is substantially higher than response rates in prior surveys of this industry.
  > This procedure proved successful and yielded ninety-four completed surveys, a response rate of 7.42% of a population of 1267. This response rate is substantially higher than the response rate of prior surveys in a related context.175
  Wulf A. Kaal, Hedge Fund Manager Registration Under the Dodd-Frank Act (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2150377

**2014**

- [2447306-010](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2447306-010) [empirical/evidenced] -- Despite contacting the entire population of 3669 SEC-registered private fund advisers by fax and e-mail over more than five months, the study obtained only 52 respondents, a response rate of 0.014 percent.
  > After multiple attempts to reach the entire population in over five months, respondents ([n=52]) (0.014%) answered questions in several categories designed to identify the effectiveness of Form PF.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Private Fund Disclosures Under the Dodd-Frank Act (2014). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2447306

**2016**

- [2732915-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2732915-005) [empirical/evidenced] -- The survey achieved a response rate of 5.44 percent from a population of 1267 registered private fund advisers.
  > The response rate for this survey was 5.44% of a population of 1267.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Private Fund Industry Five Years after the Dodd-Frank Act – A Survey Study (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732915
- [2732915-007](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2732915-007) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Guaranteeing complete anonymity is essential to obtaining a sufficient response rate from private fund advisers, but that guarantee prevents a broader descriptive statistical analysis of the sample.
  > The anonymity of survey responses did not allow a broader descriptive statistical analysis of the sample. The author guaranteed complete anonymity to all survey respondents, which is an essential element in obtaining a sufficient response rate.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Private Fund Industry Five Years after the Dodd-Frank Act – A Survey Study (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732915
- [2739479-019](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2739479-019) [mechanism/argued] -- The decline in survey response rate between 2012 and 2015 is itself evidence of the private fund industry's relatively rapid adaptation to the new statutory and regulatory regime.
  > The decline in response rate may itself be suggestive of the relatively rapid adaptation to changes brought about by the new statutory and regulatory regime.
  Wulf A. Kaal, The Post Dodd-Frank Act Evolution of the Private Fund Industry Comparative Evidence from 2012 and 2 (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2739479

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