survey research

Evaluating Nonresponse Bias in a Longitudinal Study of Healthy Adults Receiving Genome Sequencing

Evaluating Nonresponse Bias in a Longitudinal Study of Healthy Adults Receiving Genome Sequencing

by | Dec 12, 2017

We know your survey is exciting and will divulge important findings; you know your survey is exciting and will divulge important findings. But darn those who don’t know this and so don’t participate. Or worse – those who do know this, but choose not to participate for some other reason. Their nonresponse can create uncertainty in how accurate our survey results actually are.  If only we could survey robots or well-trained dogs who followed our instructions instead of people!

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Social Science Research: Are We Truly Innovating?

by | Oct 12, 2015

When I think of innovation in survey research, I think of innovation in our “sister” field of land surveying.  (A field I think of too often as I correct confused extended relatives about the type of surveys that I’m involved in.)

In 2600 B.C. Egypt, “rope stretchers” were some of the first land surveyors.  They stretched rope to measure land distances.  But rope had its flaws – it was often weak, stretched, expensive, and in large amounts could be very heavy.  Small innovations took place…

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