There Are No Right Answers In Research
Don’t create research to tell you “That”. Create research to tell you “If”.
Even if you’re not very familiar with research, you’ve heard the terms “quantitative” and “qualitative”. What’s the real difference? These terms refer to types of data — not necessarily to research approaches. Quantitative results are those you can count, that you can tabulate. These are either numbers you can work with mathematically or text…
Oh no! Your research showed you something that goes against what you previously thought. You can still make great thought leadership content from those insights.
Your research can be a powerful force for your organization, if you can just do three things with it.
Engaging partners in your thought leadership research can get you the respondents you need and build new relationships that can get more eyes on your thought leadership content!
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…