Ten Watches*

Why I can't help but be a survey methodologist...

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*"A man with one watch always knows what time it is; a man with two watches always searches to identify the correct one; a man with ten watches is always reminded of the difficulty of measuring time" - Anonymous, (Groves, 1989, p. 295).

Friday, February 23, 2024

There is no "average person" (re-post and edit)

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At one point I thought having separate blogs for separate topics would be the way to go. But I've since decided that one blog for each g...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Why is everyone using periods in slide bullets (???) and why it must stop!

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Have you noticed this too? Over the past few years it seems like everyone's slides have periods after every bullet. Not just bullets tha...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

My ResearchGate questions

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I've become a big fan of the social networking site ResearchGate.com . It's a great place to publicize your research, and follow the...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Sources for Survey Questions and Measures

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[FYI: I've decided that posting my links lists via blog posts, and editing them as I find more links, is easier than putting them on a s...
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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Reflections on programming (cross-post)

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For some unknown obsessive-compulsive reason, I've taken to sorting my infrequent blog posts by topic. This one linked below wasn't ...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

A beginners guide to response rates

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One of the most common types of questions I get in survey practices is "What is a good response rate?" or "Is my survey'...
Friday, July 4, 2014

My other blog...

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I've debated about how much to post here that isn't specifically about survey methodology, so I started a secondary blog at http...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Training in survey methodology and practice

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There's an upcoming DC AAPOR event on survey methodology training in DC on June 13 ( http://dc-aapor.org/upcomingevents.php ).  I can...
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Friday, May 23, 2014

Methods of efficiency

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I'm convinced that micro-level behaviors, habits, and actions are just as important to becoming a productive researcher as having big id...
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Job Opening at NASS

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I'm not sure I'm brazen enough to believe that my blog reaches more people than the SRMS and AAPOR listservs, but I thought I'd...
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