Better surveys mean better intelligence. This presentation forms part of the ‘Surveys That Work’ training course – an introduction to using survey methods – delivered at EMBL-EBI in February 2017. Surveys that work EBI_2017 from Caroline Jarrett
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Surveys that work at LibDesign 2016
A survey is a process for getting answers to questions, but surveys turn out to be harder than they ought to be because there are potential pitfalls at every stage, from thinking about the goals of the survey through to analysingContinue reading… Surveys that work at LibDesign 2016
The Survey Octopus – getting valid data from surveys
Surveys are a powerful research method, but not easy to get right. The Survey Octopus is a way of thinking through the issues that will ensure that you’ll get solid results from your survey that you can use to makeContinue reading… The Survey Octopus – getting valid data from surveys
Getting valid results from surveys: meet the Survey Octopus
Surveys are a powerful research method, but not easy to get right. The Survey Octopus is a way of thinking through the issues that will ensure that you’ll get solid results from your survey that you can use to makeContinue reading… Getting valid results from surveys: meet the Survey Octopus
Six crucial survey concepts that UX professionals need to know
Surveys can be a really valuable source of great data. At the 2014 UXPA conference I decided to challenge my audience with a workshop exploring six crucial concepts from survey methodology that will determine how useful that data is: ask questionsContinue reading… Six crucial survey concepts that UX professionals need to know
An unanswerable survey invitation
“Choose a single question and get it in front of some users” – that’s what I wrote myself in my aims for the survey book I’m currently writing. Evernote recently sent me an email that corresponds to that advice.Continue reading… An unanswerable survey invitation
Ten tips for a better UX survey
I was delighted to be invited to talk to the User Experience Professionals Association Conference in Las Vegas in June. This presentation offers tips on writing better questions, using rating scales well, improving the whole survey process, and testing, testing,Continue reading… Ten tips for a better UX survey
Three reasons why your response from panels may not be what you want
What might turn an honest, happy respondent into a despondent cheat? I’m a dedicated survey respondent. I have lots of reasons why I tenaciously try to respond to every survey invitation that I get: I’m collecting examples for my library ofContinue reading… Three reasons why your response from panels may not be what you want
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
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