Tag: methodology

In our last post, we talked about how to ask people about their own behavior, like how many times they’ve gone to the gym this week. Now we’ll show you how to ask people to tell you predictions of their …

Hello, ¡Hola!, Bonjour, and Hallo, dear survey fans! As promised in Helga’s blog post introducing our new Question Banks in Spanish, French, and German–our post today will give you a glimpse of the science at work behind these exciting new …

Here at SurveyMonkey, we understand that sometimes creating surveys can seem a little overwhelming at first. You might have any number of questions swirling around before getting that first question down like–Where do I start? What should I ask and …

Makeovers? For surveys? Yep, you read that right. They’re not just for fashion fans anymore–we here at SurveyMonkey decided to take one of our lucky customers and give their survey a makeover!

Call it a whole new look for the survey …

Hey there friendly blog reader, we’re taking a survey!

1. How many times did you look in the mirror last year?

2. How many times did you go to the gym last week?

Go ahead and think about it…we’ll wait……

Here in Silicon Valley, it seems like everybody’s got a startup. And one of the most important things about making your startup a success is getting the word out.

Let’s say you’re gearing up to launch your personal shopper startup. …

Let’s say you’re a big time music label guy. This kid named Kevin walks into your office with a copy of his new song called, I Like Popsicles. You tell him no one is going to listen to a …

Words speak louder than numbers.

Imagine this: You go furniture shopping with your friend Angela. “So,” Angela says,  “what do you think of this lamp?” You shrug and reply, “2.”

Okay, let’s be honest, the above scenario is unlikely. First …

When creating questions for your survey, you may be tempted to put them in matrix grids. After all, they’re faster and easier to create, and studies have found that respondents fill them out more quickly. The problem, however, is that …

Two weeks ago, I attended the ESOMAR 3D conference. About half of the conference was dedicated to presentations that focused on an emerging method to get people more engaged as research study participants. Another set of presentations looked to social …