Yes, Amazon vouchers are completely OK, it's a standard thing to do and it really helps to increase response rates. It does not make your research look less serious - I have worked on a survey where they had price draws for respondents and prizes were a weekend in a wellness hotel (for 2 persons!), TV, Ipod...So no worries there! As most of us don't have funds to offer holidays and Ipods, Amazon vouchers are an affordable alternative. Also, offering the respondents to give money to a charity in their name (maybe even a charity of their choice) could be a nice idea? Perhaps you can let us know what you did and how it worked - increasing response rates to surveys is always a hot topic! (up) Good luck!

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My supervisor moved 500 miles away a couple of years into my part-time PhD, so around the same stage you are at. He tried to act as my supervisor long-distance, but a year later another academic stepped in.

Could you please explain why the long-distance supervision hasn't worked, what was happening - as I am in that situation now and my supervisor is offering me the long-distance supervision and I don't know what to do. Thanks!

Could you please describe why and how the long-distance supervision hasn't worked - as I am now in that position and my supervisor is offering me the long-distance supervision and I don't know whether I want to go through with that? Thanks!