by Jeffrey Henning | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
Probability sampling remains the gold standard for producing results that are representative of target populations. So much so that non-probability methods typically try to emulate or mimic probability sampling where possible: Positioning a panel survey as a random...
by Jeffrey Henning | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog
Where river sampling is typically a supplemental source of responses to panel surveys, intercept surveys gather all their responses by interrupting traffic to web sites. CivicScience, Google Consumer Surveys (GCS) and RIWI each intercept people in their everyday use...
by Jeffrey Henning | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog
People who are willing to be members of panels differ in many ways from people who aren’t. This too lessens the representativeness of panel research. For instance, in a recent CASRO webinar, NPD Group reported that 70% of their panel members are introverted, compared...
by Jeffrey Henning | Oct 10, 2016 | tcheevers
The liberal arts component of my education focused on psychology. One of the areas where I find that I’m able to draw on that base is question design. How to ask a question that doesn’t suggest or influence the answer?I recently took a customer satisfaction survey for...
by Jeffrey Henning | Oct 10, 2016 | tcheevers
Last year the Community Managers Meetup in New York City hosted a great panel on the topic of “Social Media, Brands and Holidays”, with participants including Kate Gold, Social Media Director at Food Network; Ying Huang, Senior Organic Marketing...
