Methodology Blog
Explore ͯÑÕÊÓƵ's research.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ evaluates several approaches to handling "careless responders" in opt-in panel data.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ compared the quality of data obtained from several opt-in panel vendors to better understand whether panels differ in the quality of data they provide.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ has extensively tested the use of opt-in sampling to understand its challenges and to develop strategies for improving data quality and accuracy of results.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ tested different ways to ask race and ethnicity to better understand how changes to the U.S. standards for collecting race and ethnicity on federal surveys might affect data and analysis.
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Researchers shed light on neurodiverse respondents' experiences participating in public opinion research, employee surveys and personality assessments.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ Poll methodology and the priority of long-term trends.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ recently tested several methods for capturing and measuring transgender identities.
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To date, survey research has not adequately addressed the complexities of gender identity. ͯÑÕÊÓƵ is attempting to bridge this gap.
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Generational changes in gender identity may fundamentally change how sex and gender are measured and how datasets are weighted to accurately reflect sex and gender. To address these changes, ͯÑÕÊÓƵ began testing new gender questions.
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Analyzing responses to open-ended questions can be labor-intensive, but natural language-processing techniques offer new solutions.
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Are traditional survey scales outdated? Should researchers switch to emojis or stars? ͯÑÕÊÓƵ conducted a survey experiment to find out.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ -- like many other researchers -- uses cognitive interviewing, as well as several other tools, to ensure the questions it is going to ask are clear and easy to answer, and measure what they are supposed to.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ is committed to research that represents different backgrounds. Find out what we're doing to ensure all Black Americans' voices are heard.
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Learn how ͯÑÕÊÓƵ plans to keep polling the world during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The United Nations has a new official method for classifying urban and rural areas around the world: the Degree of Urbanisation.
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Until recently, researchers have struggled with what should be a simple question: How many Americans are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender?
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ and Lloyd's Register Foundation, a charitable organization, are launching the first-ever global study of the public understanding of risk.
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ͯÑÕÊÓƵ and the European Commission have developed a new Degree of Urbanisation variable that can be used to explore the effects of urbanicity.
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More Americans are sympathetic to the Israelis in the Middle East conflict after being asked for their views on Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
ͯÑÕÊÓƵ's Wellbeing Inequality Ratio may offer more information about inequality within a country than income alone. Find out how it is calculated.