Use this as a checklist for your own studies – or as a tool to evaluate survey research collaborators. Researchers who do not consider each of these elements will make disastrous mistakes. A solid researcher is not one who is perfect – it is one who learns from past mistakes. Here are the final six (of twelve)…
Ready to Launch a Survey? It’s just a press of a button, right?
How I wish that were the case! As with any science, care must be taken to ensure there is a consistent application. Bias introduced by inconsistencies in the study implementation is not desirable. Survey researchers can minimize such bias by…
It seems that every few days, an announcement brings forth a new use for Apple’s ResearchKit. My first reaction was one of excitement, mixed with horror. The excitement stemmed from…
I hope you have enjoyed reading the past 6 posts to our new blog – the Launch Pad. If you have not yet read them, I encourage you to go back to the beginning and read about our story. I have certainly enjoyed writing them!
I look forward to using this blog to write about and share our experiences. While I expect the focus will adapt as we ourselves evolve, the plan will be…
The Beginning: From Rubber Bands to Plastic Bags to Survey Sciences Riding from house to house on my scooter, aiming to "porch" every edition of the San Jose Mercury News that I could (especially for the big tippers in the small ranch on the corner), the 16-year-old...
As with any naming – be it a business, a child, a service – there is an internal gut feeling that one must be comfortable with. It is that internal check that…
With six names to choose from, it was time to make a decision. Today I will emphasize the process of elimination…
In my previous post, I described the process we went through in identifying our brand characteristics. Coming from that place of having a clearly defined brand character, with a stated Purpose and a strong Mission, I found the name discovery process both terrifying…
Or more accurately, making the decision to change is never easy. Once that decision is made, I have found that change takes on its own course and flows.
In 2014, after 10 years of doing business as the Survey Sciences Group, LLC, I came to the conclusion that…