Forget the Research Jargon
Research jargon is intimidating and doesn’t help your audience understand.
You may not be considering how your research initiative can bring your whole organization together — but you should!
Whether you’re dealing with a decision-maker in your organization or with a client, you’ll likely come across this question. Those who have been working in organizations for some time often have assumptions about their customers and prospects that are firmly entrenched. The “Why bother?” question is one you’ll need to be prepared to answer….
It’s not as easy as just offering everyone a gift card or a chance at an iPad. Incentive strategy can have a big impact on your response rate (and your legal liability)!
Developing partnerships can bring you far more than just respondents to your survey!
In some situations, balancing your survey data may be appropriate to ensure you’ve got a representative sample.
Likert scales are a very common tool in survey research. But there are specific things you need to consider when setting them up. The first is BALANCE. Likert scales need to have the same number of options on either side of the neutral point. The second is LENGTH. While scales with more response options…