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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this chapter, the panel considers issues of design and development of key methodological aspects of the Agricultural Resources Management Survey (ARMS), focusing on the sample frame for ARMS, the ...