by jenkinsresearch | Mar 30, 2017 | Canadian Public Poll Analysis, Public Opinion, Survey methodology
In April 2016, I started capturing information about public opinion polls that were released to the public. Many but not all of these polling numbers enter the public domain through the media but many are not newsworthy enough to get any media attention. Of course,...
by jenkinsresearch | Oct 13, 2016 | Canadian Public Poll Analysis, Public Opinion
After collecting data for 6 months, it is very clear that online continues to hold the top spot when it comes to surveys that are for public consumption. More than half of all releases are conducted using an online methodology. IVR is second followed by telephone. IVR...
by Richard Jenkins | Jun 11, 2013 | Survey methodology
Sometimes I think a demographic analysis is the bane of my existence. Endless bivariate comparisons of various independent variables against the questions asked in the survey. Tedious, often of tenuous value, and, of course, subject to problems of...
by Richard Jenkins | Apr 15, 2013 | Survey methodology
I spend a lot of time on the Internet, as you probably do as well. It is there in the background when I am working, it is in my pocket when I am walking, it is playing music in the kitchen as I prepare dinner, and it is sending me alarms and notices. When I am...
by Richard Jenkins | Mar 20, 2012 | Survey methodology
Question scales come in two types: seesaws and stairs. The main point of differentiation of the two ideal-types is the presence or absence of a tipping point. See saws have them and stairs do not. When you are thinking about a scale, you need to ask yourself is there...