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Design tips for surveys 2012 – a seminar for UIE

Caroline Jarrett 18 November 2019 28 February 2012
Design tips for surveys 2012 – a seminar for UIE

When I was invited, as a Rosenfeld Media aspiring author, to talk about surveys for the UIE All You Can Learn series of seminars, I had to think hard about how to condense a full-day training workshop into something that would work forContinue reading… Design tips for surveys 2012 – a seminar for UIE

Design tips for complex forms, Malta 2012

Caroline Jarrett 28 June 2023 14 February 2012
Design tips for complex forms, Malta 2012

Usability in Malta It was a privilege to be invited to present at Malta’s first usability conference. On one of the coldest, wettest nights that Malta had ever known, an impressively large number of keen people made their way toContinue reading… Design tips for complex forms, Malta 2012

How to get yourself started in statistics

Caroline Jarrett 30 December 2021 11 February 2012
How to get yourself started in statistics

How do you feel about statistics? For a long time, I was a stats refusenik. When I was doing my first degree back in the 1970s, I took a class in mathematical statistics but it never made any sense toContinue reading… How to get yourself started in statistics

Survey book of the month – Through the language glass: why the world looks different in other languages

Jane Matthews 28 June 2023 5 December 2011
Survey book of the month – Through the language glass: why the world looks different in other languages

Many of us will be doing a lot of gift-giving this month, so I’ve chosen a book that would be just right for someone who enjoys something thought-provoking and a bit out of the usual: Through the language glass: why theContinue reading… Survey book of the month – Through the language glass: why the world looks different in other languages

How to do a survey in six steps

Jane Matthews 21 November 2019 28 November 2011
How to do a survey in six steps

Question: What’s the difference between a questionnaire and a survey? Answer: A questionnaire is a series of questions and answers on a topic; a survey is the overall process of obtaining useful information using a questionnaire. Question: OK then, whatContinue reading… How to do a survey in six steps

Writing and editing for the web, EMBL-EBI 2011

Jane Matthews 28 June 2023 28 November 2011
Writing and editing for the web, EMBL-EBI 2011

These slides form part of a workshop I ran for an international group of staff at EMBL-EBI. Writing and editing for the web – expanded version from Caroline Jarrett

Design tips for complex forms, J Boye 2011

Jane Matthews 28 June 2023 8 November 2011
Design tips for complex forms, J Boye 2011

I was invited to the 2011 J.Boye conference in Aarhus Denmark to deliver a presentation on designing complex forms. People experience forms at three levels – appearance, conversation and relationship – and complexity affects each of them. Using examples from the UK and Danish governmentsContinue reading… Design tips for complex forms, J Boye 2011

Surveys in practice and theory, J Boye 2011

Caroline Jarrett 28 June 2023 8 November 2011
Surveys in practice and theory, J Boye 2011

At the 2011 J.Boye conference in Aarhus Denmark, I had the opportunity to run a workshop on surveys. We focused mainly on the practicalities of  better surveys: how to write better questions and how to run a good survey process from startContinue reading… Surveys in practice and theory, J Boye 2011

What is a confidence interval and why would you want one?

Jane Matthews 2 November 2021 7 November 2011
What is a confidence interval and why would you want one?

What is a confidence interval? I wanted to know that recently and turned to one of my favourite books: Measuring the User Experience, by Tom Tullis and Bill Albert. And here’s what they say: “Confidence intervals are extremely valuable forContinue reading… What is a confidence interval and why would you want one?

Book Review: Questions and answers in attitude surveys

Caroline Jarrett 11 April 2025 1 November 2011
Book Review: Questions and answers in attitude surveys

Which is better: an open question or a closed one? Should you include a “don’t know” option in your closed questions? Is there a “right” order for asking questions? If topics like these concern you, then you’ll want to readContinue reading… Book Review: Questions and answers in attitude surveys

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