Surveys are a popular tool for collecting feedback from donors and program participants. Inexpensive and easy to send, they’re a visible way to engage constituents and signal an openness to outside ...

A major census of the design industry by the AIGA aims to help make it more diverse. In 2014, when Antionette Carroll was tapped to lead a task force on inclusivity for the AIGA–the professional ...

Data from mixed-mode questions are hard, if not impossible, to interpret accurately. The first part of this article will give an example of a mixed-mode question and an analysis of how to interpret ...

One possible explanation for the variability in estimates across the different nonprobability samples is the range of methods that online sample vendors employ. They differ on recruitment, weighting ...

Current thinking and writing on the subject of designing surveys to make the questions most conducive to accurate, useful answers and better quality data. To make accurate measurements in market ...

Researchers sometimes ask, “What is the best way to learn my subjects’ characteristics?” Often, the answer is simply to “just ask them!” The survey is a popular research tool that comes with ...

The workshop is intended for government officials who would benefit from the knowledge of the concepts, principles, and methods used design to business surveys which are subsequently used to compile ...

Singular-mode mail and telephone surveys are going the way of the landline—slowly but surely being phased out in favor of more technology-assisted communication. Once considered the gold standard for ...