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Category Archives: Survey Research
Question Wording, Change in Wording, and Rosa’s Law
Question wording affects answers. The first sentence in the comment below (No. 85 Rosa’s Law and Surveys) is an acknowledgement of this fundamental flaw in survey research: “Question wording plays a critical role in [affecting] how respondents . . … Continue reading
Does Having Sex Boost Work Performance?
According to survey researchers in The Journal of Management, married people who have sexual intercourse at night have increase work performance at their offices the next day. This may or may not be true because the research is based on self-reports … Continue reading
Unreliability of Polls Acknowledged
The unreliability of polls is acknowledged by more people with each passing day. A case in point is a Chicago Tribune article by Art and Art History Professor, Eddie Chambers. Here are a few of his comments: “What we witnessed … Continue reading
Pre-Election Polling Unreliable
Pre-election polling is unreliable and acknowledged as such by survey researchers. Here are some comments from a newsletter published by a university survey research center, followed by a copy of the newsletter: “many media polls showing a variety of results” … Continue reading
Confidence in Polls Eroding
The election of The Donald, contrary to predictions of pollsters, has helped erode confidence in polls. The pollsters haven’t given up trying to do what can’t be done–that is, trying to to produce reliable information from answers to questions–but more … Continue reading
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Interviewer Effects Unexamined
Interviewers affect answers and, thereby, make answers unreliable. As indicated in the newsletter below from a university survey research center, survey researchers acknowledge as much and, moreover, admit they do not examine these effects. This newsletter is part of what … Continue reading
Katz and Hyman’s Contributions to the Counter Literature to Survey Research
My blog post, Counter Literature to Survey Research, is a collection of statements that help make the case against survey research as a way to find out what’s really going on. When I find additional research and comments that demonstrate … Continue reading
