Sample Balancing
In some situations, balancing your survey data may be appropriate to ensure you’ve got a representative sample.
It’s not really about the number of questions — it’s about your needs (and your audience).
Every researcher I know has gotten this question or comment at some point: “Steve Jobs said research isn’t helpful because people don’t know what they want.” Actually, what Steve said in an interview in 1998 was: “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want…
Sarah and I talk about respondent sources and representative samples.
Bots are the worst. And if you don’t know how to keep them out AND root them out, your data isn’t going to be reliable. Check out this week’s video to learn more and see a great little resource for help.
Guess what? The research isn’t the thought leadership. It’s what you build on top of the research that demonstrates your expertise.