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Category Archives: Survey Research
Efforts To Make Answers Reliable Fail
Survey researchers/askers are always trying to make their always-unreliable answers reliable and always fail to do so. Answers are always unreliable because answers are always affected/skewed by questions (e.g., wording), askers (e.g., gender affects answers), respondents (e.g., their memory), and … Continue reading
Survey Researchers Find Use For Data From Non-Asking Sources
Some survey researchers find use for data from non-asking sources. This is a positive development! Three cheers for survey researchers! Reliance on survey research is weakening and this erosion of confidence in the asking method will lead them to accept … Continue reading
Survey Researchers Recognize The Value of Data From Non-Asking Sources
Some survey researchers recognized the value of data from non-asking sources. They are to be commended! The only way to know if self-reports are correct or incorrect is to check or verify them with data from non-asking sources. Newsletter No. … Continue reading
Survey Researchers Acknowledge Need For Data From Non-Asking Sources
In Newsletter No 95, copied below, which I received from a university survey research center in late September, 2017, survey researchers acknowledge that survey research results/answers might not be accurate and, therefore, answers must be checked with data from non-asking … Continue reading
Deceptive AAPOR Evaluation of 2016 Election Polls
The 2016 election polls were inaccurate, predicting a win for Email-Server-Hillary, whereas Mussolini-Arpaio-Trump prevailed and now is the Oval Office One. But pollsters, because they’re addicted to asking, are seldom able to admit their mistakes. Instead, they try to deceive by … Continue reading
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
