Heard It On The X(tab)

There are a few go to techniques that we use for survey data analysis. The primary tool used for analyzing survey data is the crosstab. There are fancier multivariate techniques, and those have their place, but for everyday use the crosstab is the preferred method for analyzing nominal and ordinal...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

Profiling New Panelists

The first survey a prospective panelist will see is their profile survey. An argument can be made that the profile survey is the most important survey a panelist will engage in. Why? As the starting point in the relationship, the profile survey gives us the opportunity to get to know the panelist...read more

25 Most Popular Survey Posts of 2011

Last week I shared my favorite feedback management blog posts that fell outside the Top 25 Most Popular Posts of 2011. After crunching the analysis for most read articles, most shared and clicked posts, I've narrowed down our 476+ posts to just the Top 25.Please share your thoughts below on any...read more

When it Comes to Rankings, What's Best?

What is best in life? Indeed a question that we could ponder for a long time. However, in the context of an employee satisfaction or brand awareness survey, time is a constraint. There are a few options survey authors can employ when required to assess respondent viewpoints on what is best. First,...read more

Checklists for Survey Project Success

As survey researchers we are more like projects managers than we may think. The more I work around project managers the more I realize we are managing projects with the same goals as any dedicated PM. Now our projects may not be on the scale of building a new hospital, installing a new computer...read more

5 Reasons Customer Satisfaction Surveys Stink

The sad truth is many satisfaction surveys are a waste of time. At best, they provide lip service to a best-practice ideal and at worst they provide misleading data that could lead your business astray. Make sure you flush these five main culprits out of the shadows on your quest for happy customers...read more

Personnel Evaluations: How Satisfied are your Employees?

Having worked for many companies in my career thus far, I am always curious to see how senior management responds when employee attrition sky rockets. Do they understand it is because there is a general sense of unhappiness among their employees? Do they think the employees who are leaving are just...read more

Employee Communication Surveys Improve the Workplace

One of the most important aspects of a productive work environment is strong communication. From facilitating a friendly yet respectful conversation between managers and employees to ensuring that workers feel comfortable discussing issues in the workplace with their coworkers, an office where...read more

Are Telephone Surveys Extinct?

Marketers and researchers have long battled the merits of telephone vs online surveys, both claiming to provide a more accurate sampling of the general population. With changing technology however, both sides are seeming to lose their argument for the most thorough sampling:• Landlines. In 2010, one...read more
The Rise of the Smart Phone: Are you Leverging Mobile? 10 Tips for Mobile-Friendly Survey Creation