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An instrument used to collect a sample from a population. Surveying often refers to sampling of human populations and is primarily done by administering questionnaires or interviewing individuals.

Refers to an instrument used to collect a sample from a population. Surveying often refers to sampling of human populations and is primarily done by administering questionnaires or interviewing individuals. Sampling individuals for surveys in stratified populations may require more complex sampling than simple random to get more precise estimates of population parameters. Sampling design and analysis of survey data fall under 'Survey Methodology'.

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Survey questionnaire rebasing after removal of a selection

Suppose that I have a market research survey with the question "What brand of television are you planning on buying" and then also have a choice that is "I don't plan on buying a television." Respondents may choose more than one brand, but they may…
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How to evaluate a simple questionnaire with statistical methods?

I have made a very simple questionnaire that asks questions that are independent of each other. Every question can be answered with a rating between 1 and 5 where 1 means I strongly disagree and 5 I strongly agree. Now I was wondering with…
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Trick in survey design for "problematic" questions

Years ago I read that there's a certain trick researches resort to when they want to obtain survey data regarding questions where one wouldn't expect people to answer honestly, such as "Do you beat your children?". The trick had something to do…
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Dealing with singleton strata in survey analysis

I am primarily using Stata for my survey analysis, but my question is also applicable to R or SUDAAN. There are a number of different ways of accounting for singleton strata in survey analysis. Just to be clear, when I say "singleton strata", I mean…
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How to classify "I don't know" while analyzing survey data?

We did a survey for elementary students with items such as... I like math: Yes, no, I don't know We have about 40 questions, and we want to analyze differences in respondents answers from a pre-survey to a post-survey. The issue is that we don't…
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Are there guidelines for when to remove survey participants who blindly filled in the bubbles?

I just did a survey and I'm pretty sure some people just filled in the bubbles on the survey without reading the questions. A pretty obvious indicator are responses to items that are negatively coded (e.g. answering "strongly agree" to related items…
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How to analyze rating data? Independent variable: two groups. Dependent variable: *strongly disagree* to *strongly agree*

I have two independent groups of people. They were asked to select one out of five answers from a question. The five options are strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, agree and strongly agree. I wanted to know if the their opinions for this question…
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How does one interpret a single margin of error value for a survey consisting of many questions

I've inherited a survey from an old employee that consists of 27 questions. We have on the order of 500 respondents but not all of them answered every question as some questions are of the type 'if yes then please answer this'. The survey has an…
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Determining market share from multiple choice questions on a survey

Say, for example, that I want to determine the market share or relative popularity of coffee houses within a certain population through a survey. What is the best way to write a question that accurately measures this? Some issues that I am thinking…
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Should I randomize survey questions if a respondent will fill in identically structured forms multiple times?

I'm having an argument with a colleague (neither of us have a strong statistical / research methods background) on whether we should randomize questionnaire layout. The survey in question is a feedback forms on teacher performance which are…
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Sample survey: can I weight back to the target population from the survey population?

I am working for an organization that regularly polls its members. In a previous study, the researchers started with a target population frame of 50,000 people. They then eliminated 15,000 on the grounds that they had recently received other…
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How to use statistics to learn about voting?

I have a data set with 1500 individuals who were surveyed about many things including demographics, attitudes and opinions about politics and economic status. The most important question in the survey was about vote intention on the next election…
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Pre- and post- presentation data analysis

I have carried out some research on whether awareness and knowledge of HIV had been increased on university students by giving a questionnaire to students before and after a presentation on HIV. Only 140 students completed the pre questionnaire and…
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How do I go from Labor Statistics results to generalities on the population?

I'm currently looking at survey results from the US bureau of labor statistics concerning hourly wages. With the raw survey data, I get different respondents who state how many hours they work in a week, along with the average pay, and some…
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Looking for guidance - statistical test to use for survey data

Would like some guidance on what kind of statistical test to use for survey data I want to look at two things: • Is there statistical difference between how groups have answered? • Is there a correlation between two questions? For example,…
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