Emily Geisen

Originally published on Quirks.com Imagine that the local dairy farmers in your area want to know how much milk people drink in a week. So they send out a questionnaire that asks, “In a typical d...

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Originally published on Greenbook.org Are your surveys designed to be invisible? They should be - the less a respondent has to think about your survey, the more likely they are to complete it. Here...

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Eliminating bias in study questions, especially when we are not aware of it, is challenging but essential. Why? Biased questions lead to inconsistent data, offensive questions, lower response rates an...

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We often need to measure the frequency of behaviors such as how often someone goes grocery shopping, how many appliances someone has purchased in the past year, or how many times someone has gone to t...

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If you want high-quality data from your research project, it’s vital that people understand and are comfortable responding to your surveys. Find out how to improve the clarity of the questions you a...

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As public health authorities urge citizens to follow social distancing guidelines - or implement even more stringent measures - many market researchers are pausing or delaying in-person data collectio...

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Ideally, we could avoid asking respondents about sensitive topics that may make them feel embarrassed or uncomfortable. In certain situations, though, asking sensitive questions is necessary to get th...

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