'Quick Polls' on Paid Survey Sites | Posted on 10/11/06I often question the value for survey respondents of “Quick Polls” offered by many online survey sites. My thinking goes two ways on these mini polls.
(1) Online survey sites don’t really care about... More »Occupational Bias in Market Research Surveys | Posted on 09/29/06To mitigate occupation bias in survey responses, many survey screeners have a question something like the following:
"Do you or a member of your household work for any of the following industrie... More »Volunteer Bias | Posted on 09/26/06Volunteer Bias:"Error arising from a low response rate, due to the fact that some types of people (usually young, well-educated) are more willing than others to take part in surveys." -... More »Survey Non-Disclosure Agreements & Confidentiality | Posted on 09/12/06Over the past several years I have taken quite a few surveys for which I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement prior to being admitted into the survey. Often the surveys disclosed confidential infor... More »How to Join Pinecone Research Survey Panel | Posted on 09/05/06Over the last few years PineCone Research has generated quite a bit of interest from survey respondents wishing to join the survey panel. A few searches on google reveals numerous forum and blog topi... More »Survey Screeing Questions | Posted on 08/25/06As a teen, I worked in a mall soliciting patrons to participate in personal surveys. Sometimes I would talk to scores of people before someone would agree to take a survey (perhaps I should have work... More »Paid Survey for Teen | Posted on 04/17/06Teens and children not only influence purchasing decisions made by their parents but also have their own purchasing power. As a result, adults aren’t the only group marketers are interviewing using o... More »
