Welcome to The Launchpad, SoundRocket’s blog, where we share our insights and musings on the science of doing science (well), #soundscience.
Returning home from the 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Seattle, Washington in February of last year, it was clear to me that the world was about to change. I attended AAAS to explore new fields of science that could...
One of the most common questions I am fielding today—with COVID-19 spreading across the nation, is now a good time to conduct surveys? Is the pandemic having an impact on response rates?
As one of my favorite grad school professors, Mick Couper, loved to say, “It depends.”
Whether one engages in a survey right now will depend on their current status. This may not be a good time to survey emergency department staff. Professionals who are engaged in conducting online surveys may also have their hands full of work (from home) and may not have much extra time to spare. But if you are surveying the general population, with exploding rates of unemployment, you may have better luck. Students in higher education have been ripped from their regular social routines and disconnected from others. They may welcome an opportunity to share their experiences . . .
And if you could take a genetic test to determine if you have the gene mutations that could show you have an increased risk of having Alzheimers Disease, would you? As the U.S. FDA has started regulating and approving these tests, SoundRocket asks: are there any potential harms and limitations?
It has been a while since I have communicated about the importance of checklists. It feels that the time is right to do so again… as it will become a more and more important element to what we do as we grow.
Testing a web-based survey is one of the most detested activities to many in the survey research business. From a 2016 post, here are seven tips to better web-based survey testing practices for your next study. You’re welcome 🙂
This post is part of an in-depth exploration and evolution of each guiding principle: inclusivity. GUIDING PRINCIPLE 3 INCLUSIVITY We practice inclusivity in everything we do. We build rooms and doors, not walls. The scientific process benefits...
Continuing the in depth exploration and evolution of our guiding principles, kicked off with an overview of them all, and expanded upon recently with a deep dive into Principle 1, we now turn to the second principle…
A few months ago I presented SoundRocket’s Guiding Principles on this blog. I promised these were a guide to practice here at SoundRocket, and that they would be continually evaluated and updated where appropriate. I also promised that I would dive into each principle in more depth in future posts. It is time that I do both.
With this post, I will tackle our first principle – Unity…
Everyone has self-assessed at some point or another. Be it something formal with a Myers & Briggs inventory or a chat with a trusted friend or family member – we are driven to search for who we are. To some it comes easier than others. While I have always loved to self-assess, I have generally been shy…