Americans not optimistic about vaccine

Once available, only two thirds anticipate that they will personally get the vaccination. August 31, 2020 With considerable efforts underway to develop and test a vaccination for COVID-19, Americans were asked how confident they are that a vaccine will be available to the public before the end of 2020. Only [...]

Re-shaping Our Face-to-Face Protocols

The past several months has been a trying and disruptive period, both for our industry and the world.  As the curve starts to level, more and more economic areas have begun the process of re-opening, marking both opportunities and challenges for us conducting in-person research. Since March, many of us [...]

Communication is key: But how much is too much?

Without a doubt, one of the most important aspects of any project managers job is to keep clients informed about a project’s progress. Whether it’s programming questions, discoveries during testing, or issues encountered during field, it’s essential to keep clients in the loop so that they can make an informed [...]

Three Lessons From Election Season Polling

With the Canadian Federal Election taking place on October 21st and the US Presidential election slated for 2020, it’s a perfect time for us researchers to reflect upon sampling, declining response rates, margins of error, and questionnaire wording for federal election polling surveys. Those of you who are not researchers [...]

Tips About Conducting Multicultural Research

According to U.S. Census Bureau reports, America is projected to grow by 75 million people over the next four decades, from about 329 million this year to 404 million in 2060. The category of those identifying themselves as being two or more races is set to be the fastest-growing racial [...]

Tackling the Online Voter Authentication Issue

When it comes to low turnouts for elections, the ability to vote online is consistently mentioned as one of the best ways to improve response rates—theoretically, it’s so easy that anyone can do it quickly and without hassle. Online voting can also mean better verification for both voters and auditors. [...]

New Year, New Blog

Welcome, It seems like we just rung in the New Year and now we’re already well into February. While this is normally the time of the year where New Year Resolutions start to taper off and old habits creep back in, we wanted to make sure we keep growing and [...]