Assessing Statistical Significance

The concept of significance is central to generating consumer insights. As market researchers we are tasked with providing data to decision makers that is both useful and meaningful. How we measure statistical significance depends upon the types of questions we ask and the associated data structure...read more

Customer Experience ≠ Customer Satisfaction

There comes a time when those of us in consumer and B2B market research realize that we are not just the messengers, the conduit for the voice of the customer, but we also are the change agents. This realization came to me some time ago, but was reaffirmed while reading the book Outside In by Harley...read more

20 Most Popular Posts of 2012

While we highlight the most popular posts from a given month in our newsletter, one of my favorite activities is to look back and see what posts were the most popular overall each year. Keeping with tradition, here's a look back across the 20 most popular posts of 2012!   Customer Loyalty Month: 25...read more

A is for Assessments

What is the difference between a survey and an assessment? The short answer is not much. If you think back to your days in school, the tests you took were nothing more than a scored survey. Chances are the survey design had both structured and unstructured questions with the intent of measuring your...read more

Friends, Followers, Posts and Learning?

Are you, or have you considered using the likes of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn and other social media platforms as a part of your organization’s learning strategies?  If you said “Yes!” congratulations!  You’ve joined the next generation of learning! If you are not yet on the...read more

Level 1 Evaluation: Deciding on the Survey Format

Level 1 Evaluation relates to the feedback of the participants to the training event. Typically the participants are given "smiley sheets" to indicate their level of satisfaction with the program. As discussed in the earlier post, many categories are evaluated during level 1 evaluation. They include...read more

Training Through the Eyes of the 7 Habits (Part 2)

Two weeks ago we began to explore how the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People can apply to the big, wide-world of training.  Today we continue the journey, starting with habit four.(Curious about what habits one–three look like through the eyes of training? Check it out!)HABIT #4—Think Win/Win...read more

My Top 15 Favorite Web Survey Blog Posts of 2011

Today, I started going through the Web Survey blog analytics to see which of our articles were the most popular. We wrote and published a staggering 476 posts so far in 2011! Next week I'll be sharing the Top 25 Most Popular Posts of 2011. However, some of my favorites just didn't make the cut this...read more

Let's Simplify Jargon!

While searching for this week's TedTalk inspiration, this title jumped out at me: Let's Simplify Legal Jargon! I agree 100%. Let's just speak in plain English that's understood by everyone, not just those with law degrees. During this talk, Alan Siegel discusses how difficult it is to understand...read more

Address Book Sampling: Improve Customer Relationships

Proving to be a relational online survey provider, Cvent continues to further itself from basic survey providers by adding additional features over the weekend. Thanks to the development of the new Address Book Sampling, survey author’s can now conduct an advanced search based on a contact’s last...read more
The Rise of the Smart Phone: Are you Leverging Mobile? 10 Tips for Mobile-Friendly Survey Creation