Research Won’t Make You Do Anything
Clients sometimes avoid market research because they’re afraid it will “box them in” when it comes to decision-making. Nope. Research is a flare, not a cage.
Research jargon is intimidating and doesn’t help your audience understand.
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…
How many respondents you really need.
In some situations, balancing your survey data may be appropriate to ensure you’ve got a representative sample.
Little mistakes can have a big impact. Make sure you’re properly testing your surveys before fielding them. I have some suggestions about things to check you might not be considering.
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…