Survey projects run the gamut from small-scale, localized questionnaires at a single facility to broad, nationwide investigative surveys that involve hundreds of data collectors. While surveys can be conducted incrementally, with methodology increasingly refined from one to the next in conjunction with data analysis, it can be more cost-effective to field longer-term continuous surveys rather…Read More
The goal of every survey project is the accumulation of high-quality data. There are various factors which influence the quality of the data obtained during the course of the survey project: the nature of the survey, the data collection workers and the response rates acquired. Surveys are designed to elicit the maximum amount of data…Read More
The cost of any given survey project depends upon a multitude of factors and can vary dramatically from project to project, ranging from the economical self-administered online surveys to the more costly in-person interview surveys. The expenses of a given project, however, extend beyond the implementation of the actual survey, but also involve pre-survey planning,…Read More
Survey planning can be undertaken by a minimal number of researchers in centralized offices of a research institute or university. The implementation of a survey and the subsequent collection of data, however, is conducted in the field by a relatively large number of survey workers, supervisors and respondents. While the researcher has less control over…Read More