by April 8, 2013
It has been said many times that randomness is next to godliness in
the world of experimental design. I would extend this thinking to
the structured world of survey research as well. In this post we
will look at two methods for incorporating randomness into your
online survey design. Cvent offers...read more
by February 28, 2013
Looking to get the most useful data out of your surveys? If so,
consider randomizing your survey questions to eliminate bias and
ultimately deliver more actionable survey results.
Oftentimes, the order in which questions are displayed affects how
people will respond. What is question bias and why...read more
by January 7, 2013
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
by December 21, 2012
You dress your dogs up for the holidays and you’re convinced they
love their Santa outfits, the jingle bells around their neck, or
whatever it is they might be wearing. They looks so cute and
festive that you “ooo and awe” over them, take their pictures
(while bribing them with a treat to sit still)...read more
by July 26, 2012
Two heads are better than one, but is this the case in survey
research? When it comes to questionnaire design the trend has
definitely been towards shorter is better. Lean questionnaires are
the new chic. This trend certainly argues against the use of
multiple measures of a construct which would...read more
by March 26, 2012
Talk doesn’t cook rice, or so an ancient Chinese philosopher said.
In the realm of customer satisfaction, both of these quotes hold
sway. I was reminded of this in a recent post by Dana Vaille of
Chadwick Martin Bailey. Dana was expressing her discontent
about a recent purchase she had made. The...read more
by March 23, 2012
According to a recent survey, asking for input from your
target audience can save businesses, particularly start-ups, big
bucks. Because new businesses are most susceptible to failure, it
is especially important for them to survey customers before making
any big business decisions. Some...read more
by March 19, 2012
In the last blog on Level 1 Evalations, we looked at different
scales that can be used in creating a survey. Here let us consider
some of the characteristics the items on the scales need to have so
that the respondents can answer the survey effectively. “Items”
means the “questions” or “statements”...read more
by February 2, 2012
A few years ago, I wrote a post titled, Market Research Process: 6
Steps to Project Success. It's one of those posts that is
constantly one of the most viewed posts on the blog. Because it's
one of the most popular posts of all time, I think it's time to
give it a refresh. So for our first Throwback...read more
by January 30, 2012
I recently came across a post that was too good not to share. The
Service Witch, aka Kimberly Nasief, posted an excellent post on the
good, bad and the ugly of customer satisfaction surveys. Let’s face
it; everyone uses some form of CSat survey in their process. Are
they all timely, well-designed...read more
