Working with Partners for Research Respondents
Partners can be an incredibly smart way to gain respondents — and a win/win for both of you.
If you want your research to be statistically reliable — meaning that you can depend on it to accurately represent a particular audience, guide your strategic direction, etc. — you need to have a certain number of respondents. So the simple answer to this question is 400. But of course, that’s not the only…
One of the most productive things you can do for your organization is to develop your own, opted-in group of volunteers to participate in ongoing research and discussions. Your proprietary research panel (or “Insiders” or “Advisory Panel” or whatever you want to call it) can serve a variety of valuable roles: They can reduce…
Pricing research isn’t easy. Learn a little about how to discuss it with clients you just want you to throw a pricing question or two in your survey.
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…
Your goal with research shouldn’t be to confirm you’re right — it should be to prove yourself wrong. Thanks to Edison Research VP Tom Webster for inspiring this one.
Knowing what people do isn’t the same as knowing what they think.